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- This Will Have Been: Art, Love and Politics in the 1980s at the MCA
  
  The Museum of Contemporary Art revisits the 1980s.
  
  The Museum of Contemporary Art revisits the 1980s.
- UP Comedy Club
  
  Your guide to Second City’s new room.
  
  Your guide to Second City’s new room.
- European Union Film Festival 2012
  
  The Siskel’s annual fest offers a wealth of nations (and options).
  
  The Siskel’s annual fest offers a wealth of nations…
- AWP after parties
  
  Where to see the best literature in the city for AWP.
  
  Where to see the best literature in the city for AWP.
Reviews
- Rez Life by David Treuer | Book review
  
  A Native American blends history, memoir and journalism in a new book about reservations.
  
  A Native American blends history, memoir and…
- TUTA’s Fulton Street Sessions
  
  Zeljko Djukic and company craft a current-events cabaret for TUTA’s first original work.
  
  Zeljko Djukic and company craft a current-events…
- Hugo without 3-D | On Demand
  
  How does Scorsese’s Oscar nominee play in two dimensions?
  
  How does Scorsese’s Oscar nominee play in two…

This Will Have Been: Art, Love and Politics in the 1980s at the MCA

The Museum of Contemporary Art revisits the 1980s.

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TOC's Comics Shop

Interviews, reviews and articles about the DC Comics relaunch, Marvel mainstays and indie comix.
Kelsey Grammer stars in Boss

Kelsey Grammer is the mayor in the Chicago-set, Chicago-shot TV drama on Starz.
This week's film trailers

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Interviews

- Wim Wenders | Interview
  
  The Wings of Desire director reinvents 3-D with a documentary on his friend Pina Bausch.
- Melissa McCarthy | Interview
  
  A film with funny women? Yes, please, says Melissa McCarthy of Kristen Wiig’s Bridesmaids.
- Damian Lewis | Interview
  
  The English actor calls Showtime’s Homeland “contentious.” Classic British understatement?
- Zooey Deschanel | Interview
  
  In Fox’s New Girl, Deschanel is single, can’t sing and breaks down a lot. Not much like the cheery star herself.

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Daily deals and today's specials at Chicago restaurants + bars

Looking where to find the best food + drink deals in the city? Look no further. We've rounded up dozens of daily deals from some of our favorite places around town!
Portlandia

Creators Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein hit Chicago.
Kristin Chenoweth | Interview

The actress-singer plays a good Christian bitch, or GCB, on ABC.

On the blogs

Cannes Film Festival 2012
Ben Kenigsberg reviews Abbas Kiarostami's new film.

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Grant Park anti-NATO rally, Sunday
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Glazed and Infused | Now open
Check out our doughnut porn.

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Farmers' Market Treats
TOC Foodspotting Fridays

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Fantabuloso at Allstate Arena
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Booking Ahead
New concert announcements from Riot Fest, Leonard Cohen, Weezer, Merle Haggard and Garbage

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The Hypocrites announce 2012–13 season
Poe, Shakespeare and more Gilbert and Sullivan

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Entertaining the First Lady
Local troupes dance and sing at Michelle Obama's NATO luncheon.

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Feder: Amanda Barrett’s position as features editor was eliminated Monday as part of the unfolding management shakeup at the Sun-Times.

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Feder: The ouster of the top editor at Pioneer Press may point to a major overhaul of editorial management at parent company Sun-Times Media.

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