Chicago Community Jail Support, the volunteer mutual aid network that supports people recently released from Cook County Jail, hosts two teach-ins and volunteer training sessions on Zoom this month to guide people in how to lend a hand in meeting the needs of those who are recently incarcerated. Learn skills like setting up and breaking […]
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Cat Power brings catalog cornerstones and reworked classics to Thalia Hall
Chan Marshall, who’s performed as Cat Power since the mid-90s (she adopted it from the name of her first band), refreshes even the most weathered motifs with her smokestack voice. While she’s amassed a formidable catalog of soulful originals, she’s most renowned for refracting other artists’ radio hits and obscure B sides through her singular […]
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Not even 2018 can stop Riot Fest
It’s been a bad year for punks—and for everyone else who hates authoritarianism. But Riot Fest has persevered to bring us Run the Jewels, Blondie, Gary Numan, and 85 more acts.
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Riot Fest inches toward gender balance
The Chicago festival has never topped 25 percent female-inclusive acts, but it’s still ahead of many of its competitors.
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Riot Fest announces its first wave of acts for 2018
Riot Fest got Blink-182! Cypress Hill! Blondie! The Jesus Lizard! Liz Phair! Atmosphere! Beck! Cat Power! And . . . the 82-year-old Jerry Lee Lewis?
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Best shows to see: Cat Power, Vukari, Cults, Mick Turner
The best concerts to see through the weekend include Cat Power, Vukari, Cults, and Mick Turner.
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Reader’s Agenda Thu 11/21: Chicago Food Film Festival, Oliver Stone, and Cat Power
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Thursday, November 21
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In Rotation: Janet Bean of Eleventh Dream Day on Nick Drake’s mom
Janet Bean of Eleventh Dream Day on Nick Drake’s mom, and more
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Naked talent at National Pastime Theater
The fifth annual Naked July offers performance in the buff.
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Exclusive: Watch Willis Earl Beal on From the Basement
We’ve got an exclusive stream of Willis Earl Beal’s performance on Nigel Godrich’s acclaimed TV show
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Performance anxiety (the stage kind, not the sex kind). Also, Cat Power.
Cat Power and how I used to fall on my head a lot
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Best shows to see: Divine Fits, Double Negative, Cat Power, and more
Indie legends with a new group and a new sound, plus off-the-rails punk and synapse-searing Nintendo rock
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Sweet and Sour Options for Saturday Night
Saturday-night music that didn’t make the List: Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs at the Old Town School and Lightning Dust at Schubas
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Goldston scores silent “Passion”
Cellist Lori Goldston, who performed with Nirvana, plays her original score to the silent classic “La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc” Tuesday at the Nightingale.