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year in Lincoln Park hasn’t been all laughs. 15 | Music Mick Jenkins’s Wave[s] and nine more new releases 24 Food & Drink A rookie restaurateur brings Peruvian food to the neighborhoods with Via Lima. 34
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4 Agenda Art, Mansical, The Diary of a Teenage Girl, and more recommendations 8 City Life Zoom in on: a dazzling installation in the John Hancock Center’s lobby Space: live music aboard a floating party dock in Montrose Harbor City Agenda: one cool thing to do every day of the week 10 Joravsky | Politics As he attacks teacher pensions, Rauner also makes money from them.
Re: “Geek Bar’s fans rescue it from oblivion—but was it worth saving?”
“I feel really poorly for anyone who donated to that GoFundMe campaign. They’ve been fleeced. Even more so I’m heartbroken that such a great concept could be so poorly mismanaged. Make no mistake, Geek Bar is an idea worth saving but not with this ownership.” —John Morrison via chicagoreader.com
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12 Isaacs | Media Will an indie vendor at Wrigley be forced to quit the field? 12 Lit In Rebecca Makkai’s new collection, truth is stranger than fiction. 15 Comedy iO’s first year in Lincoln Park hasn’t been all laughs. 16 Theater Cirque du Soleil thrills again—by being more human.
ON THE COVER Chicago artist Rashayla Marie Brown’s 2014 photo bears the lengthy title You Can’t See Me, Fool; Keïta and Sherman Had a Baby; Near Threatened; Endangered Species, Passing for a Leopard; Imitation of Life; Equal Opportunist; The Domestication Effect; True Beast Dionysius, the Dying God; For My Grandma Who Passed for White, then Stopped; Living a Lie is a Poor Substitute; Fuck you, I like leopard; 50 Shades of Slay; Jeremiah 13:23: Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil. It’s currently on display at Monique Meloche Gallery (2154 W. Division) through August 23 as part of “Look At Me Now!” an exhibit curated by Allison Glenn. For more of Brown’s work, go to rmbstudios.com.
34 17 Visual Art Public art project Park plans to make a statement about incarceration. 19 Small Screen With Difficult People, Julie Klausner eases into her own show. 20 Movies Mom’s the word in Xavier Dolan’s Tom at the Farm.
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24 Record roundup Reviews of Mick Jenkins’s Wave[s] and nine more new releases 28 Shows of note Miguel, Mykki Blanco, Yes, the Good Life, Royal Headache, and more
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34 Review: Via Lima A rookie restaurateur brings Peruvian food to the neighborhoods. 37 Key Ingredient: Blade mace A Blackstone Hotel chef experiments with “the most metal of the spices.”
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41 Jobs, Apartments, and Spaces 43 Music & Bands 44 Savage Love An old-fashioned romantic wants to torture your gonads. 45 Straight Dope What’s the major factor behind the U.S.’s crazy high imprisonment rate? 46 Early Warnings Mortuary Drape, Young Thug, Dillinger Four, and more 46 Gossip Wolf The Black and Brown Punk Show Collective’s annual festival returns.
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THEATER Altar Boyz Gary Adler and Michael Patrick Walker’s satire arrived off-Broadway in 2005, the era of megachurches, the religious right, and ongoing culture wars. A decade later, the one-act musical about a fictional hip-hop Christian boy band holds up just as well comedically as it did on day one, and is more compassionate than I’d remembered. Pious studs Matthew, Mark, Luke, Juan, and Abraham pop and lock their way through hits about abstinence and the Good News while trying to save souls in the audience. The humor, of course, is amplified when played straight, but this staging from Cult Camp Productions features cast-wide mugging that dulls the absurd brilliance Adler and Walker made so key. —DAN JAKES 8/14-8/23: FriSun 8 PM, Mayne Stage, 1328 W. Morse, 773-381-4554, maynestage.com, $20. Art If ever you want a master class in being exquisitely shitty to your friends, try French playwright Yasmin Reza’s Art. Translated by Christopher Hampton and staged here by Amazing Sammo, this one-act comedy begins in the apartment of Serge, a nouveau riche social climber who’s acquired a piece of extravagantly minimalist art that incites conflict once he trots it out for his pals Marc (Michael Lomenick), a hypersensitive bullshit detector, and Yvan (Timothy Steinmetz), a stationery salesman who seems sprung from a Chekhov play. What starts as an aesthetic disagreement becomes full of sneaky pathos as it reveals how seriously we depend on others for our sense of importance. Fight choreographer Cameron Peart’s demented, dainty dustup offers sweet hilarity compared with the cruel takedowns. —JENA CUTIE Through 8/29: Sat 7 PM, Gorilla Tango Theatre, 1919 N. Milwaukee, 773-598-4549, amazingsammo.com, $18.
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The Boy From Oz Peter Allen’s life was a great showbiz drama—a tale of hard knocks, high aspirations, dark secrets, tragic ends, and Liza Minnelli. Born fey and gay in the Australian outback, Allen hoofed his way to New York as Judy Garland’s protege, attempted marriage to Liza, and died of AIDS at 48—though not before making a mark for himself as a composer and flamboyant performer of pop tunes. Martin Sherman and Nick Enright’s The Boy From Oz isn’t, however, a showbiz drama. It’s a showbiz musical, which means it requires us to sit through about two dozen of Allen’s cloying, mostly forgettable songs. More important, the show’s commitment to those songs precludes the possibility of confronting Allen’s most affecting trait: his striving mediocrity. Despite Chris Logan’s give-itall performance as Allen, this Pride Films & Plays production isn’t strong enough to transcend the negatives. —TONY ADLER Through 8/30: Wed-Sat 7:30 PM, Sun 5 PM, Stage 773, 1225 W. Belmont, 773-327-5252, stage773.com, $25-$40. The Dueling Gentlemen In William Friedkin’s 1968 film The Night They Raided Minsky’s there’s a great scene where two burlesque performers take an offstage fight onstage. That conceit basically makes up the plot of Silent Theatre Company’s The Dueling Gentlemen, an original work by Marvin Quijada, who here also directs and stars. Physical comedy and mime are the company’s hallmarks and, on those points, both Quijada and costar Marcus Fittanto are fish in water. Over its ten years the troupe has consistently and effectively worked with light and shadow—both physical black and white and the complex grays of human nature; Dueling Gentlemen adds one more shade to an already luminous palette. —CHLOE RILEY 8/14-9/20: Fri-Sat 8 PM, Sun 5 PM, Athenaeum Theatre, 2936 N. Southport, 773-935-6860, silenttheatre.com, $27, $17 students and seniors.
Stanley in the Name of Love The New Colony’s almost correct calling its new show an “absurdist gay porn dance pop musical.” It’s got catchy original pop tunes, ready-for-MTV dance numbers, and starry-eyed twink Stanley, who’s determined to save the dying earth by finding true love on a gay porn set. The story’s logic may be gleefully tenuous (as it is in, say, children’s television), but playwright and director Sean Kelly’s show isn’t absurd. It’s ridiculous, at least by Charles Ludlam’s standards. By the end of 80 explosive, spritely, hormonally hypercharged minutes, Kelly and company achieve Ludlam’s goal of “illustrating hedonistic calculus,” persuasively and giddily showing that vulgarity, shlock, and love share almost everything in common. The angsty ballet finale is overcooked, but most everything else is bracingly, thrillingly, unapologetically raw. —Justin Hayford Through 8/29: Thu-Sat 7:30 PM, Den Theatre, 1329-1333 N. Milwaukee, 773-609-2336, thedentheatre.com, $20. We Gotta Bingo At Disney World, you can book a “character breakfast,” which is what they call it when Goofy harasses you while you try to eat waffles. This show is sort of like that, only you’re fed lasagna and the zany characters you’re forced to dance, play games, and otherwise interact with have a lot less depth than Goofy. The evening’s premise is that the audience is attending a bingo night benefiting two Catholic congregations—a predominantly Italian-American one and a predominantly Irish-American one—that have recently merged. For some reason there are beerhall Germans and a swishy gay guy on hand too. All the punch lines rely on tired stereotypes, but the jokes are so obvious they’ll probably only offend your sense of humor. —ZAC THOMPSON Open run: Fri 7 PM, Sat 5 and 8:30 PM, Sun 5 PM, Chicago Theater Works, 1113 W. Belmont, wegottabingo.com, $49. Zelda at the Oasis When playwright P.H. Lin first introduces us to a fading 34-year-old Zelda Fitzgerald, stranded and lonely in a late-night New York bar, she’s emotionally unstable, alcoholically self-medicated, and desperate to emerge from the shadow of her husband. After an hour of holding forth
about her artistic gifts, encouraging the bartender to become a concert pianist like he’s always dreamed, and flashing back to key episodes in her life, she’s still the same—and Lin’s static diorama has barely progressed an inch. Under Elayne LeTraunik’s unobtrusive direction for Genesis Theatrical Productions, Amy Gray as Fitzgerald and Guy F. Wicke as a multitude of incidental characters can’t strike much of a spark from Lin’s soggy dialogue. Designer Nick Jackson’s backdrop of gray mesh polygons is a head scratcher. —JUSTIN HAYFORD Through 8/23: Thu-Sat 8 PM, Sun 3:30 PM, Raven Theatre, 6157 N. Clark, 773-338-2177, raventheatre.com, $30, $25 seniors, $15 students.
DANCE Dance for Life Since 1992 this annual fund-raiser has brought millions of dollars to the AIDS Foundation of Chicago and the Dancers’ Fund, which provides financial assistance to local dancers facing health problems. The lineup tonight is a who’s who of Chicago troupes: Giordano Dance Chicago, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, and Joffrey Ballet are just a few. Sat 8/15, 7:30 PM, Auditorium Theatre, 50 E. Congress, 800982-2787, danceforlifechicago.org, $15-$75. Spectacle Spectacular Improvisers the Glitter Island Gang have teamed up with the J. Lindsay Brown Dance Company for this intermittently enjoyable production, in which a brand-new musical is made up on the spot. On the night I saw the show, an audience suggestion of “gooey” inspired a shaggy tale about a town being taken over by sentient slime. As you’d expect from a large cast working without a script or choreography, things can get chaotic and, despite the efforts of directors Brown and Neil Figuracion, the two troupes don’t ever fully coalesce. The dancers in particular seem unsure of what to do with themselves. It falls to the improvisers to scrounge up some laughs and make sense of the plot, though they struggle to maintain focus. —ZAC THOMPSON Through 8/16: Sun 7:30 PM, MCL Chicago, 3110 N. Sheffield, mclchicago.com, $15.
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and her mother’s boyfriend (Alexander Skarsgard) in the anything-goes atmosphere of mid-70s San Francisco. Told from the girl’s perspective, the movie is disarmingly frank about how young women process love and sex, and by portraying the horny boyfriend as more of a goofball than a predator, it dares to show the heroine as something more complicated than a victim. As a result the movie lands somewhere outside the battle lines of contemporary gender politics, which may be why it feels true. Marielle Heller directed; with Kristen Wiig and Christopher Meloni. —J.R. JONES R, 102 min. Landmark’s Century Centre
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COMEDY The History of Alcohol in Chicago Like most boozy activities, this hour-long retrospective of Chicago’s famous alcoholic history, written and directed by Andrew Thorp, mixes the insipid with the inspired. Thorough research is evident in sketches ranging from Mayor Levi Boone’s ban on Sunday drinking to “Moonshine” Mary Wazeniak’s lethal brews, but pacing and uneven comedic chops make for a mostly bland mish-mash of the city’s drunken past. Nathan Lustig proves the strongest presence throughout, particularly as Professor Siebel leading a Brewing Mastery Class. As to be expected, this Public House production’s high points are the drinking games, including tests of old-time alcohol jargon, photo recall, and even a pop quiz. Don’t forget to order off the historically accurate cocktail menu, including French 75 and “The Original Highball.” —MARISSA OBERLANDER Through 9/27: Sun 7 PM, Public House Theatre, 3914 N. Clark, 800-650-6449, pubhousetheatre.com, $15. Mansical Improv has always been a sausage fest; the all-male musical improv group Mansical have turned necessity into a virtue, showing that a bunch of talented, funny guys can do without the usual lame sexist stereotypes. The six-man troupe also does a good job avoiding the pitfalls that undermine less seasoned improvisers: they listen to each other and play well together, none of them assuming the alpha role or otherwise controlling the scenes. The result the night I attended was an always charming, frequently inspired, sometimes laugh-outloud-funny show of improvised scenes and songs that left me wishing this hourlong entertainment were longer. —JACK HELBIG 8/14-8/28: Fri 7:30 PM, Under the Gun Theater, 956 W. Newport, 773-2703440, undertheguntheater.com, $20.
VISUAL ARTS Galerie F “Re-integrator: Crosshair Studio’s 20th Anniversary,” as Crosshair,
Dan MacAdam’s been in the business of concert posters and other forms of silk-screen printing and design for two decades; this retrospective emphasizes themes of “decay and disintegration as a form of rebirth.” The show is on display through 8/30. Fri 8/14, 6 PM, 2381 N. Milwaukee, 773-819-9200, galerief.com. International Museum of Surgical Science “Stevie Hanley: Synaesthetica,” Chicago-based visual artist Hanley explores synesthesia in work that seeks to evoke conflict and ambivalence within the observer. Reception Thu 8/13, 6 PM. 8/13-11/15, 1524 N. Lake Shore, 312-6426502, imss.org.
The Look of Silence Joshua Oppenheimer returns to Indonesia for a sequel to his acclaimed documentary The Act of Killing (2013), which dealt with the government slaughter of more than a half million citizens as part of an anticommunist purge in the mid-1960s. Documentary sequels are rare, and good ones even more so; The Look of Silence couldn’t possibly equal its predecessor—which included a series of jaw-dropping movie fantasies staged by former executioners—but it’s still a wrenching and unforgettable experience. Adi Rukun, an optometrist whose brother died in the purge, travels around the country giving free eye
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My Three Sons: The Motion Picture). Written and directed by Guy Ritchie, who has graduated from laddish crime comedy (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels) to mildly cheeky corporate product (Sherlock Holmes), this remake takes place in 1963, but the tedious story might have come from a million contemporary-set actioners, with the good guys trying to keep mad terrorists from acquiring a computer disc (which in this case looks like the remote control on an old electric blanket). Henry Cavill is the Bond-esque CIA agent, Napoleon Solo; Armie Hammer, as his KGB counterpart, Illya Kuryakin, looks relieved not to be playing the Lone Ranger next to Johnny Depp with a bird on his head. —J.R. JONES PG-13, 116 min. Century 12 and CineArts 6, Chatham 14, Cicero Showplace 14, City North 14, Crown Village 18, Davis, Ford City, River East 21, Showplace 14 Galewood Crossings, 600 N. Michigan The Man From U.N.C.L.E.: The Imax Experience City North 14, Navy Pier
Rational Park “Uppers and Downers and All-Arounders,” artist Ben Chlapek’s first solo show in Chicago features penand-ink drawings, paintings, and screen prints. Sat 8/15, 6-10 PM, 2557 W. North, rational-park.com.
LIT Leah Hayes Hayes discusses her new graphic novel, Not Funny Ha-Ha: A Handbook for Something Hard, about two women from different backgrounds who choose to have abortions. Sun 8/16, 4 PM, Women & Children First, 5233 N. Clark, 773-769-9299, womenandchildrenfirst.com. Kevin Schultz Schultz discusses his book Buckley and Mailer: The Difficult Friendship That Shaped the Sixties with In These Times editor Micah Uetricht as part of the author series “In These Times presents.” Thu 8/13, 7 PM, In These Times, 2040 N. Milwaukee, 773772-0100, inthesetimes.com.
MOVIES The Diary of a Teenage Girl Adapted from Phoebe Gloeckner’s acclaimed 2002 graphic novel, this provocative indie feature chronicles the furtive sexual relationship between a precocious 15-year-old girl (Bel Powley)
The Look of Silence examinations as a means of approaching the old men who did the government’s dirty work 50 years earlier. Their responses to his increasingly pointed questions range from denial to pride (one aging monster brags that he drank his victims’ blood), which proves that eyeglasses are useless when people refuse to see. —J.R. JONES PG-13, 103 min. Fri 8/14, 2:30, 5, and 7:20 PM; Sat 8/15-Sun 8/16, 2:30, 5, 7:20, and 9:45 PM; and Mon 8/17-Thu 8/20, 5, 7:20, and 9:45 PM. Music Box The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Whose idea was it to make a cold war thriller for a generation that doesn’t know what the cold war was? In the endless search for TV series that haven’t been adapted to the big screen, Warner Bros. has exhumed the popular spy adventure that ran on NBC from 1964 to ‘68 (up next:
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B 98 min. Fri 8/14-Sun 8/16, 2, 4:30, 7, and 9:30 PM; Mon 8/17-Tue 8/18, 4:30, 7, and 9:30 PM; Wed 8/19, 4:30 and 9:30 PM; and Thu 8/20, 4:30, 7, and 9:30 PM. Music Box Prince The hero of this indie drama from the Netherlands is a mixedrace preteen who lives in an Amsterdam housing project with his mother and half sister (both of them white) and who spends most of his free time loitering with his delinquent friends. Writer-director Sam de Jong often presents the boy’s activities in arty tableau shots that recall Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s early feature Katzelmacher (1969), another drama of lower-class life that’s less concerned with telling a story than with presenting ritualized behavior. The slight plot turns grisly in the second half, when the hero gets taken under the wing of a psychopathic local thug. De Jong indulges in some shocking, violent imagery in these passages, and this detracts from the film’s effective social portrait; so too does the aggressively loud synth-pop soundtrack. In Dutch with subtitles. —BEN SACHS 77 min. Facets Cinematheque The Prophet Kahlil Gibran’s beloved spiritual guidebook gets an unlikely big-screen treatment from indie producer Salma Hayek and Disney writer-director Roger Allers (The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin). Published in 1923, The Prophet is little more than a collection of sermons, which have been farmed out to such distinctive animators as Tomm Moore (The Secret of Kells), Nina Paley (Sita Sings the Blues), Bill Plympton (Idiots and Angels), and Joan Gratz (her painterly take on Gibran’s “Work is love made visible” is something to behold). To their bracingly bold and fluid segments Allers has added a narrative frame, executed in standard Disney style and reminiscent of the Christian gospels, in which the title character is hounded by the authori-
ties in the little town where he’s come to deliver the good news. Among the voice talent are Hayek, Liam Neeson, John Krasinski, Alfred Molina, and Frank Langella. —J.R. JONES PG, 84 min. Landmark’s Century Centre White Water Set in a small Alabama town during the last days of the segregation era, this family film centers on a seven-year-old black boy who’s determined to taste the water from a whites-only drinking fountain. Screenwriters Michael S. Brady and Eric Stein, adapting their children’s book, follow the boy through several small-time adventures, during which he finds out about R&B, the Ku Klux Klan, and the extramarital affairs of his low-down saxophonist father (Larenz Tate). Adults will likely find this sentimental and overplayed, but it feels well suited for grade schoolers, delivering straightforward lessons about the history of American race relations and making them palatable to young viewers with genial humor and folksy, conversational narration. Rusty Cundieff directed; with Sharon Leal and Barry Shabaka Henley. —BEN SACHS 85 min. Cundieff attends the screenings. Part of the Black Harvest Film Festival; for a full schedule see siskelfilmcenter.org. Sun 8/16, 5:15 PM, and Mon 8/17, 6:15 PM. Gene Siskel Film Center revivals Bend of the River A sensational Anthony Mann western (1952), also known as Where the River Bends, starring James Stewart and Arthur Kennedy as rough-and-tumble men in Oregon in the 1840s. With Rock Hudson in a small role and Julia Adams. Recommended for Mann’s relentless psychological intensity and his smooth way with action in an epic setting. —DON DRUKER 91 min. Wed 8/26, 7 PM. Northeastern Illinois University, Fine Arts Auditorium
Soul Train: The Hippest Trip in America The long-running TV dance program Soul Train was so punchy, colorful, and buoyant that no documentary maker with an ample supply of clips could possibly go wrong. Launched in 1970 on Chicago’s own WCIU, the show quickly moved out to Los Angeles and went national, becoming a cultural touchstone for blacks and a bracing antidote to the white domination of network TV. (A damning clip from American Bandstand shows Dick Clark referring to “Gladys Pips and the Knights.”) Video maker J. Kevin Swain includes talking-head commentary from Aretha Franklin, Patti LaBelle, Rosie Perez, and others who appeared on Soul Train, but the key figure is host Don Cornelius, the suave south-sider who created the show and, poignantly, struggled to stay current as soul gave way to disco and hip-hop. The performance clips are woefully short but feature such greats as Stevie Wonder, Curtis Mayfield, Marvin Gaye, and Sly Stone. —J.R. JONES 64 min. Sat 8/15, 1 PM. Gene Siskel Film Center Special events The Matter of City Life: Archibald Motley Film Series A program of films inspired by the Chicago Cultural Center’s “Archibald Motley: Jazz Age Modernist” exhibit, including Paul Strand and Charles Sheeler’s 1921 experimental short Manhatta and clips selected by the Chicago Film Archive. Sun 8/16, 4 PM. Chicago Cultural Center Summer Outdoor Screening With Chicago Film Archives This edition includes the documentary Goin’ On (1981, 40 min.) and the shorts Hot Hippo (1989, 5 min.) and Cow-Tail Switch (1970, 8 min.). Digital video projection. Fri 8/14, 7 PM. Black Cinema House v
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CITY LIFE
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Lucent by Wolfgang Buttress ò JEFFERY C. JOHNSON
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A view from the Hancock’s ground floor NO LONGER DO John Hancock Center visitors have to trek up 94 floors to the observation deck to get an eyeful. Since May, the building’s lobby has become an attraction all its own thanks to Lucent, a dazzling permanent installation by UK sculptor Wolfgang Buttress. The artist collaborated with an astrophysicist from Australian National University to create the sculpture, which purports to accurately map the 3,106 stars that can be seen with the naked eye in the northern hemisphere. Constructed by Vector Custom Fabricating, on the near west side, the luminous semisphere, made of stainless steel, glass, and fiber-optic wires, simulates the twinkling of the night sky. The sculpture is mounted on a mirrored ceiling, creating the illusion of a complete orb, and reflected in a black granite pool below that Buttress has said “suggests a sense of infinity.” I’m not so sure about all that, but the installation is certainly enough to stop any Mag Mile shopper in his or her tracks. —SUE KWONG
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Live music aboard a floating party dock in Montrose Harbor AS A SLEEK 25-foot boat dropped anchor at Montrose Harbor, the August sun slipped behind the skyline, its languid descent signaling happy hour. On one section of the dock, members of the Freedom Boat Club gathered over cocktails to unwind from the workday. Local singer-songwriter Bill Grady strummed an acoustic guitar and Buck, an old sea dog, made the rounds for head scratches and belly rubs aboard the club’s newest amenity: a floating party dock called Captain’s Quarters. Founded in 1989 in Sarasota, Florida, Freedom Boat Club premiered in Chicago last year. One of the virtues of the club is that it’s exclusive without being country-club elitist; members don’t even have to own a boat. A onetime membership fee plus $99 in monthly dues allows members access to fleets at locations across the country. “We own the boats, we do the maintenance, the cleaning, and the fueling. You’re here just to have fun,” director of operations Michael Johnston says. Captain’s Quarters opened last month, giving members a place to hang out in the harbor. “Sometimes when it wasn’t conducive to go boating due to waves or wind, they wanted to just tie up at the pier,” Johnston says. “We de-
From top: view of the Captain’s Quarters from the public walkway; Eddie Vedder’s autograph; Michael Johnston with his dog Buck ò ANDREA BAUER
cided to morph that into something more permanent.” The dock includes a small stage, a 13-foot movie screen, and access to the water for swimming, as well as paddleboards and kayaks for rent. It holds about 50 people and can be reserved for private parties. Members can bring their own refreshments or use the club’s catering partner for a fee. Every Thursday evening from 5:30 to 8 PM, the club hosts live music on the dock; the public is welcome to watch and listen from a nearby walkway. And while the stage is new, it’s
already been graced by a rock icon. After playing last month’s Hot Stove Cool Music benefit show at Metro, which Freedom Boat Club sponsored, Eddie Vedder attended an afterparty where the dock served as a VIP section. The Pearl Jam front man signed the stage, which has now been nicknamed in his honor. —ANDREA BAUER
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÷ White Party This party benefits the Chicago Fire Foundation, which makes charitable donations; white attire is “strongly encouraged,” and there’s an open bar, hors d’oeuvres, and music. 7:30-11:30 PM, MCA Warehouse, 1747 W. Hubbard, 2015whiteparty.eventbrite. com, $60, $80 VIP.
