Today is the final day for the online portion of this year’s Reeling: the Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival. The 40th annual celebration of LGBTQ+ filmmakers and new queer cinema hosted in-person screenings over the last few weeks at the Music Box, Landmark’s Century Centre Cinema, and Chicago Filmmakers, but today’s offerings are solely online—which […]
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Posted inOn Culture
Sun, sand—and segregation
So, a bicyclist walks up to a beach on the North Shore. It’s hot, he’s been riding, he just wants to put his feet in the cool Lake Michigan water that he can see sparkling behind a booth and a prominent “beach pass required” sign. A hapless kid with a summer job is manning the […]
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Leisure options for Labor Day and beyond
It’s Labor Day Weekend (unless you’re OG and already celebrated workers on May Day—not that you can’t honor working people every day). For the traditional end-of-summer celebration, we’ve got walking tours, markets, music, exhibits, and more.
Posted inArts & Culture
More than three dozen of the best Halloween 2016 events
A ghoulish brunch, a costume parade, and more spooky things to do
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Reader’s Agenda Thu 2/21: Josh Schonwald, Oak and Iron II, Ryan Hemsworth
What’s on the Reader’s Agenda for Thursday, February 21, 2013.