When I was growing up in the early 90s, Lent marked the transition to spring, and spring meant my family’s annual pilgrimage to the town library to check out Jesus Christ Superstar on VHS. Ecstatic, my siblings and I would dance in the living room for the rock opera’s full hour and 48 minutes, half […]
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The year’s last Bandcamp Friday arrives
Since the start of the pandemic, Bandcamp has passed along its usual share of sales revenue to artists and labels 17 times, usually on the first Friday of the month. You probably already knew that, since you clicked on a story about the 18th such Bandcamp Friday—but you might not be aware that the site […]
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Dormant Illinois indie-rock project Easter returns for its flowers
The south suburbs loom large in the recent history of Chicagoland indie rock, and not just because they gave the city two of its best recent exports, Nnamdï and Ratboys. Oak Forest native Kyle Lang, for example, got into the local scene by playing house shows in the south suburbs with his band Easter, where […]
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Nnamdï grows up on Brat
Prolific musical polymath Nnamdï uses his new solo album to teach himself something about work-life balance.
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Buck tradition—and matzo and Peeps—at these alterna-holiday weekend events
Spend Easter and Passover weekend out and about at these goings-on around town.
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Reader’s Agenda Sun 4/20: Adult Easter Egg Hunt, American Me, and Kurt Rosenwinkel Trio
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Sunday, April 20
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Reader’s Agenda Fri 4/11: Darger and the Detective, Easter egg hunts, and Dean Wareham
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Friday, April 11
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Zoom in: Portage Park
Fantasy Costumes in Portage Park is a city block of Santa costumes, elaborate wigs, hot dog suits, and everything else.
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Every Easter God Makes Headlines
Time asked an interesting question on last week’s cover: “What if there’s no hell?” Was this supposed to be one more thing to worry about? Easter is when the press gets metaphysical, finding matters to meditate on that we usually won’t touch with a ten-foot pole. Like a royal wedding, it’s an indulgence, and I’m […]
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Here Comes Peter Cottontail
A Rogers Park animal shelter braces for the annual influx of discarded Easter gifts.