2 Found Footage Festival’s Salute to Weirdos Joe Pickett (the Onion) and Nick Prueher (a former Letterman staffer) screen highlights from their weird VHS tapes, including Arnold Schwarzenegger feeding a woman a carrot and a rabbit playing the piano. 9:30 PM, Music Box, 3159 N. Southport, musicboxtheatre. com, $15.
ã Fourth Is King PopUp/Release Party This onenight event features items for purchase by Brooklyn-based artist Dan Funderburgh, plus highlights from Chicago streetwear brand Fourth Is King’s 2015 collection and beer from Penrose Brewing Company. 6-9 PM, Vertical Gallery, 1016 N. Western, fourthisking.tumblr.com. F
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| Kafkapalooza Eight world premieres inspired by the life and work of Franz Kafka include contributions by some real heavy hitters: Ike Holter, Brett Neveu, Kristina Rae Colón, et al. All eight will be performed each night. Through 8/22: Thu-Sat and Mon 8 PM, Sun 3 PM, Collaboraction, 1579 N. Milwaukee, firstfloortheatre.com, $15.
! Forget Me Not At a party tonight, Forget Me Not Theatre Company members spill the beans on the troupe’s upcoming third season, which will include the Chicago premiere of playwright Elena Hartwell’s A Strange Disappearance of Bees. 6-8 PM, Long Room. 1612 W. Irving Park, forgetmenottheatreco. com. F
ã × Tacos, Tequila, and Beer The highlight of Smylie Brothers’ August beer dinner is probably the build-yourown-taco bar. Pairing options include tequila-barrel-aged agave wheat beer and a Kolsch infused with mango and habanero. 7 PM, Smylie Brothers Brewing Co., 1615 Oak, Evanston, smyliebrothers.com, $25.
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POLITICS
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Through his investments, Governor Bruce Rauner makes money from the teacher pensions he rails against. ! AP PHOTO/CHARLES REX ARBOGAST
As he attacks teacher pensions, Rauner makes money from them By BEN JORAVSKY
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or better and for worse, Governor Bruce Rauner has never made a secret of his deep contempt—bordering on hatred—for the Chicago Teachers Union. One of the f irst times I cau ght h is union-bashing act was almost three years ago, when he went on Channel 11’s Chicago Tonight to blast CTU for, among other things, “routinely bribing our politicians with their union dues to get themselves outrageously generous pensions.” Within a few months of appearing on that show, Rauner was officially running for governor on an antiunion platform. Since taking office, he’s refused to cut a budget deal with Democrats unless they concede to his demand to gut collective bargaining rights throughout the state. So imagine my surprise when I got a call from a source I’ll call Cockburn—because he doesn’t want to be identified—informing me that Rauner’s old private equity firm was a paid consultant to the Chicago Teachers Pension Fund. No way, I said—no politician can be that hypocritical.
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I was wrong. Just when I think the bar on political hypocrisy can get no lower, along comes someone to prove otherwise. Here’s what I learned. On April 1, 2011, the Townsend Group—a real estate consulting firm based in Ohio—signed a five-year contract with the Chicago Teachers Pension Fund. Ever since then, Townsend has received $160,000 a year to serve as the fund’s chief adviser on real estate investments. In September 2011, just a few months after inking its deal with the teachers’ fund, Townsend was purchased by GTCR, the private equity firm that Rauner used to help lead. In fact, the R in GTCR stands for—you guessed it—Rauner. Townsend advises the pension fund on about $1.2 billion of real estate investments, which is more than 11 percent of the fund’s portfolio, according to a performance letter a Townsend official wrote the pension fund last year. “We thank you for the opportunity to serve CTPF and look forward to working collectively with the Board and your investment team to meet the challenges ahead,” the letter concluded.
It’s hard to say just how valuable the contract really is to GTCR. On the one hand, the $800,000 it will get from the pension fund over the five years of the deal seems like good money to most of us, but it’s chump change for a high-rolling investment operation like GTCR that has billions of dollars to play with. On the other hand, Townsend—and GTCR— can make friends in the real estate world by advising the pension fund on where to park its money. Any way you look at it, Rauner was making money off the Chicago Teachers Pension Fund even as he went on Chicago Tonight to bash the union’s pension benefits as “outrageously” and “ridiculously” generous. I can’t help but be impressed by Rauner’s performance on that show, in which he debated Jesse Sharkey, CTU’s vice president. It’s not often you see such shamelessness. I mean, he might have at least mentioned his firm’s connection to the pension fund. In fact, the issue of disclosure came up when the host, Carol Marin, pointed out that Rauner was part of the group of investors that owns the Sun-Times, for whom she writes a column. (Since we’re on the subject, I should note that the same group also owns the Reader, though Rauner has since sold his shares in the papers.) It would have been a natural cue for Rauner to say something like, “Well, as long as we’re talking full disclosure: yo, Jesse, I’m making money off your pension. Now let me go back to ripping the shit out of it.” A spokeswoman for Rauner now stresses he retired from day-to-day control of GTCR before running for office—so stop bugging him about this stuff. But he hadn’t retired when he made those comments three years ago, and he still has an ownership stake in the firm. By the way, this is not the first time that Rauner has impressed me with his chutzpah. A few weeks ago he was bashing house speaker Michael Madigan for running a lucrative property tax appeal law practice. Somehow, Rauner never mentioned that GTCR benefited from Madigan’s clout. The firm is housed in a downtown building whose taxes were lowered after an appeal handled by Madigan’s firm.
Obviously, nerve like that will get you far in the corporate world—and in politics, for that matter. Still, I had to wonder about the Chicago Teachers Pension Fund. Why would it seek advice from a firm owned by a guy dedicated to destroying teacher pensions? So I called Charles Burbridge, executive director of the fund, to ask basically, WTF? In his defense, Burbridge pointed out that he wasn’t with the fund when it cut the deal with Townsend back in 2011. And Townsend wasn’t owned by GTCR then either. In addition, the teachers had no way of knowing Rauner’s antiunion views until he geared up for running for governor. More to the point, Burbridge said that no one with Townsend had ever expressed anything remotely like Rauner’s views on teacher pensions. With Townsend, the talk had always been about business. “Their comments have been related to asset management,” Burbridge says. “They’ve not strayed to political views.”
JUST WHEN I THINK THE BAR ON POLITICAL HYPOCRISY CAN GET NO LOWER, ALONG COMES SOMEONE TO PROVE ME WRONG. Burbridge also noted that Townsend’s contract expires next year. “We’ll be doing a five-year review of consultants and we’ll be reviewing proposals,” he says. Well, teachers, not that you should take fiduciary advice from a broke journalist like me, but— In the future you may want to at least look into the political views of the companies you hire. Giving your business to a guy like Rauner is a little like a capitalist selling the rope that a communist will use to hang him, as Lenin once put it. That’s Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov—you know, the Russian dude. Not the Lennon who sings “Norwegian Wood.” v
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ARTS & CULTURE
Lit Matt Smerge in action, hawking copies of his Cubs-centric magazine Chicago Baseball. ! DEANNA ISAACS
Media
Will an indie vendor at Wrigley be forced to quit the field? By DEANNA ISAACS
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t’s a half hour before game time at Wrigley Field, and a river of fans is streaming toward the stadium. There’s a carnival atmosphere on the street, a loud, happy stew of anticipation and solicitation. On the north side of Addison, between the Red Line station and Sheffield Avenue, a vocal cadre of sidewalk vendors is hawking T-shirts, pennants, peanuts, bottled water, and tickets by the fistful. Between Sheffield and Clark, however, on the sidewalk adjacent to the stadium, the motley array of independent vendors disappears. Since 2006, when the city passed an ordinance barring peddling there, they’ve been forced across the street, away from the major pedestrian path. There’s still plenty of vending going on next to the stadium—folks working out of stands and trailers and under tents, offering programs, photos, premium tickets, souvenirs, and product samples. But with a single exception, they’re all working for (or with) the Cubs. The only independent vendors left on the stadium side of the street are a couple of guys in mustard yellow shirts, waving copies of Chica-
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go Baseball, a staunchly nonofficial 20-year-old magazine that’s published four times each season, sells for $2 a copy, comes with a free pencil, and functions as an alternative program. They’re still there because Chicago Baseball, which carries stats, news, features, humor, analysis, and opinion about the team along with a scorecard, falls under constitutional protection for free speech on the public way. But they might not be there much longer. On opening day this year, publisher Matt Smerge was smacked with a ticket for violating the 2006 ordinance. A few days later, Smerge’s Left Field Media filed a federal lawsuit against the city (and former 19th District police commander Elias Voulgaris, who issued the ticket), challenging its peddling laws, and they’re now engaged in a legal battle that’ll decide if they can stand their ground. The only reason you can still find them at their regular spots is that they got a temporary restraining order early on. Mark Weinberg, one of Left Field Media’s attorneys and a veteran of a similar lawsuit that established his right to sell a book crit-
ical of Blackhawks management outside the United Center, says the context for this battle includes the park makeover, the related ceding of public sidewalks on Waveland and Sheffield to the Cubs, and a concern that the area will be sanitized and in effect Disneyfied. “There’s tension between First Amendment rights and our society’s love of gentrification,” Weinberg says. “And there’s a parallel in the fight over the Lucas Museum—a trend of selling off public space to private entities.” Weinberg wonders if the real goal is to sweep peddlers from the area. In 2009, after the Ricketts family made its winning bid for the team, 44th Ward alderman Tom Tunney introduced an ordinance that would have greatly increased the no-peddling zone around the stadium, barring street sales from an area bordered by Racine, Grace, Wilton, and Newport. It wasn’t enacted, but if it had been the effect would be to virtually eliminate all non-Cubs vending competition. Smerge, a lifelong Cubs fan and season ticket holder who’s worked on Chicago Baseball for 19 of its 20 years and has owned it since last season, says it’s an alternative to the cheerleading that’s standard in institutional publications. He writes for it, edits it, publishes it, and—for night and weekend games— he’s out on the corner of Clark and Addison hawking it. His attorneys have been seeking an injunction that would keep the cops from booting him, but after hearings conducted in June and July, magistrate judge Michael T. Mason recently concluded that concerns about safety and congestion are serious enough to warrant a move across the street, where “it is undisputed that peddling is permitted,” and “vendors remain in plain view and earshot of [the] fans.” But that corner across the street at Addison and Clark is already one of the worst points of pregame congestion, rivaled only by the bag-check tables at the stadium entrances. While Smerge, perched on the narrow strip of remaining public sidewalk, moving with each change of the traffic light to meet the oncoming crowd, is a pebble in a stream that mostly flows quickly past him. Mason presided over the injunction hearings on behalf of U.S. District Court judge Jorge L. Alonso, who’ll make the deciding call. v
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Waiting for the past to explode MOST OF THE STORIES in Rebecca Makkai’s new collection Music for Wartime actually do concern music and war— if not true armed conflict then more metaphorical wars, like the slow death of a relationship or the misfortunes that befall an English professor who accidentally shoots an albatross (including plenty of terrible “Rime of the Ancient Mariner” jokes). The 17 stories here range from realistic, if mildly implausible, to blatantly surreal, like Johann Sebastian Bach popping out of a piano as its owner plays Minuet in G. At their best, they show off Makkai’s talent, previously exhibited in her 2014 novel The Hundred Year House, for blending past and present. At their worst, they state their themes too explicitly or rush to easy resolutions. Fortunately, these cases are rare. The strangest and most haunting pieces, though, aren’t fiction at all. Makkai’s grandparents were from Hungary. Her grandfather, a member of parliament, wrote the Second Jewish Law in 1939, which set strict quotas for Jews in most professions, including the theater. Her grandmother, a former actress, left him the same year and, during the war, taught young girls how to impersonate old women in order to smuggle things in and out of the Budapest ghetto. In a series of short pieces interspersed throughout the collection, Makkai wrestles with this history. “But if this were your family legacy . . . could you change it?” she wonders. “Would you dare?” Or is it like the toy bomb a friend gave her on her sixth birthday? “When I was feeling brave,” Makkai writes, “I’d nudge it with the toe of my sneaker. I was never entirely convinced that it wouldn’t, one day, explode.” —AIMEE LEVITT R Music for Wartime by Rebecca Makkai (Viking). Reading Thu 8/13, 7:30 PM, Women & Children First, 5233 N. Clark, 773-769-9299, womenandchildrenfirst. com. F
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Take the STING out
Beer Shark Mice perform at iO August 13-15. ! COURTESY IO CHICAGO
Comedy
iO’s first year in Lincoln Park hasn’t been all laughs By BRIANNA WELLEN
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year ago this month, iO matriarch Charna Halpern was frantically scuttling around the construction site that would become the new home of her Chicago comedy institution. She was dealing with financial stresses and a tight deadline in the final stages of iO’s move from Clark Street in Wrigleyville, the theater’s home for more than 20 years, to a cavernous new location in Lincoln Park. Today, she sits calmly in her office surrounded by her dogs Bear, Stella, and Mia. But the transition hasn’t been without trials. Just last week Chicago improv legends TJ Jagodowski and Dave Pasquesi gave up control of the Mission Theater, originally created to be their sandbox, to focus on performing instead of producing. While the Mission’s alternative programming continues under Halpern’s watch, she’s also dealing with a more serious issue: unforeseen expenses related to the new theater—window frames, keg lines, bringing the building up to code—have left Halpern $7 million in debt, she says. Still, Halpern adds, “mortgages are paid on time and the banks are happy,” and iO’s future is not in peril. On a day-to-day basis, things are going according to plan, Halpern says. “I said, ‘This is my vision, let’s hope it works,’ and it is. It’s working. People are coming and eating and drinking and hanging out and playing [board] games; I leave here at 10:30 on a Wednesday and it’s packed.”
The 1501 N. Kingsbury location, which has more than twice the performance space of the previous theater, has allowed iO to be more ambitious. Along with the theater’s signature improv shows, there are now regular sketch, variety, and experimental performances. At the Clark Street location there was room for only two classes to be in session simultaneously; now seven or more can take place at any given time. This weekend’s programming is a perfect example of the benefits of the new space: along with regular Harold shows, iO hosts the first ever Chicago Musical Improv Festival and welcomes back alums of team Beer Shark Mice, which features David Koechner and Neil Flynn. A festival would have been impossible in the old space, Halpern says, let alone one happening concurrently with a three-night run of a special show. This is something that might have stressed out Halpern in the past, but she’s cool as a cucumber; the last year, she says, has proved the theater’s range of event possibilities, from a 12-hour comedy marathon to a barn dance to a political rally. “I sometimes think about the old space,” Halpern says. “When it’s really hot out I think if we were at the old space, the air conditioner would have broken. Here it’s nice and cold and beautiful and everything works. When it’s raining I think, at the old place we would have been putting buckets out in the theater, and now everything’s fine, nothing’s leaking. It’s the difference between a shack and a mansion, so it’s hard to miss it.” What’s in store for iO next year? “I’m so busy thinking of now. As an improviser, we’re always in the now,” Halpern says. “Things that happen to me are always so much more interesting than the things I planned, so I stopped planning. That’s what improv is all about.” v
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Cirque du Soleil gets human again By TONY ADLER
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hen you come down to it, there’s only a limited number of circus skills. You can throw, spin, balance, bounce, hang, fly, catch, contort, somersault, or clown. Your average show is pretty much guaranteed to feature somebody juggling pins, walking a wire, flying off a teeterboard, swinging from a height, touching toes to head, or doing a handstand atop either another person or a swaying stack of chairs or both. In short, there’s nothing categorically new under the big top. So unless you abandon all self-respect and go with the motorcycle cage of death, the trick of classic circus tricks becomes a matter of presenting them in a way that makes them feel new again. Often enough that means pushing the danger factor to another level. But risk works only up to a point. Circus artists are professionals, after all—they’re not in the business of trying to kill themselves but of giving you a thrill while they flirt with the illusion of getting themselves killed. Back when I joined the circus (no, really!), I watched a tightrope walker make the same slipup at show after show, just to add a little frisson. She was so good she had to pretend to fail.
