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Jonathan Rosenbaum
Posted inFilm

Jonathan Rosenbaum ruminates on his 1998 ‘List-o-Mania’

by Jonathan Rosenbaum October 13, 2011August 19, 2021

The article that helped implement my long-standing desire to deconstruct the movie industry’s received wisdom

Posted inNews & Politics

Mary Jo Madden, general manager, 1977-now, on the Reader’s early days

by Mary Jo Madden October 13, 2011August 19, 2021

‘If it sounds like I had the worst job one could get at the Reader, you weren’t around in 1977’

Posted inColumns & Opinion

You can revisit the past, but you can’t go home again

by Michael Miner October 13, 2011August 19, 2021

Reflecting on the Reader‘s 40-year history . . . and my own

Posted inNews & Politics

Tom Rehwaldt, co-owner, 1971-2007, on the Reader’s early days

by Thomas Rehwaldt October 13, 2011August 19, 2021

‘He scoffed and assured me that my paper was nothing like the Village Voice. He was right.’

Posted inNews & Politics

The Straight Dope examines the Reader’s 40 years

by Cecil Adams October 13, 2011August 19, 2021

In the age of the Internet this surprises no one, but the genius of the Reader was to show that you could publish a quality newspaper that you gave away

Posted inMusic

What’s the newspaper equivalent of crate digging?

by Miles Raymer October 13, 2011August 19, 2021

Rummaging the archive of Reader music criticism

Posted inNews & Politics

2010

by Michael Miner October 13, 2011August 19, 2021

The year in Chicago history via the pages of the Reader

Michael Miner
Posted inNews & Politics

‘The conscience of Chicago journalism’

by Steve Bogira October 13, 2011August 19, 2021

Michael Miner, the Reader‘s rock, has been in these pages since day one

John Conroy
Posted inNews & Politics

Revisiting John Conroy’s journalistic odyssey into police torture

by Steve Bogira October 13, 2011August 19, 2021

Twenty-one years ago, ‘House of Screams’ launched a decade of stories that ended with the imprisonment of police lieutenant Jon Burge

Posted inArts & Culture

Reminiscence from a reviled theater critic

by Tom Boeker October 13, 2011August 19, 2021

‘If there are still some bad feelings out there after all these years then, damn, you’ve got to learn to let go’

Posted inNews & Politics

Nancy Banks, managing editor and writer, 1971-1977, on the Reader’s early days

by Nancy Banks October 13, 2011August 19, 2021

‘Rodney Wanker didn’t exist. I’d been replaced by a rude-sounding pseudonym.’

Posted inNews & Politics

Mark Homstad, theater critic in the 70s, on the Reader’s early days

by Mark Homstad October 13, 2011August 19, 2021

‘I didn’t intend to create a publicity-seeking controversy, though it may have helped provide an initial marker of the paper’s critical independence’

Posted inNews & Politics

Dave Jones, ‘production czar,’ 1976-2006, on the Reader’s early days

by Dave Jones October 13, 2011August 19, 2021

‘It was easy to feel at home. So I stayed for 30 years.’

Posted inArts & Culture

Chris Ware reflects on his most nerve-racking Reader cartoon

by Chris Ware October 13, 2011August 30, 2021

‘I’d assumed by its pretension and ridiculous complexity that it would be rejected’

Posted inMusic

America’s real artists are hiding out at Betty Lou’s

by Neil Tesser October 13, 2011August 19, 2021

The 1973 article that ‘discovered’ jazz master Von Freeman

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