Eight Chicago Public School students were shot this weekend, three of whom died. So far, 17 CPS students have died from gun violence this school year; last year, 27 students died as a result of gunshots. That was a tragic high, and this year is on pace for the same number of young people dying--Mayor Daley? How's that gun control stuff going? Mr. Governor? We know you want to build a new building at NIU, and that's great and everything, but children in Chicago are being murdered. Frequently. Maybe there's something we could do about that, too.
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Our dinner date last night at Agami reflected on how she felt she missed out on the golden days of the "Chicago Way." Turns out we should have dinner at Natalino's in the near future. Heather Shouse reported on the TOC blog last week about the windows being shot out at Natalino's in West Town in retaliation for owner Michael Genovise hiring away his chef from competing trattoria Piano Piano. When Shouse pressed Genovise to answer if he believes the folks at Piano Piano was responsible he replied, "Well, it seems pretty coincidental, doesn’t it? $15,000 worth of coincidence." All the same, we'd be checking for guns taped behind the toilets at Natalino's, if we were you.
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We’re at the halfway mark of the Chicago International Film Festival. If you’re not attending because you don’t know how to separate the good flicks from the crap flicks, then you’re just not trying. No matter how you like your movies—arty farty or just plain entertaining—there are plenty of ways to find movies to suit your tastes.
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