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Posted inArts & Culture

What do you say when someone calls you a hipster?

by Gwynedd Stuart October 2, 2013August 19, 2021

“Who are YOU calling hipster, hipster?”

Theatre Y founder and artistic director Melissa Lorraine (pictured): "I long for meaning, but I believe that religion has lost its source—it's sort of an echo. I'm not satisfied with perpetuating the echo, and I'm not satisfied with silencing it."
Posted inArts & Culture

“There’s something in me that wants to steal the holiness”

by Laura Molzahn August 14, 2013August 19, 2021

Theatre Y prepares to open The Binding, inspired by Jewish apocryphal text, in a Logan Square church.

The stroke of inspiration for the adult film Austin Plowers hit roommates Jaboukie Young-White and Cameron Chapleau as they sat on their couch one night with too much time on their hands.
Posted inArts & Culture

A portrait of the artists (OK, that might be a stretch) as 18-year-old porno directors

by Aimee Levitt July 31, 2013August 19, 2021

A portrait of the artists (OK, that might be a stretch) as 18-year-old porno directors

Alana Thompson—Honey Boo Boo—was such a draw on TLC's Toddlers & Tiaras that the network decided to give her her own show, which focuses on her family’s day-to-day life in McIntyre, Georgia.
Posted inArts & Culture

Where things stand with Here Comes Honey Boo Boo

by Sam Worley July 17, 2013August 19, 2021

Where things stand with Here Comes Honey Boo Boo.

Prussia, or Belvidere, in 1813, or maybe 1809. Anyway, the French and British face off.
Posted inArts & Culture

Napoleon is dynamite

by Aimee Levitt July 3, 2013August 19, 2021

The armies of Napoleon enthusiasts include cops, stockbrokers, historians—and a certain local rock critic.

Posted inBest of Chicago

Best of Chicago 2013: Goods & Services

by Chicago Reader June 20, 2013August 19, 2021

Best of Chicago 2013: Goods & Services

Posted inBest of Chicago

Best of Chicago 2013: Arts & Culture

by Chicago Reader June 20, 2013August 19, 2021

Best of Chicago 2013: Arts & Culture

The StoryCorps booth, new to the Chicago Cultural Center
Posted inArts & Culture

StoryCorps puts Chicago behind the microphone

by Janet Potter May 23, 2013August 19, 2021

The national recording project StoryCorps turns its mike on Chicago.

Posted inArts & Culture

As Del Lay Dying

by Kim "Howard" Johnson April 3, 2008August 19, 2021

On his deathbed, comedy genius Del Close held court at one last party.

Posted inArts & Culture

So Long, Second City

by Kabir Hamid March 10, 2005August 19, 2021

Dan Bakkedahl quickly earned what many improvisers work for their whole lives–a spot on the Second City mainstage and a shot at national fame. Why’d he throw it all away?

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