Looking for a good way to close out the month? Here’s some activities coming up that will have you ending February with love and entering March with joy. FRI 2/25 From 7-9 PM tonight, the HIV prevention initiative Trans Chicago will team up with Black and queer-led artist collective Da Crib to host 4 Da […]
Tag: Mardi Gras
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A veteran elementary school custodian considers himself a ‘lucky man’
After 30 years, Michelet Boursiquot knows what it takes to care for a school and its students.
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Les Blank was the filmmaker who liked people who liked to eat and drink
A new box set from Criterion collects more than a dozen films, many about food, by ethnographic filmmaker Les Blank.
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A grassy oasis beneath the Red Line tracks in Boystown
How a Boystown resident turned rented CTA property into a festive garden.
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Reader’s Agenda Mon 3/3: A jambalaya cook-off, Movieoke, and Fred Frith
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Monday, March 3
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Reader’s Agenda Sat 3/1: NHL Stadium Series, Music Frozen Dancing, and a Mardi Gras bar crawl
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Saturday, March 1
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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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Blacks and blackface
A new book on blackface parses the queasy appeal of minstrelsy
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This week’s food and drink events
Dining in vintage rail cars, a preview of Nellcote, a crawfish-eating contest, and more
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This Week’s Food and Drink Events
Carnaval, Fat Tuesday, Sunday supper at Vie, and more.