Farewell to a Reader contributor and much-valued colleague
Author Archives: Aimee Levitt
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Note from an editor
About four years ago, the Gage Gallery at Roosevelt University mounted an exhibition of photographs from the Reader’s black-and-white era, which ended in 2004. The gallery is small, maybe three rooms, and on opening night, it was packed with old Reader people, many of whom had flown back to Chicago from wherever they’d moved to […]
Posted inFood & Drink
#MeToo comes to the food-and-drink biz
The Restaurant Culture Association seeks to help the notoriously loose hospitality industry combat sexual harassment proactively.
Posted inCity Life
The tragic romance of Abby and Bear
They were two Lab mixes from opposite sides of the fence.
Posted inFood & Drink
A visit to the Sweets and Snacks Expo
Two intrepid reporters try to avoid drowning in a sea of salt and sugar.
Posted inFood & Drink
Armed with family recipes, Masa Madre takes on Passover
The Pilsen bakery blends traditional Jewish and Mexican flavors—this time without flour.
Posted inArts & Culture
Note from an editor
It would have been easy to begin this letter by writing “Chicago is a theater town,” but also stupid because everybody knows that, even people who don’t live here: Steppenwolf, Second City, City Hall, blah blah blah. We respect you, dear readers, and so we’re not going to insult you by filling this special Spring […]
Posted inArts & Culture
“Purchased Lives” at the Illinois Holocaust Museum connects the slave trade to the reality of the present
“People think slavery is a southern story. It’s not a southern story. It’s an American story.”
Posted inArts & Culture
Lit recs for the reader in search of adventure
The current book obsessions of Northwestern prof Bill Savage and Reader culture editor Aimee Levitt
Posted inBlogs
Let us now praise Elvis Presley and his movies
It’s the King’s birthday, so Viva Las Vegas, baby!
