Photo Courtesy: Lora Miller and Whitney Currier, photgraphed by Nicole Bitonti The New Local: What brought you to Chicago? Lora Miller:...

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On Saturdays at 3 p.m., Green Mill hosts “The Paper Machete", a weekly, live magazine that uses cabaret, comedy, and journalism to...