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Review: Despite uneven pace, a masterful Kendrick Lamar exceeds the hype

8 hours ago | chicagotribune.com | Bob Gendron

Kendrick Lamar treated himself to a modest victory lap Friday at a packed Soldier Field. Strolling around a series of ramps and runways, the rapper flexed his muscles like a champion boxer proud of his title belt. The somewhat muted display represented Lamar at his most physically ostentatious. Predominantly reserved and incredibly focused, the MC delivered knockouts with one dynamite delivery after another.
The Tribune’s Quotes of the Week quiz for June 7

14 hours ago | chicagotribune.com | Claire Malon |Grace Miserocchi

Happy June, quotes readers!It was a tense and smoggy week in Chicago. Immigration advocates were alerted Wednesday of people being detained at a U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement office on the Near South Side. Organizers and several aldermen went to protest, and several of them clashed with federal agents. Now, City Council members plan to have a hearing to look into the Chicago Police Department’s response to the demonstration.
Column: Tarik Skubal, Javier Báez and Pete Crow-Armstrong bring an October-like buzz to Cubs-Tigers series

1 day ago | chicagotribune.com | Paul Sullivan

DETROIT — Detroit Tigers fans have been pointing to this weekend’s three-game series against the Chicago Cubs as a measuring stick.
State Dept says current US visas from travel ban countries will not be revoked

1 day ago | chicagotribune.com | Matthew Lee

WASHINGTON — The State Department instructed U.S. embassies and consulates on Friday not to revoke visas previously issued to people from 12 mainly African and Middle Eastern countries now under President Donald Trump’s new travel ban, which goes into effect next week.
East Dundee planning to allow golf carts to use village streets

1 day ago | chicagotribune.com | Gloria Casas

East Dundee doesn’t have a golf course, but it may become a golf cart community. The East Dundee Village Board has directed staff to draft an ordinance that would allow golf carts to be driven on village streets. It could be ready for a vote in mid-June to go into effect July 1. Newly elected Village President Dan Pearson proposed the idea. “It’s just trying to get our neighbors out and be more of an active community,” Pearson said at the Monday night board meeting.
Chicago police officer fatally shot in Chatham neighborhood

1 day ago | chicagotribune.com | William Lee |Caroline Kubzansky |Sam Charles

Earlier in what would be her final shift, Chicago police Officer Krystal Rivera took two guns off the street, authorities said, only to come face-to-face with a rifle later that night.
Naperville Police Arrests

1 day ago | chicagotribune.com | Steve Metsch

The following items were taken from Naperville police reports and press releases. An arrest does not constitute a finding of guilt:A 36-year-old man from Chicago was arrested on a charge of criminal trespass to a vehicle at 1:01 p.m. May 29 at the police station, 1350 Aurora Ave.
‘Downton Abbey’ star will bring her play about Ava Gardner to Chicago

1 day ago | chicagotribune.com | Chris Jones

Elizabeth McGovern, the American actress best known for playing Lady Cora in the British TV and movie franchise “Downton Abbey,” will star in a show headed to Chicago that is based series of real-life interviews given by the Hollywood actress Ava Gardner. Titled “Ava: The Secret Conversations,” the show was written by McGovern and is directed by Moritz Von Stuelpnagel. Aaron Costa Ganis also appears in the piece, which will run Sept. 24 to Oct.
‘Life of Chuck’ review: It’s a wonderful, apocalyptic life in Stephen King land

1 day ago | chicagotribune.com | Michael Phillips

“The Life of Chuck,” a slick but ickily grandiose reminder to take your dance lessons while you can, also reminds us that every generation gets its own variations on “It’s a Wonderful Life” — movie fantasies designed for affirmation and comfort, while unnerving us a little. There’s a third reminder, too: One person’s eyeroll is another’s shattering and beautiful reminder that life is beautiful, maybe harsh and sometimes lonely and full of wrong turns with a possible apocalypse looming.
Revisiting 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off' filming locations on 40 years later

2 days ago | chicagotribune.com | Marianne Mather

Life was moving fast for “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” writer/director/producer John Hughes when he wrote the film’s script. It took him just four days to complete it. “How did I come to write ‘Ferris?’ Well, let’s see,” Hughes said. “There was a writer’s strike coming up in a week and my agent called and warned me, so I thought, ‘Geez, John, you better write something,’ and so I got this sentence … out of the ozone.