Senior writer Deanna Isaacs began contributing to the Reader in the 1980s, climbing a creaky staircase to a cluttered warren of offices in a then-unfashionable area of River North to deliver her typewritten freelance stories to managing editor Patrick Clinton. Many of those articles were brief, event-related pieces for the paper’s double-spread Calendar Page. (As […]
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With a little pluck
This fall, more than ever, the artists are helping us through.
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Redmoon Theater’s demise offers a cautionary tale about contradictory impulses
Shuttered Redmoon leaves behind unforgettable images—and questions whether a theater can be both official and oppositional.
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More behind-the-scenes images from the Great Chicago Fire Fest preview
An early peek at the fire-on-water spectacle that Redmoon will stage on the Chicago River in October
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Vivian Maier, the lawsuit
A Vivian Maier exhibit leads to a lawsuit against the owners of the Wicker Park gallery Corbett vs. Dempsey.
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Reader’s Agenda Tue 12/10: Die Fledermaus, Kellye Howard, and TV Ghost
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Tuesday, December 10
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What’s up with the Chicago Cultural Plan, the radio version
Outside the Loop radio checked in this week to talk about the Chicago Cultural Plan.
Posted inArts & Culture
Other People’s Money may be the best revenge
Other People’s Money may be the best revenge.
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Prenticegate: A trip to the inside of Mayor Rahm’s brain
Thanks to a scoop in the Daily Northwestern, we now know Mayor Rahm never really planned to preserve Prentice Women’s Hospital.
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In this week’s Reader: Your NATO/G8 primer
What’s in the February 16, 2012 issue of the Reader
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In this week’s Reader: Towering ambition
What’s in the February 2, 2012 issue of the Reader