You may have seen one of Jenny Lam’s blank, prestamped, self-addressed postcards affixed to a light pole or on a bookstore shelf somewhere in the city. The postcards always feature the same prompt: “Tell me one thing you dream of doing before you die. Use this card as your canvas.” Lam, a Chicago-based artist and […]
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Posted inMusic
Farewell to unsung house-music architect Rodney Bakerr
Rodney Bakerr led early Wax Trax! group Strange Circuits, ran underground label Rockin’ House, and wrote ubiquitous house-music rhythm patterns for Roland.
Posted inNews & Politics
Your wildest dreams and odd sleep patterns during the pandemic, explained
Therapists and sleep neurologists explain what’s making people rest uneasy as Chicago eases into a partial reopening.
Posted inCity Life
The Reader’s stay-at-home chronicles: days 57 and 58
What we’re reading, watching, listening to, etc., to pass the time.
Posted inFilm
Movie Tuesday: Dream on
Dreams are crucial components in these five films reviewed in capsule form in the Reader archives.
Posted inBlogs
Fritz Lang’s Woman in the Window: A movie about moviegoing
How the 1944 noir becomes a different movie if you approach it as taking place in Edward G. Robinson’s head.
Posted inBlogs
Dream Machine: Devin Davis on harnessing the power of your sleeping musical mind
A local musician and songwriter on the songs of your dreams
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Analyzing a back-to-school nightmare
Why do recurring dreams tend to have a school setting?
Posted inBlogs
Sound-art satellites
This weekend’s Sound Art Theories Symposium brings with it some enticing installations and performances.