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Posted inNews & Politics

Capital of the midwest

by Pete Saunders March 4, 2020August 18, 2021

Is Chicago an island of cosmopolitanism in a sea of rural, inexpensive, stultifying friendliness?

Posted inBlogs

Congressman Luis Gutierrez wants the military to help storm-ravaged Puerto Rico, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd October 2, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, more than 1,000 people turned out for Kenneka Jenkins’s funeral.

Posted inArts & Culture

Before #BlackLivesMatter, there was Gordon Parks and Ralph Ellison

by Aimee Levitt July 21, 2016August 18, 2021

Two lost photo essays, now on display at the Art Institute, go beyond racial stereotypes to reveal the real life of Harlem.

Posted inBlogs

Temperance Beer Company goes big with its first bottles

by Philip Montoro January 30, 2015August 18, 2021

Saturday at its tap room, Temperance releases two barrel-aged versions of Might Meets Right imperial stout.

A plaque on the Merchandise Mart is a vestige of a failed campaign to renname the iconic Chicago building.
Posted inBlogs

Chicago’s own One World Trade Center is all but forgotten

by Jake Malooley November 9, 2014August 18, 2021

A plaque on the Merchandise Mart is a vestige of a failed campaign to renname one of Chicago’s most iconic buildings.

A Master Builder
Posted inFilm

Jonathan Demme directs a screen version of Ibsen’s The Master Builder

by J.R. Jones August 6, 2014August 18, 2021

Chicago native Lisa Joyce contributes a scene-stealing performance to Jonathan Demme’s screen version of Ibsen’s The Master Builder.

Downtown Building, 1952
Posted inArts & Culture

Saul Steinberg: Art-world outcast?

by Noah Berlatsky July 14, 2014August 18, 2021

If you can find the Art Institute’s Saul Steinberg exhibit, you’re in for a treat.

Kieran Culkin and Michael Cera
Posted inArts & Culture

Steppenwolf’s This Is Our Youth meets The Mummy

by Tony Adler June 24, 2014August 18, 2021

In Steppenwolf’s This Is Our Youth, Kenneth Lonergan’s ugly-sweet play has affinities with an old black-and-white movie.

Posted inBlogs

Manhattan, 12 Monkeys and other Reader-recommended movies to watch online this week

by Reader staff February 28, 2014August 18, 2021

Some recommended movies from Old Movies to Watch Now, in which Reader film capsules guide what you should watch online.

"You're a gay man or you're gay. You're not 'gayed.' The president is a black man. He's not a 'blacked' man."
Posted inColumns & Opinion

Don’t stop at ‘transgendered’

by Dan Savage January 9, 2014August 18, 2021

Dan on the misuse of “transgendered,” relationship virginity, and the perils of dumpdom

David Cromer, Patrick Andrews, and Mary Beth Fisher
Posted inArts & Culture

But is The Normal Heart good?

by Tony Adler November 6, 2013August 19, 2021

TimeLine Theatre gets Larry Kramer’s important The Normal Heart pumping.

Fin & Lady
Posted inArts & Culture

Cathleen Schine’s flower children

by Hannah Gold July 19, 2013August 19, 2021

The protagonists of Cathleen Schine’s ninth novel, Fin & Lady, wander 1960s New York.

Kate LoConti and James Newcomb
Posted inArts & Culture

Shakespeare goes to Gotham City

by Justin Hayford March 21, 2013August 19, 2021

The Goodman achieves a half measure of success in dark, unruly Measure for Measure.

Posted inBlogs

Off Color Brewing’s “Mischief” pop-up bar: You will want to drink all their beer

by Philip Montoro March 11, 2013August 19, 2021

Off Color Brewing debuts with four tasty collaborations: a pink pilsner, a smoked bock, a half bock, and a potent French-Belgian chimera.

Posted inBlogs

Make mine a manhattan

by Jerome Ludwig March 19, 2012August 19, 2021

There’s no finer cocktail than a well-crafted manhattan

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