Harvey “the Snake” Mandel is a guitarist’s guitarist. Born in Detroit in 1945 and raised in Morton Grove, he moved to the west coast in his early 20s to launch his career. He never became a household name like Stevie Ray Vaughan or Eric Crapton, but beginning with his debut LP, 1968’s funky fuzz classic […]
Tag: love
The theme is love at Pop-Up Magazine
On October 28, Pop-Up Magazine will be staged at the Athenaeum Center for Thought and Culture.
Light up your life with these lovely events
Are you loving life? Or living to love? While we don’t have recommendations for romantic fireside dinners (expect perhaps, don’t wear flammable fabrics and keep your phone charged in case you need to split early), we do have a list of interesting events that you can attend with friends, family, neighbors—or just by your beautiful […]
Coupled up in quarantine
Despite the ongoing pandemic, partners are finding—and maintaining—love.
Take your lovin’ to Zoom
Upcoming events and recommendations from our listings coordinator
Is your lovin’ worth two transfers?
What our listings coordinator is musing about this week
Finding love on Instagram Live
Media broadcasting network COVIDtv takes on dating.
Flipper hit the road with David Yow: the original unhinged noise-rock band, fronted by the king of unhinged noise rock
7/2/2019: This article has been changed to correctly reflect the events that leaf Flipper to break up. We live in a time where the unhinged, nothing-to-lose noise-rock front man is a punk-rock celebrity. But without Will Shatter and Bruce Loose of Flipper, the world never would’ve experienced the antics of Pissed Jeans’ Matt Korvette, These […]
Lit recs to dismantle violence, both the personal and systemic
The current book obsessions of Reader staff writer Maya Dukmasova and activist Mariame Kaba.
Less world-class art, more flowers and kitschy plastic animals highlight transformed Indy museum
The art world was dismayed last year when the Indianapolis Museum of Art became Newfields.
Binge-watching The Bachelor and Netflix’s Love makes me happy to be single
Why is everyone on TV so desperate to couple up?
Lit & Luz Festival, Taste of Uptown, and more things to do in Chicago this week
Author Lloyd Sachs, the exhibit “Graphic Relief,” and more happenings from October 10-13
Best Love Story
This couple made history with a marriage that lasted less than four months.
For Valentine’s Day we’re celebrating the power of love
We’re celebrating Valentine’s Day (believe it!) by focusing on four of Chicago’s “power couples,” as chosen by our readers.
Do you know an awesome couple who doesn’t make you want to puke?
Calling all cool couples . . .