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An alternate option is the one Cirque du Soleil pioneered and has been plying lo these many years: find ways to embed the traditional techniques in opulent, high-concept fantasies. Danger is no longer a primary value here, though it remains present (and real enough, as demonstrated by the 2013 accident that killed CdS acrobat Sarah Guyard-Guillot during an aerial bit in Las Vegas). The point instead is to supply a hip, very high-tech sense of spectacle, toggled to an evanescent narrative played out by lots of beautiful young performers. This worked supremely well for a long time. But the ratio of eye candy to real expertise seemed to skew in the more recent shows that toured to Chicago. It looked more and more like the Cirque formula had devolved to the point where cast members were simply buckled into their harnesses and plugged into whatever elaborate conceit the creatives had conjured for us. The narratives weren’t played out so much as populated. The beautiful young performers were interchangeable. Well, now there’s a new production in the blue-and-yellow Cirque tent next to United Center. And it restores the ratio with a vengeance. Kurios: Cabinet of Curiosties is thrilling, not just in its elegant, endlessly J
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ARTS & CULTURE continued from 16 allusive steam-punk aesthetics but in its return to a version of circus that respects and showcases the often jaw-dropping talents of the artists onstage. The ineluctable old circus tropes have been recast in delightful ways. A hand-balancing act called “Upside Down World” has Andrii Bondarenko building a chair tower such as you’ve seen everywhere and over and over again; the neat little twist comes when his double starts building a parallel stack downward from on high. Gabriel Beaudoin soups up an essentially ordinary juggling turn with the help of percussionist Christopher Chatham, increasing the stakes, first, by working to a frenetic beat, second, by operating on more than the usual number of planes, and third, by manifesting great precision and an enormous amount of enthusiasm. Facundo Gimenez brings a Roberto Benigni-like puckishness to his clowning. The contortionists are superb in their ability to coalesce into a single creature, like something from a coral reef. And in the most perfect passage of Kurios, a corps of six acrobats from various corners of the old Soviet Union offer a banquine, strongmen heaving their birdlike colleagues into the air by making a launching pad of their arms. Imagine a teeterboard act without the teeterboard. Kurios has its dull patches. A yo-yo interlude combines pedestrian effects with an unearned seriousness reminiscent of, say, David Copperfield. Likewise the rola bola, in which James Eulises Gonzalez goes to great, grim lengths to do less that you’d expect. The Acro Net is basically a very big trampoline. And while an aerial straps duet has its moments, it feels dated overall, as if Siegfried and Roy had come back with a strange new shtick. But the marvels overwhelm the doldrums— and the design is eccentrically, exquisitely anachronistic in the spirit of movies ranging from Baz Luhrmann’s Moulin Rouge! to most anything by Terry Gilliam, but especially The Adventures of Baron Munchhausen. More important, Kurios puts human beings back at the center of the circus, which is where they belong. Because if it isn’t humans doing the defying (of death, of gravity, of our usual bungling lack of grace), then who cares? v R Kurios: Cabinet of Curiosities Through 9/20: Tue-Thu 8 PM, Fri-Sat 4:30 and 8 PM, Sun 1:30 and 5 PM, United Center parking lot, 1901 W. Madison, 877-924-7783, cirquedusoleil.com, $35-$145.
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ing a matinee of Annie, fight with the woman seated in front of them over their right to use profanity. If we learned anything from eight seasons of Curb Your Enthusiasm, it’s that they’re bound to run into her at some inopportune point in the future, and sure enough . . . The show is full of inside jokes that developed into plotlines. Klausner has said before that library fountain water is the coldest, most delicious water in the world—so why, she wonders, isn’t anyone bottling it? On the show, Julie and Billy pitch the idea to an exec who sells water in those more eco-friendly paper cartons, which makes Julie wonder “Does it taste milky? Seems like it would taste a little milky.” In the second episode, Julie obsesses over meeting up with and being desired by a guy who ignored her in school even though she has a live-in boyfriend named Arthur (James Urbaniak). She tries to talk Arthur into a threesome by way of explaining that they’ll never have a “sexist” three-way (two women, one man) because she believes in her heart that “men have enough privileges as it is.” There are references to Katherine McPhee and Tyne Daly and R. Kelly someday peeing on Blue Ivy (and since the show is on Hulu they can say “fuck” as often as they’d like). As characters, Julie and Billy are foul-mouthed , unappologetic, and blissfully self-absorbed—and we’re so lucky they invited us to their party of two. vR Difficult People, new episodes premiere Wednesdays on Hulu
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limited U.S. release. For the first time in his filmmaking career Dolan worked with someone else’s source material, collaborating with Michel Marc Bouchard to adapt his play, yet there’s the same strong maternal will snaking through the story. Dolan—who has starred in all his own films except Mommy—plays the title character, a gay man who travels out to the country for the family funeral of his love, who has just died. Staying with the dead man’s grieving mother, Tom keeps silent about the gay romance, and her other grown son strongarms Tom into feeding her comforting lies about the deceased. As in Dolan’s own stories, a mother’s hunger for her children encompasses both loving and devouring them. People in their late teens are completely without pity, which is why Dolan was able to draw such an incisive portrait of his own mom in I Killed My Mother. There’s none of the usual gratitude an older writer might express for a parent raising a child alone: Chantale Lemming (Anne Dorval) is hard, capricious, and prone to ultimatums. Her arguments with her son, Hubert, begin as matters of motherly J
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MOVIES continued from 20 discipline but end up dwelling on her hurt feelings; when they reach an impasse, she dares him to go live with his father. After Hubert flippantly tells one of his teachers that his mother is dead and word gets back to Chantale, she storms into Hubert’s classroom in a fur hat and leopard-skin jacket. Later, when Hubert tarries too long at a video store, she makes another public scene. “She wasn’t made to be a mother,” Hubert observes in the black-andwhite direct-address shots that punctuate the movie. “She got married and had a kid because that’s what everyone expected of her.” I Killed My Mother shows an insight beyond the filmmaker’s years, revealing how a woman’s fierce love for her child can curdle into rage and resentment when that child pulls away. “He used to tell me everything,” Chantale confides to a friend. “Now I’m criticized for everything I say. Every word, every move is wrong. It’s as if everything was erased. Our special moments, our trips.” Chantale has already figured out that Hubert is gay and aches for what he’ll go through in life, though he prefers to go through it alone. His secret has divided them, and I Killed My Mother is honest about the possibility that their relationship may never recover. “I could never stand my father,” one of Hubert’s teachers tells him. “People think that with time, you start loving your parents and things work out. But we haven’t spoken in ten years.” Hubert is 16, and you have to wonder whether another decade in the closet might turn him into the 25-year-old man, never named, whose accidental death, never specified, sets in motion the events of Tom at the Farm. Agathe (Lise Roy), his hauntingly bereaved mother, latches on to Tom all the more because her son stayed so far out of her reach. “Don’t you tell you’re leaving tomorrow,” Agathe admonishes Tom. “He always said that. You’ll stay.” Tom soon realizes that he’s been pulled into a fiction; menacing him in his bed that night is the other son, Francis (Pierre-Yves Cardinal), who immediately pegs Tom as a con man and orders him to deliver a soothing eulogy at the funeral the next day, for his mother’s sake, before getting out of town. “If you speak, they’ll know my son was a good boy,” Agathe explains to Tom, exposing both her own heartbreak and the social rigidity that estranged mother and son. Like Chantale in the earlier movie, Agathe inspires a mixture of empathy and fear; her stymied love for her child has turned her into something quietly awful. She pumps Tom for
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I KILLED MY MOTHER SHOWS AN INSIGHT BEYOND THE FILMMAKER’S YEARS, REVEALING HOW A WOMAN’S FIERCE LOVE FOR HER CHILD CAN CURDLE INTO RAGE AND RESENTMENT WHEN THAT CHILD PULLS AWAY. details about her son, especially the girlfriend he supposedly had, who never turned up for the funeral. Wanting to hate this woman, Agathe hangs on Tom’s every word, and he begins to fill in this fictitious straight romance with memories of his own gay one. Eventually her frustration boils over: “Why did my son stop visiting?” she demands to know. “Why didn’t he call or write anymore? What kind of accident was it? Who was he with? How did it happen? Where? When? No one dies at 25! No one!” But any sympathy for Agathe is tempered by her contemptuous attitude and shocking flashes of rage toward Francis, which hint at a darker family history. Tom at the Farm takes more than a few narrative left turns, and Dolan has trouble striking the right balance between family psychodrama and twisty suspense plot. Yet the movie’s premise must have primed him for Mommy, his subsequent feature and his best to date. Anne Dorval, who played Chantale in I Killed My Mother, returns as Diane, a brash widow who takes custody of her incorrigibly rude and violent son from a mental institution but gradually realizes that no amount of maternal love or support will empower him to function on the outside. Like the dead son in Tom, the obnoxious Steve (Antoine-Olivier Pilon) is something of an enigma, having retreated so far into his own feelings that no one can deal with him. At first Diane tries to embrace and validate his every antisocial impulse, but by the end of the movie the same truth has reasserted itself: you can give a child life, but that’s no guarantee that he’ll want to share it with you. v
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Five Reader writers take in a range of sounds that includes Ola Belle Reed’s rural roots music, Ahab’s “nautik funeral doom,” and Beach House’s newly modest dream pop.
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The Boats of the Glen Carrig (Napalm) For their previous album, 2012’s The Giant, Ahab took inspiration from Edgar Allan Poe’s 1838 novel The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket, which recounts a phantasmagorical voyage to Antarctic seas. For the new The Boats of the Glen Carrig, this selfdescribed “nautik funeral doom” band draw from William Hope Hodgson’s 1907 horror novel of the same name, whose fans included H.P. Lovecraft. These Germans’ seafaring sound swings between becalmed and stormy: Daniel Droste’s vocals plunge from a clear, genteel tenor to a clotted, guttural roar, and the guitars shatter passages of crystalline lyricism with eruptions of churning, midnightblack thunder. The melodies have yet to prove as insinuating as those on The Giant, but in “Like Red Foam (The Great Storm)” Droste sings a mournful descending line that echoes the chilling despair of Hodgson’s narrator as he gazes on the approaching tempest: “The great wall of cloud had risen some further degrees, and there was something less of the redness,” he writes. “It appeared to crest the black cloud like red foam, seeming, it might be, as though a mighty sea made ready to break over the world.” —PHILIP MONTORO
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Depression Cherry (Sub Pop) Beach House have always followed an unassuming MO, no matter how expansive their dream-pop sound has gotten. Their breakout album, 2009’s Teen Dream, is hardly a scorcher, but with its hazy, beautifully layered guitars and Victoria Legrand’s haunting, piercing voice, it became a sleeper indie hit. The duo’s next record, 2012’s Bloom, sounded even more confidently Beach House-y, but the new
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Depression Cherry shakes things up a bit. They’ve described it as a “return to simplicity,” explaining that their previous two albums brought them to a “more aggressive place” (this might’ve had to do with their growing audience). Depression Cherry’s lead single, “Sparks,” retains a spaciousness that befits a festival setting but lacks some of the grandiosity of Bloom and Teen Dream, when the band were swinging for the fences in their own modest way. —TANNER HOWARD
3 MARIO DIAZ DE LEON
The Soul Is the Arena (Denovali) Mario Diaz de Leon is part of an expanding universe of instrumentalists and composers at home in multiple stylistic worlds: he merges contemporary classical and dark electronic music, and on his newest collection, The Soul Is the Arena, his grip on that hybrid sound is more confident than ever. He continues his relationship with the International Contemporary Ensemble, and two of his compositions here feature soloists from that group (flutist Claire Chase and clarinetist Joshua Rubin) in virtuosic conversation with rigorous, slashing electronics. On the ominous “Luciform” Chase tangles with synthetic parts that veer between doomy bass and piercing, kaleidoscopic splatters, sometimes playing ripping unison passages and at others explosive counterpoint, while the mood shifts in steady increments from serene to frenzied. On the chamber piece Portals Before Dawn, Diaz de Leon’s synthesizer parts are more restrained and the music has a more acoustic focus, but it’s no less unsettling for that: trilling figures for flute, clarinet, and piano strike like lightning within halting explosions of percussion and dark ambience. —PETER MARGASAK
4 GOLDEN PELICANS
Oldest Ride, Longest Line (Total Punk) The more Golden Pelicans chuck guitar riffs at your dome like full cans of Icehouse, the more you’re duped into believing these Orlando miscreants play straight-up party punk— the kind of rowdy filth spewed out by guys who might make you bleed before the end of the show. But on the recent Oldest Ride, Longest Line—released on Total Punk, the tiny but oh-so-solid label run by drummer Rich Evans— Golden Pelicans are a tad sneaky about their assault. It’s in the music, not in the vocals—the snarling rasp of front man Eric Grincewicz makes him sound like a tracheotomy patient with the dry heaves, but guitarist Scott Barnes ups the rock ’n’ roll quotient with sharp, strutting riffs that are simultaneously glam-heavy and tough as nails. —KEVIN WARWICK
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Death Magic (Loma Vista) Los Angeles noise-rock group Health haven’t released a proper full-length in six years, at least if you don’t count their 2010 disco edits of their sophomore album (2009’s Get Color) or their 2012 soundtrack to the video game Max Payne 3 (which some of their fans don’t even know they’ve done). But no matter how many years you figure Health have been dormant, the new Death Magic is a tremendous return, an evolution toward accessible pop that keeps their ear-shattering violence intact. Health still scour their songs with shock waves—their idiosyncratic noise splits the difference between “civil defense siren” and “sharpening a katana”—but now they lend a crackling aura to blunted house percussion and Top 40 hooks. Even when the lyrics get grim, Health’s music gleams: on “Life” they make anxiety, aimlessness, and fatigue sound positively triumphant. —LEOR GALIL
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Wave[s] (Cinematic Music Group) On his 2014 breakout mixtape, The Water[s], Chicago MC Mick Jenkins deftly sewed a fabric of lush, inviting soul to his thoughtful vignettes of kids stuck on the wrong side of the tracks. Jenkins has a strong grasp of how words flow together, and his rapping is so precise it can sound austere—in fact his fierceness can seem forbidding. But he’s taking big steps toward dance-friendly pop with his new EP, Wave[s], and in the process showing off an alluring new range and stylistic breadth in his vocals. On “Your Love” he slides into R&B crooner mode, and his soft, mellow sing- J
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continued from 21 ing coasts atop the dry, snapping percussion provided by “it” producer Kaytranada—like much of Wave[s], it’s “pop” in the sense that it encourages and rewards constant replay. —LEOR GALIL
7 JESSY LANZA
You Never Show Your Love (Hyperdub) On her full-length debut, 2013’s Pull My Hair Back, Canadian singer-producer Jessy Lanza tamed the bite of the acidic synth stabs and palpitating electronic bass in her tracks, weaving them into mystical, placid tapestries of R&B. For her new EP, You Never Show Your Love, she collaborated with Teklife producers DJ Spinn and Taso, creating four songs that find a middle ground between Lanza’s relaxing atmospherics and Spinn and Taso’s high-energy catharsis. The last two songs turn up the pace and the bass: one is a footwork-flavored tune with a posthumous appearance from DJ Rashad, and the other courts the ghetto-house heads in her audience. On the ace title track, Lanza weaves rattling percussion into her beguiling, sumptuous sound. —LEOR GALIL
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Mudflowers (Rune Grammofon) Over the past five years or so, veteran Norwegian producer and guitarist HP Gundersen has enlisted a shifting cast of Scandinavian help to craft a delirious, cosmic hybrid of country-rock, folk, psychedelia, and blues under the name the Last Hurrah!! For the project’s first two albums, he crafted extended suites that work almost like medleys, but on its third and best record, Mudflowers, he’s broken up the music into ten irresistible songs. The new material gets a huge boost from a new singer, Los Angeles-based Maesa Pullman, who glides among glamorous Laurel Canyon folk-rock, Nashville countrypolitan, and Chicago soul (Tore Bereczky’s harmonica on “Tried to Lose You” sounds like an homage to Syl Johnson or Sugar Blue). Gundersen uses the studio like a laboratory, concocting woozy tributes to many stripes of American roots music, and they’re all so spot-on and hooky (and now, with Pullman, convincingly soulful) that the somewhat artificial and inorganic process of their creation doesn’t matter a whit to me. —PETER MARGASAK
9 NORDIC AFFECT
Clockworking (Sono Luminus) In recent years an explosion of exciting new music has arisen in Iceland, much of it made by
young women. Nordic Affect is an all-female quartet that alternates between Baroque music and contemporary classical, adjusting starkly modern ideas for strings and harpsichord. Their new album, Clockworking, features commissioned works by five Icelandic women, including a few with indie-rock connections: Maria Huld Markan Sigfusdottir was in the string group Amiina, and Hildur Gudnadottir used to play in Mum. Gudnadottir wrote “2 Circles” for voice and violin, and those two instruments feel remote from each other even as they twine inextricably together. Hafdis Bjarnadottir’s “From Beacon to Beacon” combines field recordings made in and around two different lighthouses with string passages that reflect the unpredictable violence of ocean weather, and Thuridur Jonsdottir’s “INNI— Music da Camera” blends breathy violin harmonics with the cooing of an infant without sounding corny or cutesy. Anna Thorvaldsdottir’s “Shades of Silence” is a rapturous, starkly beautiful concatenation of drones, muted thwacks, and simulated inhalations and exhalations. The pieces are connected by a thread of semi-structuralist presentation—the materials and the spaces in which they’re brought to life share the spotlight—but this music couldn’t sound less academic. —PETER MARGASAK
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Ola Belle Reed and Southern Mountain Music on the Mason-Dixon Line (Dust-to-Digital) With its superlative track choices, obsessive attention to detail, impeccable research, and beautiful packaging, the Dust-to-Digital label has set the standard for reissues devoted to overlooked chapters of American roots music. This new two-disc collection looks at the work and influence of the great country and folk singer Ola Belle Reed, born in 1916 to a large musical family in Lansing, North Carolina; in 1934 she moved first to southeastern Pennsylvania and then to Rising Sun, Maryland, just south of the Mason-Dixon Line. The first disc contains dazzling recordings of Reed—who balanced the sounds and repertoire of hardcore old-time music with a brisk bluegrass feel—made in 1966 and ’67 in Oxford, Pennsylvania, just north of the border. The second disc consists of contemporary recordings by her descendants, both literal and musical. The set comes with an exhaustive 256-page book that details Reed’s history and influence and tells stories about the rural-music community that grew up around her in the 60s—and that carries on today thanks to the likes of bluegrass singer Danny Paisley. —PETER MARGASAK
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On Wildheart, Miguel elevates his smoldering R&B songs to fit on monstrous stages
THURSDAY13 Netherfriends 9:30 PM, the Whistler, 2321 N. Milwaukee. F Netherfriends main man Shawn Rosenblatt is like a bird: he calls Chicago home during warm months, but migrates south once the leaves change. And that nomadic lifestyle certainly has its appeal. For instance, he has the flexibility to spend months on the road—as he did when he wrote and recorded a song in every state for an ambitious project called, well, “50 States, 50 Songs." But that way can also be quite isolating, and the loneliness finds its way into Netherfriends’ genre-blending self-released new album, Ladyfriends (A Stoner Love Album). On it Rosenblatt ruminates about his vagabond life and his desire for a woman to hold his hand, about smoking weed and watching Seinfeld—and though with each track he finds a new way to inflect his vocals with a glum sweetness, those themes remain on repeat. Netherfriends’ hybrid of psych, hip-hop, and indie pop retains its familiarity even as Rosenblatt explores new designs. He strikes a balance between Beach Boys euphoria and G-funk grooves, and he pulls it off in a way that makes the flow of each track unique to his hazy, easygoing vision and romantically woebegone bite. —LEOR GALIL
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AFTER RELEASING HIS THIRD ALBUM, Wildheart (RCA/ByStorm), at the end of June, R&B singer Miguel retroactively gave Smashing Pumpkins front man and meme generator Billy Corgan a songwriting credit on “Leaves.” It appears he eventually recognized the similarities between his tune’s somber guitar melody and the one on the Pumpkins’ dramatic 1996 single “1979.” The acknowledgment certainly says more about Miguel’s grand ambitions to cross over into the arena-rock universe than it does about Corgan’s sensual songwriting. On Wildheart Miguel focuses on the moments shared by a couple (hypersexualized passion, sweet whispered nothings), but he elevates them for monstrous stages—which results in smoldering songs that can slay thousands as easily as they can set the scene for a crowd of two. The single “Coffee” encapsulates much of what makes the album so great. It’s got the magnetic pull of a potential new love as it seamlessly interweaves seductiveness with romantic precociousness, and makes Miguel’s tender story feel as real as the flesh he desires. —LEOR GALIL
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Djin aquarian with Plastic Crimewave Syndicate Part of the Chicago Summer Psychfest. Vyto B, Shah Jahan, and Hands of Hydra open. 9 PM, Hideout, 1354 W. Wabansia, $10, $18 two-day pass. You can always count on Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) to shed some light on the finest pockets of historical psychedelia—and nabbing Djin Aquarian is quite a score indeed. First and foremost, Aquarian was a founding member of the Source Family collective/cult of the early 70s—like all group members he adopted "Aquarian" as a surname—and he was also a core member of the spiritual-psychedelic band Ya Ho Wha 13, which was fronted by the group’s charismatic follower Father Yod (he died in 1975 following a hang-gliding accident . . . not a terrible way to go for such a figure). The band continued on and experienced something of a revival with some Drag City reissues in the late aughts. For this gig, the current Syndicate lineup (Crimewave, Anjru Kettering, Dawn Aquarius, and Jose Bernal) will back Djin Aquarian on a set of songs from Golden Sunrise, his 1977 album with his band Fire,
Water, Air. Djin will then back the Crimewave Syndicate for some of their songs, likely ending the set with a vintage trippy, orgiastic jam. The group plans to do some recordings and a short midwest tour. —MONICA KENDRICK
Mykki Blanco Cut Hands and Two From the Eye open. 9 PM, Empty Bottle, 1035 N. Western, $15. Mykki Blanco’s last mixtape, 2014's Gay Dog Food, boasts spots from far-flung guests like shadowy Internet rapper Cities Aviv and riot grrrl godmother Kathleen Hanna. He's always identified himself as a punk, and an adrenaline-charged track like “Moshin in the Front” cements that label. Though Blan- J Mykki Blanco ! COURTESY ELASTIC ARTISTS
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co has yet to put out new music in 2015—he did cryptically tease a project called White Pelle Pelle last October, but that seems to have fallen dormant—his presence as an artist this year has only grown. In March, he announced that he’d be focusing on investigative journalism, and that he hoped to interview trans people across the globe. He also recently came out as HIV positive, accompanied by a concise and powerful statement: “Fuck stigma.” Blanco’s output might remain scant, but he can still bring his music to live audiences—though what his show might look like now is anyone’s guess. The guarantee is that it’ll be life affirming, especially for queer kids who might not often get the opportunity to see someone with Blanco's command dominate a stage. —SASHA GEFFEN
Miguel See "Pick of the week" on page 28. Dorothy opens. 8 PM, the Vic, 3145 N. Sheffield, sold out. 18+
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Pleasure Leftists Homeshake headline; Sheer Agony, Pleasure Leftists, Negative Scanner, and Split Feet open. 9 PM, Empty Bottle, 1035 N. Western, $10, $8 in advance.
