Most people are lucky to have one act that hits. William Horberg is well into his third. Horberg was born in Chicago and grew up around Belmont and Broadway in the Lakeview neighborhood in the 60s and 70s. He ran a repertory movie theater called the Sandburg at the corner of Division and Dearborn from […]
Tag: Old Town
Posted inMusic
In 1971 the Reader’s free classifieds hosted a future folk star
Music discovery has changed a lot in 50 years, but the Reader is still around—and so is Bonnie Koloc.
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A look back at a punk club doorman and his buffet of food offerings
Everybody on Wells Street knew Steve, and they knew how he liked his burritos.
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Conde Nast Traveler names Chicago the best restaurant city in the U.S., and other news
Also, there’s still no resolution to the state’s school funding crisis.
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Preliminary landmark approval won’t save a historic Old Town three-flat
The Commission on Chicago Landmarks has approved preliminary landmark status for West Burton Place, but can’t rescind a recent demolition permit.
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Old Town’s historic West Burton Place may soon have an alien intruder
A Victorian three-flat on historic West Burton Place faces demolition unless the city designates the unique street a historic district.
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Incumbent alderman Michele Smith is fighting for her political life in the 43rd Ward
In the face of bad polling numbers, Smith faces her hostile opponents in a contentious debate
Posted inBest of Chicago
Best Queer-Friendly Multimedia Variety Show
Host Chris Sowa once introduced himself wearing a tuxedo and ball gag.
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Reader’s Agenda Sun 5/25: Bike the Drive, Second City’s Neighborhood Tour, and Invisible Things
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Sunday, May 25
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The Secret History of Chicago Music: James Wesley Jackson
James Wesley Jackson toured the world with Funkadelic—and you can see him at the Hideout on August 23.
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My favorite book about Chicago moviegoing
Revisiting Daniel Pinkwater’s young adult novel The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death
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Reader’s Agenda Thu 4/25: the American Whiskey Affair, Off Off Broadzway, and Intelligentsia’s Logan Square debut
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Thursday, April 25.
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Glunz Tavern rises from its Prohibited past
The venerable House of Glunz dusts off its shuttered pre-Prohibiton-era tavern.
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Coming soon to the Reader movie listings . . .
Reporting the opening of two new movie theaters in Chicago