Kind. Funny. Genuine. A sweetheart, an artist, a legend. If the true sign of a life well lived is a tidal wave of emotional tributes when you die, then Cynthia Albritton—better known to the whole wide world as Cynthia Plaster Caster—lived a very good life. So much so that writing about her after her passing—she […]
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Reader’s Agenda Tue 1/28: On the Bowery, “Strange Bedfellows,” and “Stress/De-Stress” (CANCELED)
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Tuesday, January 28
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This Friday’s moviegoing dilemma: Studs Terkel or Dusan Makavejev?
A multimedia tribute to Studs Terkel’s Working and a 35-millimeter revival of The Coca-Cola Kid are both slated for Friday at 7 PM.
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Take a breather at the Nightingale tomorrow
Previewing the mixed-media performance Stress/De-Stress, which takes place at the Nightingale this weekend
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Our four top literary picks for fall
Chicago Humanities Festival, Alison Bechdel, Daniel Clowes, Women’s Voices Weekend, and more
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YouTube Assembly with Wendorf and Case
Chicago Underground Film Festival founding director Bryan Wendorf, and Literago editor and Reader contributor Mairead Case are guest hosts for YouTube Assembly Tuesday 12/8 at The Nightingale.