Sandra Delgado’s immersive musical about a legendary 1960s Latinx nightclub is as heartfelt as ever.
Tag: 1960s
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Seventies wizard rockers Bad Axe made their posthumous recorded debut in 2014
Bad Axe got a regular gig thanks to Rahm Emanuel’s mom and a belated vinyl release thanks to Permanent Records.
Posted inNews & Politics
The untold school segregation story behind Bernie Sanders’s 1963 arrest
Englewood parents were desperate after Chicago Public Schools officials tried to put black children in a warehouse next to unguarded railroad tracks.
Posted inCity Life
A mushroom-shaped party pad by the designer of Playboy’s headquarters
North Center’s “mushroom house,” a 60s party pad by the designer of Playboy‘s headquarters
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Artist on Artist: Chaka Khan talks to Jake Austen of the Goblins
Chaka Khan talks to Jake Austen of the Goblins and Chic-a-Go-Go.
Posted inArts & Culture
The Chicago Outlaws Motorcycle Club rides again
Documentary photographer Danny Lyon’s The Bikeriders revs up for a long-overdue reissue.
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David Grubbs on the meaning of records
David Grubbs on why the experimental music of the 1960s was so rarely recorded at the time—and what changes when we listen to it today.
Posted inFood & Drink
The audacity of Michael Sheerin’s Cicchetti
Former Blackbird chef Michael Sheerin is taking Venetian food somewhere new.
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The Secret History of Chicago Music: Vyto B
The scoop on Vyto B, the eclectic enigma behind First Chips and Tricentennial 2076—straight from the man himself
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I’ll tune in when I’m done zoning out
When it comes to politics, I’m virtually as active as the next person
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The Chicago freedom movement at 40
A civil-rights anniversary with little to cheer about.
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Highs in the Mid-60s
Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From the First Psychedelic Era 1965-1968 (Rhino) Hardly a week goes by when this paper isn’t recommending a “performance” by one of the recent crop of name DJs that tour and release their own albums. Disc jockeys have always had a place in the music scene, as far back as the big-band […]