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The Moviegoer is the diary of a local film buff, collecting the best of what Chicago's independent and underground film scene has to offer. https://bit.ly/44ywh8e

The Moviegoer: Parts and sums - Chicago Reader The Moviegoer is the diary of a local film buff, collecting the best of what Chicago’s independent and underground film scene has to offer.

Indigenous-inspired, Midwest Mexican, fermentation freaks Piñatta come out of retirement for a sixth Monday Night Foodball. https://bit.ly/3QYKeJv

Indigenous-inspired Piñatta returns to Monday Night Foodball Indigenous-inspired, Midwest Mexican, fermentation freaks Piñatta come out of retirement for a sixth Monday Night Foodball.

Fiberglass isn’t forever, but the apparent corpses in this potter’s field of pop culture detritus will outlast us all.

At FAST Corp’s rural Sparta headquarters, the molds behind the world’s biggest muskie, roadside giants, and oversize mascots lie scattered in a field, waiting to be reborn.

📍 FAST Fiberglass Mold Graveyard
14177 Country Highway Q, Sparta, Wisconsin

This story is part of our Broke Day Trips issue, where we share the cheap, weird, and wonderful day trips worth taking this summer.

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Garage rockers the Huns met as grade-school friends and released one single in 1966. Now they're playing their first headlining set in 57 years. https://bit.ly/4541sZ0

The Huns exemplify Chicago’s joyful 1960s garage-rock explosion - Chicago Reader Garage rockers the Huns met as grade-school friends and released one single in 1966. Now they're playing their first headlining set in 57 years.

Oscar Boyson and Ricky Camilleri's Our Hero, Balthazar is a funny and dangerous future cult classic. https://bit.ly/3R8sqeV

Review: Our Hero, Balthazar - Chicago Reader Oscar Boyson and Ricky Camilleri's Our Hero, Balthazar is a funny and dangerous future cult classic.