Chicago’s concert venues have made welcome advances in accessibility, but a regulatory gray area lets them fall short of what they should be.
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Pass the mike ’n’ cheese on the gig poster of the week
This week’s featured gig poster was created by Chicago artist Jake Reeder, aka Jake.PSD.
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Lana Del Rey combines modern technology and her trademark despondency in timeless pop
Lana Del Rey is smiling more these days. Sometimes she’s smiling through tears, like she does in a hazy shot from the recent video for “Fuck It I Love You,” but she’s smiling all the same—a sign of a new level of nuance from an artist who made a name for herself peddling dreamy, depressing […]
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Plugging into Chicago’s forgotten house venues
A tour and oral history of the long-gone spaces that birthed one of the foundational sounds in modern pop
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It’s hard to stay quit on the gig poster of the week
This week’s featured gig poster was designed by Josh Davis of Dead Meat Design.
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Sen Morimoto makes crowded songs all by himself
Sen Morimoto’s mix of hip-hop, pop, prog, and jazz has won over international entertainment platform 88 Rising, but for now he’s sticking with his friends at Chicago indie Sooper Records.
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Something’s wrong with that greyhound on the gig poster of the week
This week’s featured gig poster was created by local artist Ryan Duggan.
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What caused the melee outside a Public Enemy and Sonic Youth show at the Aragon in 1990?
In 1991, Reader critic Bill Wyman hit the pavement to figure out how one of the biggest shows of the previous year ended in a brawl that resulted in 18 concertgoers behind bars.
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LCD Soundsystem and more of the best things to do in Chicago this week
A live recording of Kellye Howard album recording , a cooking demonstration from Chef Damao, and more happenings the week of 11/6-11/9
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Kanye West returns to Chicago, makes first live appearance in nearly a year, and other news
Also, the Chicago Police Department discredits terrorism plot rumors.
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The One-Minute Play Festival, a May the 4th Star Wars party, and more things to do in Chicago this week
Female Chicago Comics Panel, Chiang Mai Thai New Year Celebration, and more happenings from May 1-4.
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This month, three silent films will screen in the Chicago area with live music
See The Kid at the Arcada Theatre in St. Charles on February 15, The Artist at the Logan Theatre on February 11, and 7th Heaven at St. John Cantius Church on February 26.
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Explosions in the Sky unleash chariots of fire on the gig poster of the week
This week’s featured gig poster was designed by local artist Dan Grzeca of Ground Up Press.
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The Alabama Shakes put up a regal cockfighter on the gig poster of the week
This week’s featued gig poster was designed by local artist Dan Grzeca of Ground Up Press.
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Memories of growing up in an Uptown hotel in the 1930s and ’40s
Diane Glick Berolzheimer recalls a childhood spent in the New Lawrence Hotel.