Lurie attacks housing fund, says it hurts cops
Plus: Al Green gilded Stern Grove's finale, a sensitive 'Julius Caesar,' Russian Revolution comes to life in new book
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Today's headlines:
Lurie attacks affordable housing plan—and undermines his own proposal
By Tim Redmond
By saying housing money hurts the cops, he may be undermining support for his own Housing Trust Fund.
Al Green gilded Stern Grove’s season finale in golden soul
By Jess Oledan
80-year-old legend brought R&B classics, funky arrangements, 'Love and Happiness' to adoring crowd.
Drama Masks: A sensitive Julius Caesar, lost in the ’70s shuffle
By Charles Lewis III
Marin Shakes' bold, beautiful, but muddled adaptation humanizes an autocrat at the expense of message or meaning.
Kiev, 1911: the Bund, revolution, and a sparkling work of historical fiction
By Tim Redmond
New book 'Radiant as the Stars' tells of a young woman who returns from the US to fight in the Russian Revolution—and it's based on a real story.
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