No demogorgon roams this parallel universe, but a majority of its electorate did back the man who’s been called the swamp monster: President Donald Trump.
Author Archives: Jake Malooley
Posted inBlogs
Daily Show’s final night in Chicago: Hasan Minhaj on 90s Bulls and North Korea; Vic Mensa on the city’s ‘toxic situation’
The Daily Show With Trevor Noah wraps up a stint at the Athanaeum Theatre.
Posted inBlogs
Take a stroll around Woodfield Mall circa 1982
Back in the heyday of malls, Esquire sent Bob Greene to the suburbs to observe a pair of teenage boys loitering in Schaumburg’s “cathedral of consumption.”
Posted inBest of Chicago
‘That first warm day’ should be an official Chicago holiday
The sudden unseasonable temperature spike is cause for citywide celebration.
Posted inBest of Chicago
Illinois’s tollway oases offer abundance amid the asphalt desert
The unconventional rest stops are a distinctive feature of the U.S. roadway system.
Posted inArts & Culture
Frank Lloyd Wright is a big man on the SC Johnson campus
As sesquicentennial celebrations of Wright’s birth ramp up, two of the architect’s most notable commercial creations should beckon buffs to Racine, Wisconsin.
Posted inArts & Culture
Fire hydrants offer the promise of a lake on every corner
But open them at your own risk.
Posted inBlogs
Bachelor strategist (and former Chicagoan) Nick Viall is being outplayed by this season’s villain, Corinne Olympios
The veteran Bachelor star has met his competitive match in the 24-year-old from Miami.
Posted inNews & Politics
What Ari Emanuel’s unabashed volatility in Hollywood says about Rahm Emanuel’s public-image problem in Chicago
In its portrayal of Ari’s celebrated dickishness, Powerhouse invites a comparison with the superagent’s hotheaded Chicago mayor brother.
Posted inBlogs
Joe Swanberg’s Easy is easily the most north-side-centric Chicago show of all time—but that’s not so terrible
The writer-director’s personal portrait of the city fulfills the contract of auteur television.
Posted inBlogs
Chance the Rapper talks Rahm Emanuel, Kanye West, Chicago ‘poverty porn,’ and drug use in a new GQ profile
Zach Baron’s profile on Chicago MC Chance the Rapper includes details that will surprise even longtime local fans.
Posted inBlogs
John Oliver takes aim at Tronc
Last Week Tonight hilariously skewers the former Tribune Publishing.
Posted inBlogs
At Lollapalooza, Radiohead proved their music can be enjoyed in a big festival setting
Thom Yorke helped the fest unite over a shared sense of alienation.
Posted inBlogs
Tronc seeks automatons to work on ‘news content harvesting robots’
The former Tribune Publishing trots out still more digital-media buzzwords.
Posted inBlogs
Guns N’ Roses satisfies an appetite for reconstruction at Soldier Field
Axl, Slash, and Duff are on the road for the first time since the early 90s.