Two members of Cleveland postpunk four-piece Pleasure Leftists, bassist Steve Peffer and guitarist Kevin Jaworski, have been friends since high school, and this is hardly their first rodeo together: they both played in rabid hardcore band 9 Shocks Terror, which broke up in 2006, and later in Homostupids, whose style Peffer once described as a “primitive shitbag sound.” In 2010 they founded Pleasure Leftists with drummer Mark Terveen (front woman Haley Morris came along later, after Peffer met her through their respective shows on Cleveland State University’s radio station), apparently with the intent to provoke more nuanced responses from an audience than “I’m gonna smash that fucking windshield!” or “Where’s the nearest fire exit?” The band’s first full-length, The Woods of Heaven (Deranged), which comes out later this month, combines taut, ruthlessly restrained rhythms with Morris’s full-throated, floridly gloomy singing. Pleasure Leftists’ palette of tone colors comes straight from classic early-80s floppy-haired-sad-person music—chilly, chorused guitars, wiry and oddly elastic bass, buckets of dark-rain-slicked-alley reverb— and Morris’s outlook as a lyricist can be summed up by the lines “The world’s against me” (from “Burning Down”) and “I will survive” (from “Protection”). The songs themselves, not their individual components, are what make The Woods of Heaven spe-
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cial: they’re briskly urgent, concise yet detailed, and packed with incident. Pleasure Leftists not only write lots of different riffs, patterns, and phrases but also run them through so many permutations and combinations that a three-minute tune can feel as dense with twists and intrigue as an airport-paperback spy novel. —PHILIP MONTORO
SUNDAY16 Ora Clementi Olivia Block opens. 8:30 PM, Constellation, 3111 N. Western, $12. 18+ Formed in 2013, Ora Clementi is the duo of Winnipeg sound artist and improviser Crys Cole and Melbourne-born, Los Angeles-based multi-instrumentalist and composer James Rushford. The eerie musique-concrete soundscapes on their sole album, last year’s Cover You Will Softer Me (Penultimate Press), are patient but not serene, evolving without clear tempo, pulse, or structure. Though they’re largely abstract in organization and vocabulary, certain sounds have tentatively identifiable sources. Among the drones, thumps, hisses, warbles, and crackles, I can hear someone playing ocarina, viola, and piano in wandering nonpatterns, an intermittent chirruping and squeaking that might be birds (Rushford’s pet chickens supposedly appear somewhere), and what sound like footfalls in dead leaves, scraping on a metal bucket, and tearing of tape or paper. Occasionally someone hums or makes popping, smacking mouth noises, and because it’s obvious what they are, your ear tells you that they’re very quiet sounds, happening alarmingly close to your head—which produces an unsettling suspense as you wait for something genuinely loud to blow off the top of your skull. (The handful of colossal grating exhalations that punctuate the first side of the album do the job nicely.) On the second side, the dominant element is manipulated, mumbled, or otherwise unintelligible speech, which often sounds like people talking backward, in their sleep, or in a language I don’t recognize—I can never make out more than a brief, disjointed phrase, and the struggle to grasp what seem to want to be words heightens the tension in the music. Also on the bill is Chicago composer Olivia Block, who just released a halfhour cassette of her 2011 composition Aberration of Light via NNA Tapes; she’ll present a four-channel version of the piece in the dark. —PHILIP MONTORO
Fuck You, Idiot Bad Dreams, Cheap Dates, and Paulie Think open. 9:30 PM, Underground Lounge, 954 W. Newport, $5. The bio for this local four-piece almost reads like a manifesto: “The name [Fuck You, Idiot] is a mes-
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sage to all the dolts whose dumb opinions are only outweighed by their irrelevance, and the songs are for the people who still give a shit.” Spend five minutes with their self-released, self-titled debut LP, however, and you start to get a broader sense of what they’re all about. Fuck You, Idiot—they go by “FYI” only in interband text messages—play snotty, poppy punk that stands in direct opposition to ultraserious, too-cool-for-school scenesters. Tracks like “I Suck at Xbox,” “Everyone’s Old and Shit,” and “Wait, Wait . . . Don’t Smell Me!” sound pretty much exactly like what you’d expect songs with those titles to sound like: fast, loud, catchy, and tonguein-cheek. Still, there’s always the extra dynamic of front woman Kate Heitmanek’s incongruously tender vocals and clever wordplay. One of her more delightfully sarcastic quips comes from the album's standout, "Go Away," on which she sings, “Your records are so cool / I wish that you were, too.” —DREW HUNT
Yes Toto open. 7:30 PM, FirstMerit Bank Pavilion, 1300 S. Linn White, $15-$149.50. The path traveled by English prog-rock pioneers Yes has been a winding one. Founded in 1968, the band first snaked through whimsical, psychedelic epics before trying their hand at knotty, high-concept, album-length tracks flush with harpsichord and pipe-organ solos. Next they detoured into cheesy, 80s synth-pop because that was the way of the world—and then went back to the beginning and did it all again. The one unchanged element during those eras: bassist Chris Squire. As the band’s sole constant member, Squire laid down a trebly Rickenbacker bass tone that became Yes’s hallmark— he could dig out deep, rhythmic grooves and make the bass sing with ringing, melodic leads. With five or six mind-blowing virtuosos onstage at any given time, Yes's scales could easily tip into a messy zone as players clamored for shares of sonic space. But
Squire’s crunchy bass remained at the forefront. He was arguably the band’s secret weapon or their undisputed lead, but there’s no question he was their heart and soul. Bassists worldwide mourned when Squire recently succumbed to leukemia—and still the Yes train rolls on. He’ll be replaced onstage by Billy Sherwood, who played guitar with the band in the 90s. Since their inception nearly 50 years ago, Yes have seen 20 band members revolve through the lineup, but this is the first time someone’s departure feels like a truly detrimental loss. —LUCA CIMARUSTI
MONDAY17 Words Are not enough Samuel Mosching Trio open. 9 PM, Elastic, 3429 W. Diversey, $10 suggested donation. Brilliant Chicago tenor saxophonist John Gilmore should’ve been far more famous. Dedicated to the vision of bandleader and composer Sun Ra, he put a solo career on the back burner to remain a vital part of the Arkestra for four decades. In a similar fashion, alto saxophonist Jimmy Lyons worked with pianist Cecil Taylor for about 25 years and only occasionally made albums under his own name. As a result, his idiosyncratic genius for adapting the bebop sound of Charlie Parker and Sonny Stitt in a harmonically free landscape has been cruelly underappreciated. So it’s nice to see a couple of younger players—Baltimore reedist Jarrett Gilgore and Brooklyn drummer Deric Dickens—rectify that situation with their quartet Words Are Not Enough. The group’s bracing new album, Streams (Mole-Tree Music), includes renditions of some Lyons tunes—including the indelible “Wee Sneezawee”—but the combo also uses his ideas as inspiration for their own writing. The recording features deft interplay between Gilgore and former Chicago trumpeter Jaimie Branch, J
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Nofx Lagwagon, Strung Out, Swingin Utters, Flatliners, Masked Intruder, Toy Guitar, and Bad Cop open. 3 PM, Aragon Ballroom, 1106 W. Lawrence, sold out. When I was 13 years old, I’d often invoke the snotty lyrics of poppy skate-punk band NOFX in arguments with my friends and parents. As embarrassed as I am to have thought NOFX lyrics would make for useful secondary sources in a debate, I still have good memories of the band’s 80s and 90s material. (I actually checked out right after 1999’s The Decline, an 18-minute one-song EP that set me off on a path to Pink Floyd, the Dead, and every other band that wrote tracks exceeding seven minutes in length.) Regardless, I was surprised to discover just how much I disliked the group’s most recent studio-recorded LP, 2012’s Self/Entitled (Fat Wreck Chords), which shows no change in NOFX’s musical direction and has none of the melodic inventiveness or sharp humor of their finest albums, 1991’s Ribbed and 1994’s Punk in Drublic. Granted, I’m not 13 years old anymore, but Fat Mike is 48, which only makes his mind-set that much more bizarre—the style got old for me pretty quickly, so surely he must be tired of playing it. He recently cowrote a rock musical called Home Sweet Home—
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not great, but better and more inspired than Self/ Entitled—which suggests to me that NOFX’s time may soon be coming to an end. —TAL ROSENBERG
WEDNESDAY19 The Good Life Big Harp and See Through Dress open. 9 PM, Lincoln Hall, 2424 N. Lincoln, $15. 18+ Dubya still controlled the White House when Omaha rock outfit the Good Life released their last full-length, Help Wanted Nights—though to be fair it came out in 2007, so it doesn’t feel that long ago. Meanwhile Chicago-based front man Tim Kasher has had plenty on his plate. His emo band Cursive is still ripping it up, his solo album, 2013’s Adult Film, feels fresh enough to be considered newish, and he wrote and directed an indie film that's now on the way—so I wouldn’t blame him for wanting to take five from everything for a little bit. (Full disclosure: Kasher is also engaged to Reader associate editor Gwynedd Stuart . . . yet another line of work.) But now Kasher and his Good Life bandmates are back with the brand-new Everybody’s Coming Down (Saddle Creek), and it feels particularly vital, like the four-piece needed to get these touching, lived-in rock songs on record. On the bucolic “The Troubadour’s Green Room” Kasher intertwines a veteran bar musician's woes and desires with the childlike dreams that led him there. No matter how gloomy the tale about the fictional musician who feels increasingly cornered by his youthful ambitions, the band sounds like there’s nothing they’d rather do than play the song. —LEOR GALIL
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Royal Headache Royal Headache headline; Sheer Mag, Storm Clouds, and Daylight Robbery open. 9 PM, Empty Bottle, 1035 N. Western, $10. With the Down Under’s scuzz-coated garage rock and sinister postpunk scenes both bursting at the seams with hyped talent, it makes sense to try and find a place somewhere in between the two to stick Sydney’s Royal Headache. But on the new High (What’s Your Rupture?), the foursome use elements of both sub-subgenres—dusty guitar riffs, jogging bass lines, crisp drumming—without ever defining themselves as such. Instead, Royal Headache tour the back alleys of pop music, moving from blownout, organ-backed soulful garage (“Need You”) to sweeping indie-flavored rock (“High”) to what damn near equates to vintage vocal pop (“Wouldn’t You Know”). Thankfully, the raspy, exasperated vocals of front man Shogun—or at least that’s what he goes by—leave them all raw, the way rock music can best be appreciated. And when he does dig into the poppy garage-punk rippers on the album’s back end, it’s hard not to imagine a sweaty, exuberant crowd pogoing along with the bouncy rhythms. Opening up are the great young Philly band Sheer Mag, whose recent EP II mixes lick-loaded classic rock with a staunch DIY aesthetic, resulting in a cross between Cheap Trick and a dingy, leaky basement. —KEVIN WARWICK
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Via Lima is North Center’s Tanta A rookie restaurateur brings Peruvian food to the neighborhoods. By MIKE SULA
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hen Peruvian superchef Gastón Acurio touched down in Chicago nearly two years ago he ushered in a new kind of environment for exploring his country’s food. Prior to that if you wanted to enjoy modern Peruvian cuisine’s unique alloy of Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, African, and indigenous influences, you went to one of a half dozen or so mom-and-pop places out in the neighborhoods, some of which excel at a number of things, but few of which consistently deliver on the great scope of what Peru, from mountain to sea, is capable of producing. Then again, while Tanta is nice—wonderful, really—it’s in River North, which increasingly demands Buddha-like levels of imperturbability to endure. If Acurio really is the world ambassador for Peruvian food he might have done better to open a restaurant in a real neighborhood. Enter Via Lima, a midscale North Center spot from Peruvian-born novice restaurateur Eni Cadena, who scuttled plans to open a gift shop to instead bring ceviche, causitas, and beef heart anticuchos to a neighborhood overcrowded with middling sports bars and more in need of a dose of rocoto-pepper-spiked novelty than most.
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Via Lima’s market fish entree varies; the causitas feature cylindrical potato cakes topped with chicken, shrimp, or in this case crab. ! ANDREA BAUER
Cadena and her chef, Andrew Sawyer, a transplant from the unlikely city of Minneapolis, seem to have adopted Tanta’s broad approach, serving most of Peru’s iconic dishes, starting with a cone of plaintain chips with aji amarillo sauce, the creamy, yellow-chile-based salsa that’s just one of many vibrant, craveable condiments that appear across the menu. Featured prominently is an array of sea creatures denatured in lime juice and chiles. These ceviches include a classic mixto—scallops, shrimp, and fish bathed in leche de tigre, a curative brew of lime, chiles, red onions, and fish stock—and sections of scallops served on the half shell with pico de gallo and supersize corn kernels. This ever-present starch—choclo—is a crunchy, tender counterpoint to the firm, acidic fish. A dark, nuttier roasted variety comes with the sashimi-style tiradito along with a blazing-hot rocoto chile salsa. The J
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market fish available when I ordered it was a dark, meaty yellowtail jack with more than enough flavor to stand up to the bright, spicy marinade. The vividly colored hors d’ouevre-like causitas are well represented too. Cylindrical sections of densely mashed potato, either yellow or purple, serve as vehicles for crab, shrimp, or chicken, garnished with olive and tomato and squirts of thick, creamy chile sauces. These bites appear delicate, but they’re every bit as substantial as the imposing skewers of beef heart, big chunks of the steaklike meat served with a trio of sauces including a thick peanut-based paste and another spiked with the black mint huacatay. It’s an impressive display of muscle for $13. The Chinese influence is fairly inescapable at Via Lima. Soy sauce is used as a marinade for the glassine-skinned roast chicken, served with thick-cut fries, and the tenderloin lomo saltado is tossed about with it in the wok as well. But no dish owes more to the Chinese than the chaufa aeropuerto, pork belly and shrimp fried rice; soy and spicy garlic sauce work in tandem as the backdrop to a greasygood plateful, and crunchy rice noodles provide an ideal contrast. There are a few less familiar dishes on Sawyer’s menu. A shrimp and vegetable salad features choclo, favas, olives, and a fresh farmer cheese that almost places the dish in Greece. A fluffy corn souffle—almost a pudding—is so likable its duck confit topping seems extraneous. And a dish from the southern part of the country in which a pair of roasted rocoto peppers—like juicy red tomatoes in texture and hot as lava rocks—are stuffed with ground beef and raisins, smothered in Havarti cheese,
The chaufa aeropuerto, pork belly and shrimp fried rice, has blatant Chinese influence. ! ANDREA BAUER
and perched atop a bed of charred potato gratin, is hidden in the middle of the menu, but deserves top billing. Desserts are equally uncommon, including a coconut and cinnamon granita, a nutty chocolate torte with raisins and almonds—a sort of redemptive version of the Chunky bar—and a heavy rice pudding stained with purple corn. A pisco-based cocktail list leads into a concise wine list dominated by South American labels,
including a pair of interesting yet affordable Peruvian bottles versatile enough to stand up to anything on the menu. Via Lima doesn’t have the star power of Tanta, nor is it situated in a particularly visible location. It’s not even significantly less expensive. But for a restaurateur’s rookie effort, Via Lima sells Peruvian food just as well. v
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lade mace is the reddish covering that surrounds nutmeg—which is the seed of a species of evergreen native to Indonesia. Though the two varieties of spice come from the same plant, they’re not exactly the same in flavor; some people say that blade mace is sweeter and more delicate than nutmeg. Blackstone Hotel executive chef Aaron McKay, challenged by Christian Ragano of Cindy’s to create a dish with blade mace, calls it “the most metal of the spices”—referring to the fact that “mace” is also the name of a medieval weapon. He describes the spice as similar to nutmeg—“it reminds you of Christmas”—with a certain sweetness and “a peppery, gingery heat to it if you have a lot.” Mace is also one of the most common seasonings used in hot dogs (mace is sold either preground or in whole “blades”). Instead of making one dish, McKay prepared a two-course meal with a cocktail pairing, incorporating blade mace six different ways. He chose a British theme, starting with a takeoff on a gin and tonic featuring blade mace syrup. The main course was potted pork with peas, potatoes, and pickles; for dessert he served a trifle. McKay found he preferred the mace in savory preparations: for the Berkshire pork, he first rubbed it with ground mace
P and seared it, braised it, and then used the braising liquid to make a mace-infused aspic in which he set the spinach-mushroom roulade he made with the tenderloin. He also finished the boiled potatoes with curry, shallots, and blade mace, and used mace in the pickling liquid for the cucumbers. Trifle, according to McKay, is “an English dessert: a spongy cake of some sort, pudding or lemon curd, some type of fruit. Booze is optional, but—come on. Put some booze in it.” For the trifle, McKay made lemon curd, his first-ever pound cake, and cherry preserves made with blade mace and brandy. “I was really assertive with the blade mace,” he says. “It’s very bitter, but the sweetness and acidity of the cherries balance it out, so I could really have at it.” Not only was McKay happy with how his meal turned out, he’s planning to use blade mace again in the future. “I’ll definitely be putting it in my pickling liquid going forward, and braised meat, it’s a nice application for that as well. I’m actually really excited.”
