Gerber/Hart Library’s Russell Kracke and Theatre Q’s John Koulias give gay and lesbian playwrights a new stage.
Yearly Archives: 1998
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Zine-o-File
From the pages of Stay Free! ¥ Issue #15 (P.O. Box 306, Prince Street Station, New York, NY 10012; $3) Excerpts from: My Very Special Trip to the Nike Store By David Cross David Cross is the bald, Jewish one on HBO’s Mr. Show. There’s a little mom and pop store where I live (the […]
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Man Out of Time/ Prisoners of Hate/ Love Me Do
By Michael Miner Man Out of Time The last time the Reader looked in on Paul Obis, the publisher of In These Times had rooted out an embezzler in the ranks who’d helped himself to about $125,000. Obis resigned the other day, and it might surprise you to hear the judgment of his boss: “He […]
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Site of Contention
knoy.qxd To the editor, Ms. Lydersen’s article “Living Room or Work Space” [November 20] about community controversy surrounding the development of the Wilson Yard site is inaccurate in many respects. The Organization of the NorthEast (ONE) has not taken a position for affordable housing on the site nor have we taken a position against the […]
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Trips for Toddlers
They’re cute, they’re cuddly, they’re totally whacked on acid
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Restaurant Tours: French–it’s the new Italian!
After a decade-long procession of new Italian restaurants, we’re seeing one closing after another, while the new tendency is decidedly French. Grappa, Tra Via, and La Risotteria Nord all said ciao for now. Rich Melman, whose trend-spotting talents built a dining empire, shuttered Avanzare and Tucci Milan. He’ll make one French, the other French-Thai. When […]
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Short Honeymoon
ron Rakow used his temporary relase from prison to forge a lasting bond.
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Mayor Daley Living (Martha Steward Living magazine cover spoof)
Mayor Daley Living 101 Ways to Cook Bobby Rush’s Goose Decorative Ethics Reforms for Election Season Ten Former Subway Peddlers Who Want to Be Your Butler Seeing Michigan– It’s as easy as falling off a bike! Tired of Homeless People? Build a Lovely Fence! Glittering New Ways to Subsidize Developers Precinct voted dry? Great Moonshine […]
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Safe Havens
toma.qxd To Alison True: It is with strong ambivalence that I write this to you. I applaud and thank you for running the lead story, “In With the Out Crowd,” in the December 11 issue of the Reader. Having worked with lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered (LGBT) youth for over five years, I know that […]
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Background Check
herwitt.qxd Dear editors: I read the article about Nelson Algren in the issue of November 20 with interest. I question the statement that he “was the son of a poor Swedish father and a stern German-Jewish mother.” My source for every statement that I make about Algren is my late father, who attended Roosevelt High […]
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In Store: getting the most out of a no-exploitation policy
The shelves and racks of Ten Thousand Villages, a gift shop on Main Street in Evanston, brim with batik, wood, and woven straw, giving the place that developing-country look. It resembles a Pier 1 Imports, the giant purveyor of imported furnishings and gifts, but the merchandise is more offbeat. Amid the pro forma lamps and […]
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Bring ‘Em Back Alive/ Christmas Cards/ Twisted History/ Banned, on the Run
Christian Johnson and Eric St. Clair/ Radio Active