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Alash, masters of Tuvan throat singing and traditional instruments, will perform Wednesday at the University of Chicago's International House (1414 E. 59th) as part of its Global Voices Performing Arts Series.

If you were looking for some new books to cuddle up with for the oncoming winter, the Chicago Book Festival is here to help. There's an events booklet available at libraries and bookstores and a PDF online. Much of the information is on readings in the city that happen anyway, but we are excited about the extra discussions for this fall's One Book, One Chicago, Arthur Miller's The Crucible, which we haven't read since high...

Of all the city-sponsored music festivals, few utilize as much of the city limits like the World Music Festival (check out the festival's Myspace page, also). In its nine years, World Music Fest has become a showcase event, even though it lacks the resources the city pours into Blues Fest, Jazz Fest, and Viva! Chicago. Its drawn visitors to the city from around the world, done a remarkable job in shining a much-needed spotlight on...

We first heard of Sudhir Venkatesh when we read “Freakonomics.” Venkatesh, Professor of Sociology at Columbia University, spent six years embedded with the Black Disciples gang in the Robert Taylor Homes. What he discovered, and what Leavitt and Dubner found so fascinating, was that working for gang members wasn’t so different than working for McDonald's. The rich make the big money, the underlings make almost nothing, and the bookkeeping is just as complicated. Venkatesh is...

We like highlights, we like getting them, doing them and giving them. There’s a ton of cool stuff going on this week, check out the quick highlights, and let us know which author is going to get your attention. First off, it’s the closing night party for the Literary Gangs. They’ll finish up with a finale including Andy Ross and Jonathan Messinger. You can see the Literary Gangs on Tues., May 16th, 6:30PM, at the...

we’ll probably spend some quality time cuddled up with them in some dark, out-of-the-way place...like the movies.