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outine is having a moment in Chicago—a long one that doesn’t appear to be waning. Dozens of restaurants offer some amalgamation of fries, cheese curds, and gravy; Poutine Fest celebrated its third anniversary earlier this year; and we’ve seen three restaurants dedicated to poutine appear—and two of them disappear (namely, BadHappy Poutine Shop and Big Cheese Poutinerie). Now Logan Square has Q-Tine, which offers barbecue and poutine—its tagline is “Memphis meets Montreal.” Poutine, with its combination of carbs, fat, and salt, is classic drunk food, and Q-Tine appears poised to take full advantage of its proximity to Milwaukee Avenue’s many bars: it’s open until 4 AM Friday and Saturday, 2 AM most other days (it closes at midnight Sunday and Monday). For the full experience I probably should have visited in the wee hours of the morning, but not only did I go early on a Saturday evening, I hadn’t even been drinking beforehand. The menu is mainly made up of meat and fries in various combinations: you can get poutine topped with meat, or house-smoked meat with a side of poutine (the barbecued meats come with beans, coleslaw, and corn bread, but there’s an option to substitute the classic poutine). Or you can get a meat sandwich, which comes with fries. There is one vegetarian, gluten-free option: the Anti-Q, with roasted peppers, onions, and zucchini on top of fries with mushroom gravy; they’ll hold the cheese curds to make it vegan. (I didn’t order the Anti-Q, but
asked for a taste of the mushroom gravy, which turned out to be excellent.) Meat is the main event, though—and it was mostly good, with the exception of the dry, barely smoked ribs. But the brisket was tender and flavorful, and the Montreal smoked meat sandwich (which is a lot like pastrami) featured thick slices of rich, smoky, salty beef between slices of rye bread smeared with mustard. As for the poutine—now would probably be a good time to note that while I’m not as fervently antipoutine as my colleague Mike Sula, I’m not a poutine fanatic either. I’ve enjoyed a couple of good renditions, but all the other times I’ve tried it, the gravy has quickly made the fries soggy, at which point I’ve lost interest. Q-Tine’s Q Classic Poutine is slightly better than the average, but not among the best I’ve had: while the cheese curds were fresh and squeaky, the barely crisp fries couldn’t stand up to the gravy and turned into a pile of mush in the bottom of the paper tray. The Merguez Banquise is the same as the classic but with the addition of red pepper slices and spicy, garlicky merguez sausage, which improves things quite a bit. But my favorite was the Q “Philly” Steak: crispy fried onion strings topped with shredded beef brisket and a cheese-curd sauce made with Revolution beer. With no fries, gravy, or cheese curds (unless the sauce counts), this is almost certainly not poutine. But it is good. vQ-Tine | $$ 2339 N. Milwaukee, 773227-5100, q-tine.com
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CHERRY CIRCLE ROOM | LOOP | $$$$ The Cherry Circle Room, inside the Chicago Athletic Association Hotel, is a majestic dining space where not even a soundtrack of the Stooges and Nick Cave can burn off the mist of louche exclusivity—it’s the most physically impressive project yet from Land & Sea Dept. (Longman & Eagle, Lost Lake, etc). The grandeur is further enhanced by the framed silk banners of imaginary secret societies that hang on the walls and the arcane symbols painted on the ser viceware. The menu doesn't stray far from the comfortably familiar—there are steaks, a chop, chicken, duck, halibut, and of course a burger. But CCR also offers opportunities for splurging, such as caviar, a 30 -day dry-aged rib eye, and tableside cocktail service. In short, there's the requisite amount of variety in both dishes and pricing to satisfy the broad demands of a range of itinerant guests. The presentation rivals that at any of the nearby expense-account steak houses, and while the char on a 48-ounce tomahawk prime rib makes the steak look like it could cleave a skull in two, its pink interior is lush, buttery, and rich. The service is slow, but that's a surmountable problem. And once it's surmounted, this old boys'
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PEARL’S SOUTHERN COMFORT EDGEWATER | $$$ To vastly oversimplify the distinctions between creole and Cajun cuisines: creole food has tomatoes, Cajun food typically doesn't. The creole jambalaya at Pearl's is a good illustration of the difference. Some recipes for creole jambalaya call for tomato juice and diced tomatoes, others for diced tomatoes alone. In the version served at Pearl's, bits of andouille, chicken, and shrimp are doused in what's basically a tomato sauce, spicy and acidic, not unlike a loose arrabbiata. This preparation probably isn't for everyone—I prefer it the Cajun way—but it's indicative of the kitchen's appreciation for the nuances of the region's food. Seafood-wise, the kitchen knows its way around a catfish fillet. The blackened flesh is moist and fresh tasting, and the collards that accompany it are as good as any I've had in the south. As southern food continues to take over this Yankee town, Pearl's has emerged as another worthwhile place to sate a craving for the region's cuisine, sure,
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THE ABBEY After appearing on an embarrassing episode of the obnoxious reality TV program Bar Rescue, this once proud if shabby venue underwent a generic Hard Rock Cafe-style remodeling. But at least there’s a respectable whiskey list, and the Irish breakfast, curry fries, and trashy-good shepherd’s pie (declared shite by some bozo consulting chef) remain. —MIKE SULA 3420 W. Grace, 773-4635808, abbeypub.com. CHRISTINA’S PLACE Clean, properly poured $3 Guinness pints are the strongest evidence of the generosity of this narrow, often packed neighborhood dive. Ample pours, cheap prices, free pool Wednesday and Sundays, karaoke Saturdays, and holiday spreads for Saint Pat’s and Oktoberfest are some of the others. —MIKE SULA 3759 N. Kedzie, 773-463-1768, christinasplacechicago.com. FULLER’S PUB A mostly familiar middle-aged crowd—a more senior set than you’ll find in other nearby Irving Park bars—hangs out at Fuller’s, which has been in operation since the U.S. bicentennial. The usual diversions—TV, bowling machine, darts—keep patrons awake long enough to greet the busloads that arrive for the annual Saint Patrick’s Day bac-
chanal. —MIKE SULA 3202 W. Irving Park, 773-478-8060, fullerspub.com.
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JOE E’S UNFORGETTABLE LOUNGE The only 4 AM bar on Irving Park Road has a strong relationship with the Illinois Lottery, with a behind-the-bar ticket machine and a self-serve on the floor. In operation since the 50s, it’s now run by the second-generation Joe E. and his wife. A refuge for stool warmers in daylight hours and the walking dead in the wee ones, the lounge also has a bus shelter out front where you can sleep off the interminable five hours it’s closed every day. There’s free popcorn and pool, and three-dollar Bloody Marys on Sunday. —MIKE SULA 4206 W. Irving Park, 773-283-3422, unforgettablelounge.com. L&P LIQUORS AND TAP ROOM A minimally stocked Serbian-owned liquor store hiding a dark but friendly bar behind the register that offers not much more. Miller Lite is the only beer on tap, but there’s slivovitz and pear brandy hidden under the bar. —MIKE SULA 4001 W. Lawrence, 773-286-0379.
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MONTROSE SALOON A chummy, unprepos-
sessing Old Style bar with a number of diversions to help evaluate your ability to drive home: board games, darts, pool, and a large beer garden where you can throw horseshoes and bags, and grill your own grub. —MIKE SULA 2933 W. Montrose, 773-463-7663.
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PEACOCK LIQUORS The majestic old neon and bulb-lit sign belies a cluttered, dusty, and minimally stocked packaged-goods store (you may find bottles of discontinued booze hidden on the retail shelves). The Peacock isn’t proud, but the small bar in the rear makes up in congeniality what it lacks in inventory, regularly populated by Old Style-sipping joes (it’s the only thing on tap) willing to chat up anyone who grabs a stool. —MIKE SULA 3056 W. Montrose, 773-588-5148.
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T&A TWO Named for former owners (Ted and Anne), the T&A Two has few amenities, unpredictable hours, and nothing on tap. But it is among the last of its kind—a true Chicago neighborhood bar whose purpose is infinitely deeper and more valuable to its community than providing merely a convenient venue for drinking and watching sports. —MIKE SULA 4156 N. Saint Louis.
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240 LOUNGE This neighbor to the Admiral Theatre blasts stripper tunes and boasts a wall of autographed photos of touring porn stars. There’s also a fearsome iridescent ball and chain and a selection of leather belts to assist in bachelor party ritual humiliations. —MIKE SULA 3948 W. Lawrence, 773-267-0474. v
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SALES & MARKETING RADIO TIME SALES MMJ Media
is looking for radio closers who could earn great pay with short hours with cash daily and the highest commissions in the industry. Call Daryl Hall at 847-233-0333.
TELEMARKETING. PAID TRAINING. No cold calling. Full-
time or part-time, days or evenings. Excellent salary plus substantial bonus. Touhy/Cicero, Lincolnwood. 847-675-3600.
BEYOND $20.00 AN hour is
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AT SMASHBURGER, WE be-
lieve burgers done right make people happy. We also believe you should have a bold, remarkable, memorable career in life. When you join Smashburger, you become part of a team that lives by honesty, integrity, and team work. Our team members have a passion for serving the besttasting burger around! Apply at smas hburger.com or in person at Smashburger 148 S. Gary Ave, Bloomingdale, Il.
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lunch and dinner shifts at upscale Mexican restaurant and tequila bar in Glencoe. Call 847-343-7033.
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The Department of Finance at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), located in a large metropolitan area, is seeking to fill multiple Assistant Professor positions to assist the department teach undergraduate and graduate courses in Finance and Business Administration. Other duties include: perform research related to Finance and Business Administration, act as a liaison between the University and the business community, and provide service to the department by serving on departmental committees and college committees as assigned. Requirement is a PhD degree or foreign equivalent in Finance, Business Administration, Accounting, or related field of study. Some travel is required. For fullest consideration, please submit a CV, cover letter, and 3 references to the attention of the Search Coordinator via email at taramc@uic.edu, or via mail at UIC, Dept of Finance, 601 S. Morgan St., Chicago, IL 60607. UIC is AA/EOE/M/F/ Disabled/Veteran INFRASTRUCTURE SOFTWARE ADMINISTRATOR. Lake
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financial analysis, or transfer pricing (or BS +5). Work experience must include: (1) create comparable company search/scrubbing software functionality in VBA, (2) use comparable company search software for international regions (such as Osiris or Amadeus),
and (3) analyze financial statements and accounting records in the energy sector. Up to 80% travel. Send cover letter and resume to klongo@ alixpartners.com. No calls. EOE.
ALACRITY ITS, INC. in Elk Grove
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Village, IL is seeking experienced Sr. Mobile Applications Developers to design, dvlp & test iOS & Android mobile apps. Reqs: MS in Comp. Sci., Comp. Eng’g., SW Eng’g or rel’d IT major, plus 3 years exp.; company will also accept rel’d. BS degree plus 5 years exp. For details, visit: www.alacrityits.us/careers.html. No travel, no telecomm., proj-based at various unanticipated sites w/in U. S. & relo may be req’d at proj. end. Mail Resumes to ATTN: HR, 600 E. Higgins Road, Suite 2D, Elk Grove Village, IL 60007.
ING Center seeks Instructors, Clinical Skills for Chicago, IL to teach basic sciences & clinical medicine to medical students & medical doctors taking the United States Medical Licensure Examination (USMLE) Steps 1 & 2. MD +6mos exp in the job offered or w/ USMLE instruction or Foreign MD Equivalent +6mos exp in the job offered or w/ USMLE instruction req’d. Send resume to Dr. B. Murthy, Ref.ED, 7501 S. Stony Island Ave., Chicago, IL 60649 or bangalore murthy@hotmail.com
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engineer in test (Chicago, IL) Will drive customer confidence by assuring quality of current and future software products. To apply email recruiting@kcura.com reference job id#2015-mm-eng-0090.
position. Busy Skokie office looking for a real people person. Flexible hrs. a must. Competitive pay for correct individual. Call for interview 847268-3381
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HUGE 2 1/2 rm studio! Tons of closet space! LANDLORD PAYS HEAT AND COOKINGGAS! Lndry/storage..1 blk to Metra, Marianos Grocery, LA Fitness! $965.Oct 1.(773)381-0150www. theschirmfirm.com
LINCOLN PARK/ DEPAUL. W.
GEORGE & N. SEMINARY. Studios available 10/1. From $980. Hardwood floors, heat included. Great location for DePaul and transportation. For appointment, call 312-822-1037 weekdays until 5:30pm, Saturdays 9am-3pm and Sundays 10am-2pm.
LINCOLN PARK. W. ARLING-
TON PL. Studio available 10/1. $1000. Courtyard building with exposed brick hallways, oak floors, heat included. For appointment, call 312822-1037 weekdays until 5:30pm, Saturdays 9am-3pm and Sundays 10am-2pm.
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BELDEN/
SHEFFIED. Great studio available 10/ 1. $910. Beautiful courtyard building; hardwood floors; heat included. For appointment, call 312-822-1037 weekdays until 5:30pm, Saturdays 9am-3pm and Sundays 10am-2pm.
STUDIO OTHER 4 BEDROOM, 1.5 bath home for rent, newly remodeled, spacious. Sect. 8 welcome. 24 E. 120th St., Chicago. Call Tom 224-622-9978
8001 S. Drexel – 1BR -$640, 2BR $775, stove and fridge, ht. incl. Sec. 8 welcome. Call 312.208.1771 or 708.674.7699 CHICAGO - SOUTH SHORE Large 1BR, $6 60/mo. Free heat. Near Transportation. Section 8 Welcome. Call 708-932-4582
LAKESIDE TOWER, 910 W Lawrence. 1 bedrooms starting at $825-$895 include heat and gas, laundry in building. Great view! Close to CTA Red Line, bus, stores, restaurants, lake, etc. To schedule a showing please contact Celio 773-3961575, Hunter Properties 773-4777070, www.hunterprop.com LARGE ONE BEDROOM apart-
AFFORDABLE NEWLY REHABBED apartments. Chicago’s
Section 8 Welcome. No Security Deposit. 6951 S. Hermitage, 3BR house, appls incl. $1100/mo. 708-288-4510
AUSTIN 1 BR, LR/DR, air, laundry, cable ready, heat/cooking gas incl, security, $850, 773-710-5052 after 6pm.
CHICAGO 70TH & California.
CHICAGO
EXCHANGE EAST APTS 1 Brdm $575 w/Free Parking,Appl, AC,Free heat. Near trans. laundry rm. Elec.not incl. Kalabich Mgmt (708) 424-4216
1 BR $900-$1099
QUALITY PANGEA APARTMENTS, Studios-4BR, $450-$1100.
STUDIO $900 AND OVER
SOUTH SIDE, 355 E. 115th St. Very nice 1BR. 2nd floor, $57 5/mo. 1 mo. sec. Call Pastor Moore, 708-692-6392
ALBANY PARK. LARGE four room, one bedroom. New appliances. Large living room, separate dining room, 2 walk-in closets, in-building laundry. $875. Near Brown Line. No pets. 773-612-6379.
STUDIO $700-$899
now, 9/1, 10/1. From $825. Beautiful courtyard building. Hardwood floors. Heat included. Close to Lawrence Ave. and great transportation. For appointment, call 312-822-1037 weekdays until 5:30pm, Saturdays 9am-3pm and Sundays 10am-2pm.
living room, dining room, kitchen & bath, heated, close to trans. $650 avail. now 773-264-6711
79th & Woodlawn 2BR $750800; 76th & Phillips 1BR $650-700. Remodeled, appliances available. Call 312-286-5678
7022 S. SHORE DRIVE Impecca-
RAVENSWOOD. N. WINCHESTER. Great studios available
LOVELY 4 room apt, 1 bedroom,
1 BR $800-$899 Hyde Park West Apts., 5325 S. Cottage Grove Ave., Renovated spacious apartments in landscaped gated community. Off street parking available. Studios $674 - Free Heat; 4BR Townhome $1412. Visit or call 773-324-0280, M-F: 9am-5pm or apply online- www.hydepark west. com. Managed by Metroplex, Inc
BEVERLY 50+ 1BR, appliances incl off street parking. Tenant pays utilities. $675 month plus security. Avail September 1st. 708-748-5461
Loyola Park, 1341 W Estes. Hardwood floors. Cats OK. Laundry in building. Heat included. $650-$675/month. Available 9/1. 773-761-4318. www. lakefrontmgt.com
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CHICAGO - Beverly lrg 2 rm Studio, 1 & 2BR, Carpet, A/C, lndry, near trans $640$960/mo. 773-233-4939
CHICAGO - CHATHAM NO SEC DEP. Spacious updated 1BR from $600 & 2BR from $800 with great closet space. Incl: stove /fridge, hdwd flrs, blinds, heat & more!!! LIMITED INVENTORY Call About Our Move-in Special! (773) 271-7100
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1, 2 & 3 bedrooms Waiting list opens for 1 day only!! Opens: Tuesday, August 25, 2015 starting at 8:00am Applicants must meet the current HUD income guidelines and meet our tenant screening criteria. First come – First Serve Come to: 6253 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL to Apply Only one application per household Prospects will not be able to enter the property until 7:00am. NO PHONE CALLS WILL BE ACCEPTED!
South, Southwest & West Neighborhoods. Studios-4BR $450-$1100. Section 8 Accepted. Professional Management, Low Move-in Fees. Some Utilities Included. Pet Friendly. Pangea, 312-985-0556.
Studios starting at $775 heat included. Completely remodeled, hardwood floors, walk in closet, new windows, laundry in the building, bike room, close to shops, restaurants, etc. Garage available. Application fee $40. NO SECURITY DEPOSIT! For a showing please call Samir 773-6274894 Hunter Properties 773-4777070 www.hunterprop.com
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ST. EDMUND’S VILLAGE SUBSIDY Waiting list for
SHERIDAN PARK! 4554 N. Malden. Vintage building! Studios starting at $675 including heat and cooking gas! Large Closets, hardwood floors, 3 blocks to CTA red line train on Wilson, 2 blocks to Truman College, walking distance to restaurants, shops, etc. $40 Application Fee. No Security Deposit. For a showing please call Damir 773-612-4722 Hunter Properties 773-477-7070 www. hunterprop.com
ROGERS PARK! 7516 N. Seeley.
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1 BR UNDER $700
bly Clean Highrise STUDIOS, 1 & 2 BEDROOMS Facing Lake & Park. Laundry & Security on Premises. Parking & Apts. Are Subject to Availability. TOWNHOUSE APARTMENTS 773-288-1030
Newly rehabbed. Appliances included. Low Move-in Fees. Hardwood floors. Pangea - Chicago’s South, Southwest & West Neighborhoods. 312-985-0556
MIDWAY AREA/63RD KEDZIE Deluxe Studio 1 & 2 BRs. All
modern oak floors, appliances, Security system, on site maint. clean & quiet, Nr. transp. From $445. 773582-1985 (espanol)
CHICAGO, 7727 S. Colfax, ground flr Apt., ideal for senior citizens. Secure bldng. Modern 1BR $595. Lrg 2BR, $800. Free cooking & heating gas. Free parking. 312613-4427 CHICAGO SOUTH - You’ve
tried the rest, we are the best. Apartments & Homes for rent, city & suburb. No credit checks. 773-2217490, 773-221-7493
SOUTHSIDE, 1BR, VICINITY of 66th & Michigan, quiet building, carpeted, $550/mo + security. Call 773-978-3507, after 3pm. 9955 S Wallace, be a u t i f u l rehab, 3BR, 2BA home, granite counters, stainless steel appls, fin bsmt, 2-car gar. $1450/mo 708288-4510. CHICAGO, BEVERLY / Cal Park
/ Blue Island Studio $510, 1BR $610 & up, 2BR $860 & up. Heat, Appls, Balcony, Carpet, Laundry, Prkg. 708388-0170 8421 S Cregier; near Stoney Island. Nice/quiet 5BR 2-sty house, 2BA, remodeled. Stove & refrig, Sec 8 welcome. $1700/mo + utils. 312-9296106
SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE 120th & Wallace: 3BR, 1.5BA, full LR, DR & kitchen. Sec 8 welc. Newly decorated. $1100/mo. Sec dep req’d. Call Frank 708-205-4311. SUMMER SPECIAL $500 To-
ward Rent Beautiful Studios 1, 2, 3 & 4 BR Sect. 8 Welc. Westside Loc, Must qualify. 773-287-4500 www. wjmngmt.com
Large Sunny Room w/fridge & microwave. Nr. Oak Park, Green Line, bus. 24 hour desk, parking lot. $99/week & Up. 773-3788888 SPECIAL SUMMER OFFER
Calumet Park Deluxe Apts. 1BR $700 & 2BR $800. Air, appls & parking included. 312-593-8205.
ALSIP - LUXURY, lrg 1BR/1BA &
3BR/1.5BA. $730-$1100. Balcony, pkng, Appls, laundry, & storage. 708268-3762
7120 S Wabash, 1 bed 1 bath, newly updated, appliances, inc, separate LR and DR, $550/month, NO SD, 312.208.1771
1, & 2 bedrooms, modern kitchen & bath, hdwd flrs. Sec 8 ok. $625-$950. 847-909-1538
ment near Metra and Warren Park, 6802 N Wolcott. Hardwood floors. Cats OK. Laundry in building. Heat included. $800-$875/ month. Available 9/1. 773-761-4318, www. lakefrontmgt.com
74TH/
PAXTON.
