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Cheap Wine, Plastic Chairs: Shani Boianjiu at WORD Bookstore

June 26, 2013

A weekly series that celebrates everyone’s favorite part of the author reading: the Q&A. This week, Shani Boianjiu discusses the powers of observation that come with being a young woman in her 20s.

Flapper Talk: Overheard at the Jazz Age Lawn Party

By Kate Gavino

June 24, 2013

We eavesdropped on various revelers at the eighth annual Jazz Age Lawn Party, and here is some of the choicest speakeasy gossip.

Nobody Gets Famous in Chicago

By Julia Langbein

June 20, 2013

How the Back Room Shakespeare Project Gave Up on Theatre — and Revived It

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