I first met Batman battling villains from the Hall of Justice with the other Super Friends, part of the Saturday morning cartoon lineup of the 1970s, and soon afterward I caught the campy reruns of the 1960s live-action TV show. This led me to scour my brother Aaron’s Bronze Age collection of DC Comics, the […]
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Cat show, ZINEMercado, Batmobile, and scooters
The International Cat Association (TICA) presents Chicago: Feline Infurno, the 41st annual cat show hosted by TICA and a chance to view at least 400 registered cats ready for judging (yes, it’s usually the other way around, but at a cat show, people judge the cats). Rare breeds like the Lykoi (also known as the […]
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The Batman
Robert Pattinson shuts all his haters up with a vulnerable and terrifying performance in Matt Reeves’s The Batman.
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There are too many puppets in 20,000 Leagues Under the Seas and not enough action
If the narrated sections are so important, why don’t we get see them?
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Via Rosa of Drama on an Egyptian hit that transcends language barriers
Current musical obsessions of AMFM gallery founder Ciera Mckissick, Drama singer Via Rosa, and Reader writer Leor Galil
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The unbearable lightness of Justice League
The number-one movie in America is a missed opportunity for transcendent (or even dynamic) popular art.
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A Chicago artist painted Donald Trump’s face on a toilet filled with poop, and it’s awesome
Art of the heel: Bat Trump, Forrest Trump, and more of Jacob Thomas’s satirical Donald Trump works
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Batkid Begins gives all for one and none for all
In Dana Nachman’s documentary, the Make-A-Wish Foundation makes one kid’s dream come true. But what about all the other kids?
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What if Donald Trump were Batman?
Maybe Chicago would’ve felt differently about his tower.
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The pre-Batman world of Fox’s Gotham isn’t so black and white
The line between the good guys and the bad guys blurs on the new series.
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Chicago comic artists celebrate Batman’s 75th birthday
Fulton Street Collective celebrates Batman’s 75th anniverary with a comic-art show.
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Michael Jordan should think twice about selling his place in Highland Park
Michael Jordan’s mansion could become a home for wayward youth.
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Austin Pendleton goes time-tripping back to Skidoo
The Steppenwolf ensemble member recalls making an LSD comedy with Groucho Marx.
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Reader’s Agenda Fri 4/26: C2E2, Chicago Anarchist Film Festival, and Wonka Ball 2013
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Friday, April 26.
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Throwing down in Gotham City
Chicago Dance Crash presents an evening-length piece, Gotham City