Quiet 1BR, 2nd flr, newly dec, lndry rm. $825/mo +move-in fee. Tenant pays heat. Avail now 312-404-3294
CHATHAM, 742 E. 81ST (Evans), 400 E. 81st (King Dr.) 1st floor, 1BR, $650/mo + security. Call Mr. Joe at 708-870-4801 Chicago-Bronzeville: 3BR 2BA, newly renovated, hdwd flrs, stainless steel appls, fpl, back patio, lndry facilities. $1595.708-388-0170
CROSSROADS HOTEL SRO SINGLE RMS Private bath, PHONE,
CABLE & MAIDS. 1 Block to Orange Line 5300 S. Pulaski 773-581-1188
CHICAGO SOUTH SIDE Beauti-
ful Studios, 1,2,3 & 4 BR’s, Sec 8 ok. $500 gift certificate for Sec 8 tenants. 773-287-9999/312-446-3333
EDGEWATER - NICE Room with
stove, fridge & bath, by Shopping & Transp. Elevator, Lndry. $116/wk. & Up. Call 773-275-4442
CLEAN ROOM WITH fridge and microwave. Close to Oak Park, Walmart, Buses & Metra. $105/wk & up. 773-637-5957 BIG ROOM WITH stove, fridge, bath & new floor. N. Side, by transp/ shop. Clean w/elevator. $116/wk + up. 773-561-4970
1942 WEST ARGYLE/3RD fl.
Terrific large Ravenswood 1 bdrm! 1 block to fantastic Winnemac Park; close to Metra, Mariano’s Grocery, LA Fitness and Brown Line! Lovely Hdwd flrs, great closet space! Onsite lndry/storage. Oct. 1 $1085, Heat incl. No Security Deposit (773)381-0150. www.theschirmfirm.com
EAST ROGERS PARK, steps to the beach at 1240 West Jarvis, four rooms, one bedroom, one bath, dishwasher, ac, heat and gas included. Balcony, carpeted, cable, laundry facility, elevator building, parking available, and no pets. Nonsmoking. Price is $950 monthly. Call 773-764-9824. BUCKTOWN.
SUNNY
ONE
bedroom in renovated building. Hardwood floors, gas heat, ac. $965/ month plus utilities. No pets. 773486-6877.
1 BR $1100 AND OVER
NO SECURITY DEPOSIT 6829 S Perry - 1BR $515/mo
HEAT INCLUDED 773-955-5106
69TH AND CALIFORNIA. 1BR. $660. Heat Incl. O’Brien Family Realty 773.581.7883 AGENT OWNED ROYALTON HOTEL, Kitchenette $125 & up wk. 1810 W. Jackson 312-226-4678
1 BR $700-$799 PLAZA ON THE PARK 608 East 51st Street. Very spacious renovated apartments. 1BR $722 - $801, 2BR $837 - $1,009, 3BR $1,082- $1,199, 4-5BR $1,273 - $1,405. Visit or call (773)548-9300, M-F 9am-5pm or apply online at www.plazaonthepark apts.com Managed by Metroplex, Inc
CHICAGO, 7811 S. Loomis, 3BR, completely rehabbed, credit check, Section 8 ok. $1 450/mo, tenant pays heat. Call 773-451-1439 LANSING - 1BR Condo, newly decorated, new dishwasher & carpeting, $740/mo + 1 mo sec. Call 708-941-3063 KEDZIE AT GRACE, 2.5 rooms, heat, appliances, dining room, $645.00. Credit check, sec. deposit, lease. Leave message 847-566-1597.
1448 w 92nd st $725 large 1br hdwd flrs heat and water included No sec dep call Pam 312- 208-1771
5000 N. WINCHESTER: Beauti-
ful Ravenswood Victorian building located 1 blk from fabulous Winnemac Park! Lovely hdwd flrs, many closets, on-site lndry/storage. $1,150.00 heat incl. No sec. dep. Oct.1.(773)381-0150. www. theschirmfirm.com
4235 1/2 NORTH Hermitage. Fantastic 1 bdrm in English Tudor courtyard building. Lovely hdwd flrs, built-in bookshelves and china cabinet! Only 2 blks to Irving Park "El". Onsite lndry/storage. Oct. 1., $1145. 00, heat incl. No Sec. Dep.(773)3810150. www.theschirmfirm.com FANTASTIC BUCKTOWN LO-
CATION! . 1 BR/1BATH faces South with hardwood floors, in well kept 4 unit building with character. Totally versatile space, extra Large Master Bedroom with large closet, large eat in kitchen, high ceilings, sun galore, storage and laundry in building. Tenant heat. Sorry, no pets. Great Space !! Chicago Realty Partners, Ltd., 312-575-0100.
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SERENE LIVING SPACE . se-
rene living space (5300n2200w)Beautifully renovated soft loft in brick victorian farm house. Quiet friendly neighborhood. Maple kitchen, dishwasher. washer/dryer in unit. Marble bath with skylight. Oak floors, vaulted ceilings. private deck with retractable awning. Central air and heat. Owner occupied. Second floor. Cats ok. Nonsmoker. $1350 per mo + utilities + security deposit. Ample street parking. 773-506-1125.
GREAT EVANSTON CAMPUS
1 BEDROOM! Ridge/ Davis. Large 4 r oom/ 1 bedroom. Available 10/1. $1355. Beautiful courtyard building near Northwestern, Evanston downtown, restaurants, movies, “L” and Metra. Large, airy rooms with hardwood floors, high ceilings. Heat included. For appointment, call 312822-1037 weekdays until 5:30pm, Saturdays 9am-3pm and Sundays 10am-2pm.
AVAILABLE 9/1. EXTREMELY
large & beautiful 1-bedroom apartment on 29th floor facing lake w/ large outdoor balcony. Located 1560 N. Sandburg. Large closet space, remodeled kitchen/bathroom, central air, exercise room, swimming pool, storage room for bikes in building, parking available. Great accessibility to public transportation. $2050/mo. Call Ed ASAP for details 773-4915996
EVANSTON. FOREST AVE.
Large 1 bedrooms available 9/1. From $1250. Stately building on quiet street, near Sheridan Road and Main Street, shops, restaurants, transportation. Heat included, hardwood floors. For appointment, call 312-8221037 weekdays until 5:30pm, Saturdays 9am to 3pm and Sundays 10am to 2pm.
EVANSTON NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN. 613½ SHERIDAN. 4 Room/ 1 Bedroom available 9/1. $1195. Hardwood floors, bright, airy and one block to the lake! Heat included. For appointment, call 312-822-1037 weekdays until 5:30PM, Saturdays 9am to 3pm and Sundays 10am to 2pm. LINCOLN PARK.
ADDISON.
Prime location 1 bedrooms available now, 10/1 from $1315. Beautiful courtyard building steps from the lake and transportation. Hardwood floors. Heat included. For appointment, call 312-822-1037 weekdays until 5:30pm, Saturdays 9am-3pm and Sundays 10am-2pm.
DEPAUL AREA. M O N T A N A / RACINE. Great 1 bedroom available 9/2-9/30 for $1330. New 10/1 lease for $1360. Great building with large rooms, hardwood floors, heat included. Easy transportation to the Loop. For appointment, call 312-822-1037 weekdays until 5:30pm, Saturdays 9am-3pm and Sundays 10am-2pm. DEPAUL
AREA.
BELDEN/
SHEFFIELD. Great 1 bedroom available 9/1. $1335. Beautiful courtyard building, hardwood floors, heat included. For appointment, call 312822-1037 weekdays until 5:30pm, Saturdays 9am-3pm and Sundays 10am-2pm.
LINCOLN PARK/ DEPAUL. W.
GEORGE & N. SEMINARY. 1 Bedroom available 9/1. $1245. Hardwood floors, heat included. Great location for DePaul and transportation. For appointment, call 312-822-1037 weekdays until 5:30pm, Saturdays 9am-3pm and Sundays 10am-2pm.
LINCOLN PARK. W. ARLING-
TON PL. 1 Bedrooms available 10/1. $1250. Courtyard building with exposed brick hallways, oak floors, heat included. For appointment, call 312822-1037 weekdays until 5:30pm, Saturdays 9am-3pm and Sundays 10am-2pm.
LARGE VINTAGE ONE BEDROOM, Lincoln Square. Free
heat, hot water, laundry, private yard, enclosed porch, intercom system, security cameras, hwfl, close to el. $1100, deposit. 773-728-1583.
1 BR OTHER SECTION 8 AFFORDABLE Housing Waiting List is now open!! 1, 2, & 3 Bdrms 2443 W. Dugdale Rd Waukegan, IL 60085
APPLY NOW!!! You must apply in person & all adults must be present. ID, Social Security Card & Birth Certificate REQUIRED Contact: Management Office 847-336-4400
APTS. FOR RENT PARK MANAGEMENT & Investment Ltd. Summer is Here but.. Winter is on its Way! Most Include HEAT & HOT WTR Studios From $510.00 1Bdr From $550.00. 2Bdr From $ 775.00. 3 Bdr/2 Full Bath. From $1200. **1-(773)-476-6000** CALL FOR DETAILS APTS. FOR RENT PARK MANAGEMENT & Investment Ltd. Finally summer is here Come Enjoy The Pool! HEAT, HW & CG INCLUDED. 1Bdr From $725.00. 2Bdr From $895.00. 3 Bdr/2 Full Bath. From $1200. **1-(773)-4766000** CALL FOR DETAILS GORGEOUS NEW REHAB, Appls & Heat Incl. ** 73/Jeffery, 1BR $600 **79/Escanaba, 1BR $600, 2BR $725, 3BR $875 ** 72/ Eberhart, Studio $525 ** 64th/ Loomis 2BR $750 ** Section 8 ok ** 773.430.0050 6851-55 S. WOLCOTT, 1 & 2BR updated Apts. Appls, near trans., tenant pays utils; nice secure bldng, storage. Sect 8 OK. 312-550-0445 SOUTHSIDE, RECENTLY RENOVATED, 1, 2 & 3BR Apartments. Section 8 ok, $950$1200/mo. Call Sean, 773410-7084 CALUMET CITY 158TH & PAXTON SANDRIDGE APTS 1 & 2 BEDROOM UNITS MODELS OPEN M-F, 9AM-5:30PM *** 708-841-5450 *** CALUMET CITY 1 & 2BR condo style apartments, all appliances & utilities, laundry & off street parking included. Call Mike, 708-3726774 CHICAGO, RENT TO OWN! Buy with no closing costs and get help with your credit. Call 708-868-2422 or visit www. nhba.com 76TH & SAGINAW - 1BR, $680. 2BR, $690-$770. Decorated hdwd floors near transportation, w/ heat & appliances, no security. 773-4450329 CHICAGO, HYDE PARK Arms
Hotel, 5316 S. Harper, maid, phone, cable ready, fridge, private facilities, laundry avail. $165/wk Call 773-4933500
NEWLY LISTED!!!
69TH/DANTE 3BR, 71st/ Bennett 2 & 3BR. 77th/Essex 3BR. New reno. Sec 8 ok. 312-213-9716 WEST HUMBOLDT PARK - 1 & 2 BR Apts, spacious, oak wood flrs, huge closets. heat incl, re-habbed, $750$855. 847-866-7234
HAMMOND, INDIANA. 1 -2 B R TANGLEWOOD APTS. Security Deposit $250. 219-8442100 AUBURN GRESHAM 1 & 2BR avail! 1206 W 83rd, 1332 W 82nd & more. Newly remod, no pets. Sec 8 welcome. 773-354-3311
CHATHAM- 718 E. 81st St. Newly remodeled 1BR, 1 BA, Dining room, Living room, hdwd flrs, appliances. & heat included. Call 847-533-5463
MOVE IN SPECIAL!!! B4 the N of this MO. & MOVE IN 4 $99.00 (773) 874-1122 HAMMOND, INDIANA. 1 -2 B R TANGLEWOOD APTS. Security Deposit $250. 219-8442100 SOUTHSIDE 55TH & Ashland,
Clean Rooms, Available Now. 773434-4046
2 BR UNDER $900 Cornerstone Apts., 4907 S. St
Lawrence , Newly Remodeled. 3 BR starting $1017-$1083/mo. 2BR $900/ mo - heat incl. Visit or call (773) 5489211. M-F: 9am-5pm or apply on line www.4907cornerstoneapts.com
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CHICAGO, PRINCETON PARK
HOMES. Spac 2 - 3 BR Townhomes, Inclu: Prvt entry, full bsmt, lndry hook-ups. Ample prkg. Close to trans & schls. Starts at $816/mo. www. ppkhomes.com;773-264-3005
SECTION 8 WELCOME 80th/ Ashland - Beautiful, newly remod, 2BR Apt w/office, 1BA. Near schools & transp. $800/mo, tenant pays all utils. $500 move in fee. Avail Now. 773-775-4458 SOUTH SHORE, 78TH & Ridgeland, 6 lrg lovely rooms, newly decorated, wall to wall carpet, blinds, heated, $850/mo + security. 773-568-1718 92ND & BISHOP, Deluxe, Large 2R, Big Liv. RM, Dining Room, New Kitchen & Bath. H.W.F. $95 0/mo + Sec. Brown RE, 773-2399400 GLENWOOD CONDO - 2BR. Carpet, appls, quiet community. Off of I-394. FREE HEAT & WATER! $935/mo. 708-868-2210 FOUR ROOM, TWO bedroom.
Vintage unit in Old Irving Park, $900 plus deposit. New windows, free heat and water. Intercom. Hardwood floors. 773-728-1583.
7945 S DOBSON, Beautiful 2 bedroom apartment, hardwood floors mini blinds. $840. per month security deposit negotiable. Call 773.793.9862
6746 S Wabash: newly renovated 2BR, hdwd flrs, jacuzzi tub, appls incl. $1000/mo heat incl. 1 month sec dep. req’d. Call 773418-1132. 2BR APT, GRESHAM area, lrg
LR, eat-in kit. tenant pays utils. $600 /mo. + security. No pets. Call Alice, 773-476-6979, Mon-Fri 9am-3pm.
GLENWOOD - LARGE 2BR
Condo, H/F High Schl. balc, C/A, appls, heat, water/gas incl. 2 Pkg, lndry. $925 /mo. 708-268-3762.
6248 S. WESTERN: 2BR apt for $690/mo, Hrdwd Flrs, oven & refrig incl’d. SEC 8 Welc. CALL: 312-2081771, 708-674-7699, 773-426-9631 6715 S. CHAPPEL. 2BR, laundry on site, heat & appls incl, 1 blk from Jackson Park, parking incl. $800/ mo + sec. 312-241-5142 CHICAGO 2 BDRM, near 7600 South Ashland, $750 month. Tenant pays utilities Please call 773-846-5318
HARVEY - 183 W. 154th St. 2 apts avail. 2brs, Newly renovated, tenant must pay elec & heat. $750 each apt + 1 mo sec. 708-899-2097 7955 S PAULINA: 2 bed 1 bath, $725, heat included, hardwood floor, NO SD, Appliances Included. Call 312.208.1771 NW 2BR, QUIET garden apt, free heat, light, & cookin gas make a great deal w/ a handyman $800/mo+sec. 773-342-4364 SOUTHWEST SIDE - Newly ren-
ovated 2BR, Elec & Heat incl. $900/ mo + 1 mo sec. Section 8 Welcome., No pets. 708-210-0984 after 12pm
94-3739 S. BISHOP. 2BR, 5rm, Garden & 1st flr, new appls, crpt, stor-
age, pkng, nr shops/trans/ schools. $850 + sec. 708-335-0786
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CHICAGO 7600 S Essex 2BR $599, 3BR $699, 4BR $799 w/apprvd credit, no sec dep. Sect 8 Ok! 773287-9999 /312-446-3333 RIVERDALE-
2
BEDROOM,
Newly decorated, heat included $80 0/mo plus security. Please call 773852-9425
HARVEY 2BR 1BA $650 plus security deposit. Blinds, appliances. Call 708-275-4856
2 BR $900-$1099 EVANSTON CAMPUS 2 BEDROOM FOR 9/10! Beautiful courtyard building near Northwestern, Evanston downtown, transportation. 4 rooms/ 2 bedrooms. Available 9/ 10. $1050. Hardwood floors, heat included. For appointment, call 312822-1037 weekdays until 5:30pm, Saturdays 9am-3pm and Sundays 10am-2pm. SOUTHSHORE - LARGE 2+ BR Apt, 1 bath., hardwood floors, new appliances. Laundry avail. Heat included. $900/mo. 708204-2182 CHICAGO 6625 S. DREXEL. Beautiful 2BR, 1.5BA, SS appls, hdwd flrs. $995/mo, heat incl. Section 8 ok. Call Jerry at 773-699-5774 SOUTH SHORE 2BR apt, newly
renovated apt. hdwd flrs throughout, laundry, secure bldg w/surveillance system & wrought iron fencing. $975. 773-880-2414, 773-580-7797
SECTION 8 WELCOME. 1627 N Lotus; newly remodeled 2BR apt, 2nd flr, appls avail. $1050/mo Separate heating. 773-745-1744. CHICAGO NR 79TH & Western, 2-3 BR, Heat, appliances & A/C inc. Laundry room. $975-$1075 + 1 mo sec. Sec 8 ok. Call 773-415-5102
2 BR $1100-$1299 OLD IRVING PARK! 4146 N.
Avers. 2 bedroom $1195 includes heat & gas. Remodeling just completed! New kitchen/ bath, dishwasher, hardwood floors, walking distance to grocery store, restaurants, CTA blue line and Metra train is on Irving Park Rd, 90/94 highway on Irving Park Rd, laundry in the building, etc. Application fee $40. No security deposit! For a showing please call Saida 773407-6452. Hunter Properties Inc. 773-477-7070 www.hunterprop.com
2 BR $1300-$1499 EVANSTON NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN. 617 SHERIDAN. 5 Room/ 2 Bed room/ 2 Bathroom available now8/31 at $1465/month. New lease from 9/1-8/31/16 at $1515. 5 rooms, hardwood floors, bright, airy and one block to the lake! Heat included. For appointment, call 312-822-1037 weekdays until 5:30PM, Saturdays 9am to 3pm and Sundays 10am to 2pm. LINCOLN PARK FOR Sept. 1! W.
BRIAR PLACE. Get one bedroom plus den or use as a 2nd bedroom. Available 9/1-6/30/16 for $1415. New 12 month lease for $1435. Small highrise with super-sized rooms. Carpeted and air conditioned. Heat included. For appointment, call 312-8221037 weekdays until 5:30pm, Saturdays 9am-3pm and Sundays 10am2pm.
LINCOLN PARK. W. BR IA R
PLACE. Get one bedroom plus den or use as a 2nd bedroom. Available 1 0/1. From $1400. Small high-rise with super-sized rooms. Carpeted and air conditioned. Heat included. For appointment, call 312-822-1037 weekdays until 5:30pm, Saturdays 9am3pm and Sundays 10am-2pm. ROSCOE VILLAGE- 2023-25 W. Roscoe - 1st flr and 3rd floor completely rehabbed apts, 2BR, 1BA, separate DR, bay windows, hdwd flrs, WBFP, CAC, DW, washer/dryer in bldg. Avail. Oct. 1. Rent $1,450 + SD + references. Call (773) 348-8181 or (773) 550-9951
LARGE VINTAGE TWOBEDROOM, Lincoln Square. Free
heat, hot water, laundry, private yard, enclosed porch, intercom system, security cameras, hwfl, close to el. $1500, deposit. 773-728-1583.
LAKEVIEW 2 BDRM No Deposit Sunny 2nd flr, 2 bdrm, Laundry, storage, dishwasher, nice yard, H/W flrs, close to X-Way, No Dogs $1400 Ray 773-704-0600 CALUMET CITY, Cozy 2BR, hdwd flrs, C/A, finished basement, garage & fenced yard. Near River Oak Shopping. $1 300/mo. Call 708-278-4849
2 BR $1500 AND OVER
LINCOLN PARK LANDMARK.
BELMONT/ HUDSON. 2 buildings from the lakefront. Large 5 room/ 2 bedrooms with full dining room, oak floors. Available 10/1. From $1250. Heat included. For appointment, call 312-822-1037 weekdays until 5:30pm, Saturdays 9am-3pm and Sundays 10am-2pm.
BUENA
PARK
LANDMARK
DISTRICT. IRVING PARK & SHERIDAN RD. 5 room/ 2 bedroom available 10/1. From $1250. Large apartment w/ high ceilings, hardwood floors, heat included. For appointment, call 312-822-1037 weekdays until 5:30pm, Saturdays 9am-3pm and Sundays 10am-2pm.
