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- Sep 29, 2026
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Review: Primetime (opens the original)
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Much of the buzz around Primetime, documentarian Lance Oppenheim’s narrative feature debut, centers on Robert Pattinson’s portrayal of Chris Hansen, 2000s stalwart and host of To Catch a Predator. And Pattinson really is that good, nailing the voice and mannerisms of the empty shell that is this version of Hansen facing growing pressure to deliver […] T
Digable Planets celebrate 30 years of the immortal Black opus Blowout Comb (opens the original)
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Digable Planets Sun 10/18 at Metro The post Digable Planets celebrate 30 years of the immortal Black opus Blowout Comb appeared first on Chicago Reader.
Feds tapped local surveillance networks in botched Chicago prosecutions (opens the original)
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Federal authorities tapped into a network of automated license plate readers (ALPRs) and surveillance cameras operated by Chicagoland police while trying—ultimately unsuccessfully—to prosecute Marimar Martinez and Anthony Ruiz for interfering with immigration agents last year, according to court records reviewed by the Reader. Prosecutors accessed hundreds of photos of Martinez and Ruiz from Flock Safety [R
Indiana power poppers Wishy rock the party on their second LP, Nature’s Pill (opens the original)
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Wishy Tue 10/27 at Lincoln Hall The post Indiana power poppers Wishy rock the party on their second LP, Nature’s Pill appeared first on Chicago Reader.
Say goodbye to the old yams, and hello to the new, when Dozzy’s Grill returns to the next Monday Night Foodball (opens the original)
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In the depth of the pandemic Dozzy Ibekwe found hope in a yam. “I was incubating Dozzy’s Grill at [the former] Retreat at Currency Exchange Cafe in Washington Park. Across the street was a U. Chicago Medicine billboard. Its message resonated with me: resilience in the middle of the pandemic, when it was hardest to […] The post <a href="https://chicagoreader.com/food/monday-ni
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