by Jonah Keri Article Reprint Zero. Point. Seven. Five. That’s become Jake Arrieta’s signature stat; 0.75 is the lowest second-half ERA in the history of baseball. Yet somehow it doesn’t capture just how dominant Chicago’s
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By Leor Galil Article Reprint What a Time to Be Alive—an album two of hip-hop’s current heavyweights, Drake and Future, recorded in six days and released at the end of September through iTunes—has provided the
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By: Mark Gonzales Article Reprint They celebrated like wild fraternity brothers Wednesday night.
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BTN STAFF Chicago artist and investor Theaster Gates bought an old bank building on Chicago’s Southside for $1 dollar in 2012. He then rehabbed the building and turned it into a cultural center for the community. Following
Read moreRauneromics: Tax credits for ConAgra, budget cuts for everyone else
By Ben Joravsky Article Reprint As fate would have it, Governor Bruce Rauner revealed his plan to fork over as much as $1.26 million a year in tax credits to ConAgra Foods at roughly the
Read moreInspired by Richard Pryor, ‘Unspeakable’ starts Chicago run
By: Scott C. Morgan Article Reprint Disclaimers accompany most of the advertising for the new play “Unspeakable,” which begins a five-week engagement starting Tuesday at Chicago’s Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place. It’s billed as
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