AVONDALE
2
BEDROOM
Beautiful sunny hardwood floors, built-in bookcases, faux fireplace. Large kitchen, walk-in pantry. laundry, storage, enclosed backporch, backyard. Convenient blue-line access. 1st. floor, available immediately312-593-8623
EAST ROGERS PARK, steps to the beach at 1240 West Jarvis, five rooms, two bedrooms, two baths, dishwasher, ac, heat and gas included. Carpeted, cable, laundry facility, elevator building, parking available, and no pets. Nonsmoking. Price is $1100 monthly. Call 773-764-9824. BRONZEVILLE BEAUTIFUL REMOD 2 & 3BR, hdwd flrs, custom cabinets, avail now. $1100/mo + sec. 773-905-8487 Sec 8 Ok VIC. OF 117TH/HALSTED 3BR
house, Comp. remod. Fenced yard, kit, LR, DR, security system. $1150/ mo + sec & utils. 815-806-0881
FANTASTIC WRIGLEYVILLE 2 bdrm with enclosed sunporch! On-
ly 4 blks to Wrigley Field! 2 blks to Jewel! Lovely hdwd flrs, huge remodeled Kitchen with pantry! On-site lndry/storage. 1255 West Waveland: $1660.00, tenant heated. Oct 1.(773) 381-0150.www.theschirmfirm.com
NEW CONSTRUCTION CONDOS FOR RENT. 2 bedroom/2
bathroom, all stainless steel appliances, custom cabinets, hardwood floors, in-unit laundry, central air/ heat. Elevator building. Rent includes 1 parking space. Easy access to CTA and expressway. Close to UIC, Illinois Medical District, United Center, Downtown.$1700/Month. August 1, 2015 availability. Call TriTaylor at 312.829.7368
GOLD
2BR, 1BA, hardwood floors, eat-in kitchen, WBFP, CAC, DW, W/D. Available Oct. 1. Rent $1,750 + 1 mo SD + references. Call (773) 348-8181 or (773) 550-9951.
SPACIOUS EAST LAKE View 2BR apt. Newly renovated kitchen,
bath, hardwood flrs throughout, laundry on premises. Backyard for tenants. $2100 incl. outdoor parking spot. 773-880-2414, 773-580-7797
2 BR OTHER INDIAN BOUNDARY PARK . A
truly one-of-a-kind vintage building almost literally in the park. This first floor condo has oak floors, two bedrooms, 1 tiled bath, dining, tiled eatin kitchen, dishwasher. Building includes delightful heated indoor pool, party room, exercise room, large storage bin. $1280/month heat included. Parking avail $55/mo. Sorry, no dogs.773-288-1944
BEAUTIFUL 2BR, new kitch w / appls & new BA. New hw flrs, intercom, sec. camera & fence. Sect 8 welc. 71st & California. 312-375-6585 NORTH LAWNDALE, 2BR Apts, Multiple Units Available. New construction, next to park and elementary school. Sec 8 welcome. 972-256-1141 NEWLY REHABBED, 2-3BR Apts, Auburn Gresham, Chatham, Woodlawn, South Shore. Section 8 Welc. $900+. TTRM, 312-829-7368 1ST MONTH RENT FREE. Newly renovated huge 2BR, LR, DR, kit, appls, tenant pay elec/gas, immed occup, 63rd/Throop. 773-629-0314 RENT TO OWN
2, 3, 4 & 5BR Homes. 2 & 3 units, Section 8 OK. 708-737-2036 or 773-941-6519 Chicago, 2BR Apt, 1st floor, dining room, enclosed back porch. 7400 South, near Halstead. Heat included. Call 773-488-6401, leave msg.
NO MOVE-IN FEE! No Dep! Sec 8
ok. 1, 2 & 3 Bdrms. Elev bldg, laundry, pkg. 6531 S. Lowe. Stacey 773874-0100
3 BR OR MORE UNDER $1200 SECTION 8 WELCOME C h ic a go, 3BR, 6148 S. Rhodes, LR/DR, encl porch, appls, laundry, new kitchen, bath, carpet. $875 + utils. Seniors Welc. 312-504-2008
LINCOLN PARK.
ADDISON. Prime location 2 bedroom available 10/1. $1295. Beautiful courtyard building steps from the lake and transportation. Hardwood floors. Heat included. For appointment, call 312-822-1037 weekdays until 5:30pm, Saturdays 9am-3pm and Sundays 10am-2pm.
LINCOLN PARK/DEPAUL AREA -2231 Wayne-1st flr rear apt,
COAST.
LASALLE.
Beautiful courtyard building in superb location, transportation at front door. Large rooms, hardwood floors, fireplaces. 2 bedrooms available 10/1, 10/16. From $1760. Heat included. For appointment, call 312-822-1037 weekdays until 5:30pm, Saturdays 9am-3pm and Sundays 10am-2pm. LINCOLN PARK-2340 N. Greenview-new building, 2nd flr apt. 2BR, 2BA, hdwd flrs, CAC, DW, wash er/dryer in apt, deck, storage, 2 parking spaces incl (tandem parking) Rent $2,200 + SD + References. Avail. Oct. 1st. Call (773) 348-8181 or (773) 550-9951
LARGE END UNIT Townhome for
Rent! 1036 W. Monroe, hardwood floors, 2 bedrooms/ 2 bathrooms, wa sher/ dryer, fireplace, island kitchen. Attached garage, balcony, inside courtyard, gated. Contact KarenAguilar 737@gmail.com or 847. 877.3772
CHICAGO,6933 South Stewart 3BR NEWLY DECORATED, STOVE& FRIDGE INCLUDED. $990 /M PLUS 1 MON. SEC MR.BEE, 773-568-2384 SOUTH HAMMOND IN, Clean 3BR brick, 1.5BA, C/A, large fenced back yard, 2 car garage, quiet block, $1170/mo. 630-2071092 5025 S. RACINE, 3BR, 1.5BA, fenced yards, no stairs, $900 /mo + 1.5 month’s security. Section 8 ok. Sept. occupancy. 708-922-9069 CHICAGO- 108TH & Eberhart, newly rehabbed, hdwd floors, faux fireplace, 3BR. $900/month. Call 708-841-9025
CALUMET CITY. 3 bdrm, 1.5
bath. Near School and transportation. Available now! Section 8 Welcome! $ 1150/month. 708-596-4719.
CHICAGO. 3 BR. $950. Heat Included. 7838 S. Winchester. Accept Section 8. Call 773-4057636 CHICAGO 5246 & 58 S. Hermitage: 3BR, LR, DR, fin bsmt, $665. 2BR 1st flr, $525. 3BR, 2nd flr, $625. 1.5 mo sec req’d. 708-574-4085. 25 W. 103RD Pl. 3br, 1ba. 225 W. 108th Pl. 3br, 1ba incl heat . $1150/each. $200 Cash Move-In Bonus. No Sec. Dep. 312-683-5174
80th/Phillips, Beautiful, lrg newly
renovated 3BR, 1.5BA, hdwd flrs, appls incl. $900 & up. Sec 8 Welc. 773-655-7515
HARVEY 3BR APT, heat and hot water furnished, appls, close to schools and transportation, $1050/mo + sec. 708-205-1454 CHICAGO HOUSES FOR rent. Section 8 Ok, w/app credit $500 gift certificate 3, 4 & 5 BR houses avail. 312-446-3333 or 708-752-3812
3 BR OR MORE $1200-$1499 DUPLEX APARTMENT. EAST
Village, Three Bedroom Apartment plus den. Two bathrooms, Hardwood /tile/carpet floors. Central Heating/ AC Systems. $1.400 plus securiry deposit. No pets. (773) 208-8474 leave a message.
VINTAGE 3 BR at Addison & Kennedy: Top floor with front porch and back porch, Formal DR & eat-in kitchen, hardwood floors, central air, dishwasher, intercom, laundry. $1295, 773-643-6003. 6142 S. ROCKWELL, 2 flat 3B R/4BR, heat and appls incl, carpet, section 8 OK, $1250$1400/mo. Near trans and school. Call 773-317-5947 CHATHAM 7900 block of Langley. 3BR 1.5BA, renov kit & BA. Appls & heat incl, lndry. Sec 8 Ok. $1200. Mr. Johnson 630-424-1403 HARVEY $0 SECURITY for Section 8. $500 cash back. 3BR, $1 200/mo. Fine condition. ADT Alarm. Inspection Passed. 708-715-
0034
HAZEL CREST, 3BR, 1BA, hardwood floors, all utilities included + more! Security & credit check. $1300/mo. Call 708-335-3691 REDEVELOPED HOMES ready to rent provided by rentMACK. 3-4 bedrooms $1300-$1600/mo. Call 855-544-6225 rentmack.com 1222 W. 108TH St. Newly Decorated 3BR, 2BA, fin bsmt, no appls. $1300/mo + 1 mo sec. Sec 8 Welcome. 773-407-1736 80TH AND MARSHFIELD . 3BR, 2BA, near transp, no appls, no pets. Tenant pays utils. $1350/mo. Sec 8 OK Kim 773-370-8018 1700 W Juneway, 4 bed 2 bath, $1400, ht inc, hrd wd flr, NEW REHAB, NO SD, 773.516.0145 or 773. 939.7266
4BR HOUSE OFF Cermak near
Kostner, appls incl, no pets, sec 8 welcome. $1250+ heat. 312-810-9927
3 BR OR MORE $1500-$1799 GREAT WEST ROGERS Park
Townhome . 2-level recently remodeled 3-Bedroom, 2-Bath. Quiet treelined block, lovely garden view. Hardwood floors, central air-heat. Separate dining room. Fully-finished basement. Garage, easy street parking, good neighborhood, great transportation close to everything! 1 month deposit. Property Manager: 773-477-6380, matt_akinrinade@ yahoo.com. Or: 773-968-4144, rogun suiy@yahoo.com
EVANSTON. FOREST AVE.
Large 6 room/ 3 bedroom/ 2 bathroom available 9/1. $1580. Stately building on quiet street, near Sheridan Road and Main Street, shops, restaurants, transportation. Heat included, hardwood floors. For appointment, call 312-822-1037 weekdays until 5:30pm, Saturdays 9am to 3pm and Sundays 10am to 2pm.
LARGE THREE BEDROOM, one bathroom. 4421 N Paulina. Hardwood floors, cats OK, laundry in building. Heat included. $1600/ month. Parking available for $60/ month. Available 10/1. 773-761-4318, www. lakefrontmgt.com
8001 S. Dobson – 2BR - $725 H/W flrs. Stove, fridge, and heat included. Sec. 8 Welcome 312.208.1771 or 708.674.7699
SOUTH SHORE, 7923 S. East End Ave. 5BR, 3BA, rehabbed House. $1675/mo. Utils not incl’d. Sec 8 Welc.; 7325 S Dante, rehabbed 3BR, 1.5BA, hdwd flrs, ceramic tile, fin bsmt, lrg yd, $1195/mo. Utils not incl’d. Sec 8 Welc. 773-793-5148.
PARK FOREST 3 bdrm 1 ba 239 Allegheny East Gate, Large backyard, garage, $850 month 2 months sec deposit 708-957-3091
RENT WITH OPTION TO BUY Chatham - 511 E. 87th St. 4 BR, 2.5BA, SS appls, C/A, fin bsmt $1,500 Wade Realty 773-617-8534
CHICAGO, 65th & Woodlawn, 4BR, 2BA, carpet, appls, W/D, cable ready, enclosed yard. No sec dep. $1600/mo. Call 773684-1166 NEAR 83RD AND Yates. 5br, 2ba,
hardwd floors, fin basement, tenant pays utils, $1500/mo + 1 mo sec. Sect 8 Welc. 773-978-6134
3 BR OR MORE $1800-$2499 GREAT EVANSTON CAMPUS
4 BEDROOMS! Ridge/ Davis. Large 6½-7 rooms/ 4 bedrooms/ 2 bathrooms. Available now and 9/1. From $2400. Beautiful courtyard building near Northwestern, Evanston downtown, restaurants, movies, “L” and Metra. Large, airy rooms with hardwood floors, high ceilings, spacious closets, 2 bathrooms. Heat included. For appointment, call 312-822-1037 weekdays until 5:30pm, Saturdays 9am-3pm and Sundays 10am-2pm.
EVANSTON. 1703-11 RIDGE.
Available 9/1. From $2395. Vintage building with up-to-date facilities. Near Northwestern, downtown Evanston. Large 7 rooms/4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms. Hardwood floors. Heat included. For appointment, call 312822-1037 weekdays until 5:30pm, Saturdays 9am-3pm and Sundays 10am-2pm.
EVANSTON. 1711 RIDGE. Avail-
able 9/1. $2195. Vintage building with up-to-date facilities. Near Northwestern, downtown Evanston. Large 5½ rooms/ 3 bedrooms/ 1½ bathrooms, hardwood floors. Heat included. For appointment, call 312822-1037 weekdays until 5:30pm, Saturdays 9am-3pm and Sundays 10am-2pm.
LINCOLN
PARK- 2 6 2 0 N. Orchard-2nd Floor. completely rehabbed, 3BR, hardwood flrs, CAC, DW, porch, W/D in building. Available Sept. 15. Rent $2,300 + SD + references. Call (773) 348-8181 or (773) 550-9951
2242 N HALSTED Basement Apartment. 5 room 3 bedroom 2 bathroom apartment. $2000 a month 1 month security deposit. Available now. ZINGG REALTY 708 355-1106 FOUR+
BEDROOM
HOUSE
2Bathrooms AC HDWF Huge Deck 2. 5Car Garage W/D New Carpet 2Blocks to El, 90/94, And Metra No Pets $1850 October 1st k77943@aol. com
3BR 2BA DUPLEX Lakeview.
2900N, 855W. 1440sf. Big rooms, big closets. 2LR, CAC, WBFP, Dishwasher, Laundry. Walkout patio. Low utilities. 10/1/15. $2450. 773.348. 2466; dmlkcg@gmail.com.
LOGAN
SQUARE 2440 N. Talman Ave. Single Family, Two Levels with Basement, Three Bedrooms, Two Bathrooms, Living, Dining, Kitchen, 2 Garage Spaces, W/D, A/C, Near Blue Line, $2,100 773.716.8186
3 BR OR MORE $2500 AND OVER EVANSTON CAMPUS 5
BEDROOMS Ridge/ Davis. Large 7-1/2 ro om/ 5 bedroom/ 2-3 bathrooms. Available 9/1. From $2595. Beautiful courtyard building near Northwestern, Evanston downtown, restaurants, movies, “L” and Metra. Large, airy rooms with hardwood floors, high ceilings, spacious closets, 2-3 bathrooms. Heat included. For appointment, call 312-822-1037 weekdays until 5:30pm, Saturdays 9am3pm and Sundays 10am-2pm.
LINCOLN PARK-861 W. Wrightwood-new building, 1st flr apt , duplex, 4BR, 3BA, hdwd flrs, CAC, DW, washer/dryer in apt., deck storage, 2 parking spaces incl (tandem parking). Rent $3,400 + SD + References. Avail Oct. 1. Call (773) 348-8181 or (773) 550-9951 LINCOLN
PARK-2340
N.
Greenview-new building-3rd flr apt., duplex up, 3BR, 3BA, sit down kitchen, hardwood floors, WBFP, CAC, DW, washer/dryer in unit, two parking spaces incl. Avail. Oct. 1. Rent $3,300 + SD + references. Call (773) 348-8181 or (773) 550-9951
2242 N HALSTED 1st. Floor. 5
room 3 bedroom 1 bathroom apartment. $2500 a month 1 month security deposit. Available September. ZINGG REALTY 708 355-1106
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NOTICE IS HEREBY given, pursuant to “An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,” as amended, that a certification was registered by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. Registration Number: D15143179 on July 29, 2015 Under the Assumed Business Name of PEACE OF MIND HOMECARE SERVICES with the business located at: 1334 1/2 WENTWORTH AVE, CALUMET CITY, IL 60409 The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: PARIS MARIE MCGEE, 1334 1/2 WENTWORTH AVE, CALUMET CITY, IL 60409, USA
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legal notices NOTICE IS HEREBY given, pursuant to "An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State," as amended, that a certification was registered by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County: Registration Number D15143220 on July 30, 2015, under the Assumed Business Name of Redbeard Adsign with the business located at 2235 N Fremont Street Unit 1, Chicago, IL 60614. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/ partner(s) is: Allen Vaughan, 2235 N Fremont Street Unit 1, Chicago, IL 60614, USA; Benjamin Vaughan, 4286 Liberty Hill Road, Fries, VA 24330, USA; Judith Vaughan, 2235 N Fremont Street Unit 1, Chicago, IL 60614, USA; Sedgnorth LLC, 2235 N Fremont Street Unit 1, Chicago, IL 60614, USA.
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NOTICE IS HEREBY given, pursuant to “An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,” as amended, that a certification was registered by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. Registration Number: D15143247 on
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NOTICE IS HEREBY given, pursuant to “An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,” as amended, that a certification was regis-
tered by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. Registration Number: D15143111 on July 23, 2015 Under the Assumed Business Name of OPTION 4 with the business located at: 215 W WASHINGTON ST #3408, CHICAGO, IL 60606 The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: Owner/Partner Full Name Complete Address BRIAN DAVID HURLEY 215 W WASHINGTON ST #3408 CHICAGO, IL 60606, USA
NOTICE IS HEREBY given, pursuant to "An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State," as amended, that a certification was registered by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County: Registration Number D15143323 on August 10, 2015, under the Assumed Business Name of Effective and Efficient Faculty with the business located at 332 S Michigan Ste 1032-E351, Chicago, IL 60604. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/ partner(s) is: Chavella T Pittman, 332 S Michigan Ave Ste 1032-E351, Chicago, IL 60604 USA.
NOTICE IS HEREBY given, pursuant to "An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State," as amended, that a certification was registered by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County: Registration Number D15143158 on July 29, 2015, under the Assumed Business Name of Grateful Dog with the business located at 1481 West Farragut Avenue Apt 3, Chicago, IL 60640. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/ partner(s) is: Megan Elizabeth Daly, 1481 West Farragut Avenue Apt 3, Chicago, IL 60640, USA.
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STRAIGHT DOPE Q: I’ve heard the U.S. has the highest percentage of its population incarcerated of any country in the world. Is there a single crime or category of crime in which we excel that puts us in the top spot? Or are we just better at committing crime across the board? My guess is the war on drugs accounts for much of our prison population. Can you provide a breakdown showing how we’ve achieved our less-than-enviable position? —DAVID BURNS
A: The drug war contributed, but it’s not
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2015 UPCOMING ISSUES
By Cecil Adams
the major factor behind our crazy high imprisonment rate. What does explain it then? I’ll just say the more you delve into this, the more complicated it gets. Let’s review the incarceration rate. The U.S. currently has more than 321 million people. According to the World Prison Population List, the United States has a total prison population, including pretrial detainees, of 2.24 million. This works out to 716 prisoners per 100,000 people, the highest rate in the world. Let that soak in. Consider:
• The U.S. has 4.4 percent of the world’s population but 22 percent of the world’s prisoners.
• In terms of imprisonment rate, our closest com-
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petitors are mostly tiny island countries. (Number two: St. Kitts and Nevis, 714.) The world average is around 150; for western European countries, it’s around 100. Up till 1970, that’s what it was for us too. The U.S. incarceration rate bears no close relation to the crime rate. The percentage of Americans in prison rose sharply between 1970 and 1999 and has fluctuated since then but remains close to the historical peak. In contrast, U.S. rates for violent and property crime started heading up in the early 1960s, peaked in 1991, and since then have fallen by roughly half. In other words, for the past quarter century, the U.S. crime and imprisonment rates have headed in opposite directions.
Some will say: Well, of course—the crime rate has gone down because all the troublemakers are in jail! That’s not proven, but even if it were, think what it would say about us: We throw the book at people less because of the crimes they did commit than because of the ones they might commit. The country that prides itself on being a beacon of liberty has more or less consciously adopted a policy of long-term preemptive detention. But to repeat: things are complicated. You think most prisoners are there because of drug offenses? That’s true at the federal level, where more than half the convicts are in because of drugs. However, at the state level—and the states account for 87 percent of U.S. prisoners—drug crimes account for only 16 percent of those doing time. The
majority of state prisoners—54 percent as of 2012—were convicted of violent crimes, 19 percent of property crimes, and the remainder of everything else (e.g., drunk driving). For state and federal prisoners combined, 20 percent were convicted of drug offenses. Assuming that 20 percent of the 744,500 U.S. pretrial detainees (as of 2012) are likewise in on drug charges, then if everyone behind bars for drug offenses were freed, the U.S. incarceration rate would be 573, which would still put us third highest in the world. In short, you can’t blame the imprisonment epidemic specifically on the war on drugs. Informed opinion attributes it to harsh laws and policies spurred by fear of rising crime during the 1970s and ’80s that imposed stiffer penalties for a broad spectrum of offenses. Now let’s stride boldly into a minefield. Is the U.S. imprisonment rate high because we’re locking up so many black people? At first blush, no—leave black prisoners out of the picture and the U.S. incarceration rate is still 458, putting us in a tie for tenth worldwide with St. Martin. If we don’t count any nonwhites, the incarceration rate would be 239, still well above the world average. Some will say: the white convicts were caught up in draconian sentencing laws mainly aimed at minorities, and specifically at black men. But the numbers say that stiffer drug penalties haven’t singled out black people: of state prisoners, 14 percent of whites are in for drugs, 15 percent of Hispanics, and 16 percent of blacks—no big diff. Violent crime is another story: 49 percent of whites were convicted versus 58 percent of blacks and 60 percent of Hispanics. Inquiring further, we find whites constitute 80 percent of the U.S. population and 32 percent of imprisoned violent criminals. For Hispanics, it’s 17 percent and 23 percent; for black people, 13 percent and 41 percent. Conclusion: The appallingly high number of U.S. prisoners can’t be attributed to any one class of offenses. Rather, it’s resulted from get-tough-on-crime laws that have fallen most heavily on black men. v Send questions to Cecil via straightdope.com or write him c/o Chicago Reader, 350 N. Orleans, Chicago 60654.
SAVAGE LOVE
By Dan Savage
Old-fashioned romantic wants to torture your gonads Q: You always advise kinky
people to go seek the same within the kink community. But in my experience, the kink community is very “sex right away, get to know you later”-oriented. So I have two questions. First, as someone who’s a bit of an old-fashioned romantic, is there somewhere I can go to find sexually compatible people who are willing to let me get to know them before we fuck? And second, it’s very difficult for me to come in vanilla situations, which has caused some awkwardness in the past. My fetish is intense CBT (cock-and-ball torture), it’s pretty specific, and in my (admittedly limited) experience, most guys aren’t very willing to let me inflict that kind of pain. Seeing as I’m probably not going to stop dating people from the general pool (shy 24-yearold cub, not into hookups—I take what I can get), do you have any advice for making conventional sex a little better for me? —HORNY IN SANFRAN, BITCHING ABOUT LACKING LOVE SCENE
A : “Congratulations to
HISBALLS for admitting to himself that he has a creative sex drive,” said Donald Roger, the sadistic entrepreneur behind Shotgun Video, a gay BDSM porn studio that specializes in CBT. “Instead of wasting his time on why-am-I-bored-with-this sex, HISBALLS can look forward to a passionate and fascinating sex life.” To say that Roger shares your kink, HISBALLS, is putting it mildly: just torturing another man’s balls—listening to that man moan and groan—is all it takes to make Roger come. “People say that has to be trick photography,” said Roger, whose “no-hands
loads” are featured in Shotgun videos. “But it’s not a trick! Our 100th video, Loose Cannons, features an hour and a half of ball-torture scenes that ends in no-hands loads that I shot and no-hands loads shot by bound guys whose balls are being tortured. I think it’s my masterpiece.” I’m going to quickly answer your main question, HISBALLS: hard-core kinksters— kinksters who find it difficult to come in vanilla situations— make conventional sex a little better by entertaining fantasies about their kinks. Now back to Roger, who has some other suggestions: “Recon (recon.com) is a worldwide cruising site that caters to alt-sex men. HISBALLS can choose a profile name for himself (like MuscleCBT—that guy is notorious), he can put up a few pictures, and most importantly he can write out what he’s looking for. He can tell people if he’s a top or a bottom, give some indication of what experience he’s had, focus on what he wants, but also tell people what his no-fly zones are—as in ‘no unsafe sex, no drugs, and no Republicans.’” You can also find kinky guys at Adam4Adam, Manhunt, and BigMuscle—and you’ll find kinky guys in the general dating pool too—and you’re not obligated to jump into bed and/or immediately start torturing the cock and balls of someone you’ve just met. “HISBALLS can suggest going to a movie or dinner, or taking in the entire opera season together first,” said Roger. “And he’ll be surprised—or more likely stunned—at just how many romantic, CBT-oriented men there are out there.”
Q : Your advice to UGH—
the frustrated man whose
wife isn’t interested in sex—last week was fine in general. But you missed something that may have been key: “Currently, she can last having sex for nearly half an hour before feeling exhausted and stopping, regardless of me reaching orgasm or not.” Two things: (1) Half an hour of PIV sex when you’re not feeling it would take a vat of lube and probably still be painful. (2) His wife lies there getting the inside of her vagina sanded off by Jackhammer McGee here and then has the nerve to ask him to stop when it’s too much “regardless” of HIS orgasm?!? What about her orgasm? What about her delicate vaginal tissue getting torn up? Not that he will magically consider her pleasure if he’s blind to her comfort and general well-being, but it might help him put his marriage in perspective. —ENGAGED READER REPRESENTS
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A : Thanks for your e-mail,
ERR. We all have our blind spots, and this is definitely one of mine: When someone speaks of having sex for half an hour, I don’t think of 30 minutes of PIV/PIB, as I don’t define “sex” as “penetrative vaginal or anal intercourse.” My working definition of sex includes mutual masturbation, oral, fantasy play, and PIV/PIB. I need to bear in mind that not all of my readers define sex the same way I do—indeed, far too many people believe penetration is sex and vice versa. Thanks for the reminder, ERR. v Send letters to mail@ savagelove.net. Download the Savage Lovecast every Tuesday at thestranger.com. ! @fakedansavage
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CHICAGO SHOWS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT IN THE WEEKS TO COME
Raven 9/3, 8 PM, Cobra Lounge Saintseneca 10/17, 9 PM, Empty Bottle Seven Lions 11/27, 9 PM, Concord Music Hall, 18+ Turquoise Jeep 11/13, 9 PM, Empty Bottle Madisen Ward & the Mama Bear 10/28, 8 PM, Martyrs’ Wax Idols, Them Are Us Too 10/27, 9 PM, Empty Bottle Bobby Whitlock & Coco Carmel 10/1, 8 PM, FitzGerald’s, Berwyn, on sale Fri 8/14, 11 AM Wonder Years, Motion City Soundtrack 10/24, 7 PM, Riviera Theatre, on sale Thu 8/13, 10 AM b Young Thug 9/30, 9 PM, Thalia Hall, 17+
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UPDATED Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats 10/30, 9 PM, Park West, moved from Lincoln Hall, additional tickets on sale Fri 8/14, 10 AM, 18+
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Thomas Mapfumo & the Blacks Unlimited 9/12, 8 PM, Rosa’s Lounge One Direction 8/23, 7 PM, Soldier Field Rita Ora 9/17, 8 PM, Lincoln Hall, 18+ The Orb 9/27, 9 PM, Metro, 18+ Lindi Ortega 10/9, 9 PM, Schubas Anders Osborne 10/9-10, 8 PM, SPACE, Evanston b Ought 10/27, 6:30 PM, Beat Kitchen b Overkill, Symphony X 9/24, 8 PM, House of Blues, 17+ Owl City 10/15, 7 PM, House of Blues b Papadosio 10/9, 9 PM, House of Blues, 17+ The Who 10/15, 7:30 PM, United Center Gin Wigmore 9/14, 8 PM, Schubas David Wilcox 9/20, 7 PM, Szold Hall, Old Town School of Folk Music b Wild Child 10/30, 8 PM, Thalia Hall b Lucinda Williams 9/23-24, 8 PM, City Winery b ZZ Top 8/27, 8 PM, Ravinia Festival, Highland Park
SOLD OUT AC/DC 9/15, 7 PM, Wrigley Field b Leon Bridges 10/27, 8:30 PM, the Vic, 18+ Foo Fighters, Cheap Trick, Naked Raygun, Urge Overkill 8/29, Wrigley Field b Front Bottoms 10/31, 6 PM, Bottom Lounge b Halsey 10/28-29, 7 PM, the Vic b Nick Jonas 9/14, 8 PM, House of Blues, 17+ Mark Knopfler 10/2, 8 PM, Chicago Theatre The 1975 12/8, 7:30 PM, Riviera Theatre b Years & Years 9/22, 7:30 PM, Park West b v
GOSSIP WOLF A furry ear to the ground of the local music scene CHICAGO’S BLACK AND BROWN Punk Show Collective describes its mission as “highlighting the black and brown, queer and trans DIY scene in Chicago” as well as building a local network of “safer spaces for queer and trans folks of color” and a “successful integrated punk scene that thrives on its diversity.” Sounds good to these furry ears! On Fri 8/28 and Sat 8/29 the collective hosts a festival with almost two dozen awesome acts. Saturday’s bill, at ChiTown Futbol in Pilsen, features Ono, rapper KrisDeLaRash, and Brooklyn punks Aye Nako; Friday’s bill, at a venue to be announced, includes New York blues project Black Bandit & the Stickups, Philadelphia poet and beat maker Moor Mother Goddess, and Oakland punks the Younger Lovers. For tickets and more info, visit bnbpunkshowcollective.com. Gossip Wolf has barely heard a peep lately from bubblegum-pop outfit the Lemons or garage wunderkind Paul Cherry, but they have new tunes on the way! Cherry and the Lemons both recorded on Sunday for a split cassette they’ll have on hand when they play a show together at the Whistler on Sun 8/16 presented by local culture site and DIY promoter Medium Gallery. “We are working on the songs together and helping each other record,” Cherry says. They’re only making 25 tapes, which will sell out fast, but they’ll also release the new material digitally. Gossip Wolf has a decent grasp on band-lifespan science, such as it is, and figured that the Peekaboos might be sunk by the April departure of Shannon Candy (now in Strawberry Jacuzzi) and Rob Majchrowski (who heads stoner-dub recording project No Weapons). But last week the spazzy, hooky local indie quartet reached out to confirm their intent to carry on—they’ve added guitarist Bryan Alvarez (also of Post Child) and bassist Ryan Ensley (also of Shiloh), and they’ll debut the new lineup at the Hideout on Thu 8/13. —J.R. NELSON AND LEOR GALIL Got a tip? Tweet @Gossip_Wolf or e-mail gossipwolf@chicagoreader.com.
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$5 specialty drinks
SUN
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$4 Industry Night: select draft beers
TUES
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$4 select draft beers
1/2-price bottles of wine
1330 W Morse | 773-381-4550 LI N CO LN PAR K
aliveOne
2683 N Halsted | 773-348-9800 N O RTH CENTER
Big Bricks
3832 N Lincoln | 773-525-5022
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Club Lucky
$5 Jameson shots, $3 PBR bottles, $4 Lagunitas drafts $4 Absolut cocktails
$5 Jameson shots, $3 PBR bottles
$5 Jameson shots, $3 PBR bottles
$5 Jameson shots, $3 PBR bottles, $3 Bell’s bottles/drafts
$5 Jameson shots, $3 PBR bottles, $3 Great Lakes bottle/ drafts, FREE POOL
$5 Jameson shots, $3 PBR bottles, $2 & $3 craft pints
$5 Jameson shots, $3 PBR bottles, $4 Breckenridge drafts
20 Drafts, $4 everyday, featuring Begyle, Half Acre, and other local beers
20 Drafts, $4 everyday, featuring Begyle, Half Acre, and other local beers
20 Drafts, $4 everyday, featuring Begyle, Half Acre, and other local beers
20 Drafts, $4 everyday, featuring Begyle, Half Acre, and other local beers
20 Drafts, $4 everyday, featuring Begyle, Half Acre, and other local beers
20 Drafts, $4 everyday, featuring Begyle, Half Acre, and other local beers
20 Drafts, $4 everyday, featuring Begyle, Half Acre, and other local beers
$6 Belvedere Bloody Mary with gourmet italian deli skewer
$6 Belvedere Bloody Mary with gourmet italian deli skewer
$6 Belvedere Bloody Mary with gourmet italian deli skewer
$6 Belvedere Bloody Mary with gourmet italian deli skewer
$6 Belvedere Bloody Mary with gourmet italian deli skewer
$6 Double Cross Martinis (month of November only)
$6 Belvedere Bloody Mary with gourmet italian deli skewer
$10 All Rise Brewing Co. Flights of 4-20oz, $18 Imperial Flights of 4-37oz, $4 Jameson, Absolut & Sailor Jerry Shots
$10 All Rise Brewing Co. Flights of 4-20oz, $18 Imperial Flights of 4-37oz, $4 Jameson, Absolut & Sailor Jerry Shots
$10 All Rise Brewing Co. Flights of 4-20oz, $18 Imperial Flights of 4-37oz, $4 Jameson, Absolut & Sailor Jerry Shots
$10 All Rise Brewing Co. Flights of 4-20oz, $18 Imperial Flights of 4-37oz, $4 Jameson, Absolut & Sailor Jerry Shots
$10 All Rise Brewing Co. Flights of 4-20oz, $18 Imperial Flights of 4-37oz, $4 Jameson, Absolut & Sailor Jerry Shots
$10 All Rise Brewing Co. Flights of 4-20oz, $18 Imperial Flights of 4-37oz, $4 Jameson, Absolut & Sailor Jerry Shots
$10 All Rise Brewing Co. Flights of 4-20oz, $18 Imperial Flights of 4-37oz, $4 Jameson, Absolut & Sailor Jerry Shots
$3 Banker’s Club Bourbon, $3 Point Pale Ale Pints
$3 Maker’s Mark, $3 Labatt Blue
$3 Chang Lager, $3 Four Roses bourbon whiskey
$3 Genessee Cream Ale Pints, $3 G&W Bourbon Shots
$1 American beer, $2 Jim Beam
$2 Miller High Life bottles, $2 Zackariah Harris Bourbon
$2 Pabst Blue Ribbon longnecks, $2 Old Crow Reserve bourbon
$1.50 Lime Margarita, $2.50 screwdriver
$2.99 Jolly Rancher Margaritas
$10 bucket of Coronitas
$3.99 Corona
$2.50 Corona
$1.99 apple martini
$1.99 coronita, $2.99 Cerveza Victoria
$5 Hell Or High Watermelon cans, $5 Revolution Rosa cans, $7 Grey Goose Flavors Mason Jar special, $6 Sierra Nevada Summerfest pints
$5 Hell Or High Watermelon cans, $5 Revolution Rosa cans, $7 Grey Goose Flavors Mason Jar special, $6 Sierra Nevada Summerfest pints
$5 Hell Or High Watermelon cans, $5 Revolution Rosa cans, $7 Grey Goose Flavors Mason Jar special, $6 Sierra Nevada Summerfest pints
$5 Hell Or High Watermelon cans, $5 Revolution Rosa cans, $7 Grey Goose Flavors Mason Jar special, $6 Sierra Nevada Summerfest pints
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$5 Hell Or High Watermelon cans, $5 Revolution Rosa cans, $7 Grey Goose Flavors Mason Jar special, $6 Sierra Nevada Summerfest pints
$5 Hell Or High Watermelon cans, $5 Revolution Rosa cans, $7 Grey Goose Flavors Mason Jar special, $6 Sierra Nevada Summerfest pints
$4 Select Beers
$4 Randall Infusion
$4 Select Beers
Pump Day $4 Cask Beers
1824 W Wabansia | 773-227-2300 WI CKER PAR K
Cobra Lounge
235 N Ashland | 312-226-6300
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Delilah’s
2771 N Lincoln | 773-472-2771 AVO N DALE
El Ranchito
2829 N Milwaukee | 773-227-1688 B ERW YN
FitzGerald’s
6615 Roosevelt | 708-788-2118
Goose Island
LI N CO LN PAR K
1800 N Clybourn | 312-915-0071
$15 Burger & Beer Beer Premiere paired with Specialty Burger
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$5 Lagunitas IPA
$4 Krombacher Pils
$5 VanderMill Cider, $7 Bloodys or Lizzies with Death’s Door Vodka & Mimosas
$5 3Floyds (rotating), $7 Bloodys or Lizzies with Death’s Door Vodka & Mimosas
$5 Revolution Wit
$3 Founders All Day IPA
$4 Goose Island 312
Lincoln Square Lanes
$1 domestic cans, $4 beer of the month, $4 fireball shots
$4 beer of the month, $4 fireball shots
$4 beer of the month, $4 fireball shots
$4 beer of the month, $4 fireball shots
$15 domestic buckets, $4 beer of the month, $4 fireball shots
$2 Dos Equis 16oz lager cans, $4 beer of the month, $4 fireball shots
$4 select craft drafts, $4 fireball shots
AVO N DALE
$3 Moe-garita
$3 well drinks
$3 well drinks
$3 Jameson, $2 PBR pints
$4 whiskey shot and a PBR, $2 PBR pints
2 Ginger & Ginger - $3, $2 PBR pints
$4 bombs, $2 PBR pints
offering over 50 craft beers
$5 drinks
offering over 50 craft beers
$4.75 bloody mary & marias
$1 off all beers
$2 off all whiskey & bourbons
offering over 50 craft beers
Moosehead pints $3.75, Hamms cans $2.50, Special Export Bush Longneck bottles $3, Foster Big cans $5
Moosehead pints $3.75, Hamms cans $2.50, Special Export Bush Longneck bottles $3, Foster Big cans $5
Moosehead pints $3.75, Hamms cans $2.50, Special Export Bush Longneck bottles $3, Foster Big cans $5
Moosehead pints $3.75, Hamms cans $2.50, Special Export Bush Longneck bottles $3, Foster Big cans $5
Moosehead pints $3.75, Hamms cans $2.50, Special Export Bush Longneck bottles $3, Foster Big cans $5
Moosehead pints $3.75, Hamms cans $2.50, Special Export Bush Longneck bottles $3, Foster Big cans $5
Moosehead pints $3.75, Hamms cans $2.50, Special Export Bush Longneck bottles $3, Foster Big cans $5
$4 drafts of 312 $4 benchmark bourbon
$4 Sam Adams lager drafts $4 fat tire drafts $5 two gingers Irish whiskey
$4 drafts of 312 $4 fireball
$1 bud drafts $3 well drinks $1 pucker shots
$4 shiner drafts $3 pabst tall boys $5 old smoky moonshine
$5 big red coq red ale tall boys $5 fighting cock bourbon $3 old style tall boys
$1 Budweiser drafts $3 well drinks $1 pucker shots
$2.75 PBR Tallboy Cans, $4 Bombs, $5 Cabo wabo, $5 Jack Daniels, $5 Johnny Walker Black, $4 Malibu Cocktails, $5 Moscow Mule, $4 Tanqueray, $5 Whiskey Kicker
$5 Jameson Cocktails, $5 all wines, $3.50 312 Bottles, $5 Martinis (Absolut, Van Gogh, Beefeater), $7 Patron Shots
$4 Absolut Bloody Marys, $4 Heineken, $3.50 Victoria Bottles, $4 Sailor Jerry
$4 Bloody Marys, $2 Blatz, Old Milwaukee, Stroh’s, $14 Bud/ Miller Buckets, $2.75 Busch & Hamm’s Tallboy Cans, $4 Smithwicks & Guinness Drafts, $5 Captain Morgan, $5 Ketel One
1/2 off all drafts on tap, $4 Crystal Head Vodka, $4 Maker’s Mark
$3.50 Corona Bottles, $2,75 PBR Tall Boy Cans, $5 Cabo Wabo, $5 Jameson, $4 jim beam, $4 Malibu Cocktails
$4 Hoegaarden & Stella Drafts, $4 Absolut, Stoli, & Soco Cocktails, $5 Herradura Margaritas, $5 Long Island Iced Teas
3-6pm: $3.50 Pint of the Day, $5/$7 appetizers
3-6pm: $3.50 Pint of the Day, $5/$7 appetizers
3-6pm: $3.50 Pint of the Day, $5/$7 appetizers
3-6pm: $3.50 Pint of the Day, $5/$7 appetizers
3-6pm: $3.50 Pint of the Day, $5/$7 appetizers
Heartland Cafe
7000 N Glenwood | 773-465-8005 LI N CO LN SQ UAR E
4874 N Lincoln | 773-561-8191
Moe’s Tavern
2937 N Milwaukee | 773-227-2937 LI N CO LN SQ UAR E
Monti’s
4757 N Talman | 773-942-6012 WI CKER PAR K
Phyllis’ Musical Inn
1800 W Division | 773-486- 9862
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Red Line Tap
7006 N Glenwood | 773-274-5463
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Reggie’s
2105 S State | 312-949-0120
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Rockbottom
1 W Grand | 312-755-9339 O U R R E AD E RS GO FO R G OO D D E AL S! FI N D O UT H OW TO LI S T YO U R D R I N K S PECIAL S H E R E . CO NTAC T YO U R R E AD E R R E P O R TH E D I S PL AY AD DE PARTM E NT @ 3 12 . 222 .6920 O R D I S PL AYADS @CH IC AGO R E AD E R .CO M .
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