This week’s featured gig poster was created by Chicago artist Scott Baker.
Tag: Riviera Theatre
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Swedish progressive metal band Opeth cross languages and styles on In Cauda Venenum
Beloved and influential Swedish progressive metal band Opeth play Chicago for the first time in nearly three years in support of a new album, last fall’s In Cauda Venenum (“Poison in the Tail”), released in English and Swedish versions. The band, established in 1989, have traditionally recorded only in English, so it’s fascinating to hear […]
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Heilung perform Viking hippie nerd rituals
The band Heilung (German for “healing”) are sometimes described as experimental folk; they themselves call their sound “amplified history.” Either way, they are thundering Viking hippie nerds. Band founder Kai Uwe Faust is a German tattoo artist who specializes in Old Norse imagery, and who has cultivated a throat-singing vocal style similar to that of […]
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Hanging around with the Mountain Goats on the gig poster of the week
This week’s featured gig poster was designed by local artist Jay Ryan of the Bird Machine.
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Trump: If Rahm can’t solve Chicago’s gun violence crisis, he should ask for federal help, and other Chicago news
Also, former CPD superintendent Garry McCarthy says Black Lives Matter is causing an increase in violent crime.
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Jam Productions slams the door on contract negotiations with unionized Riviera Theatre stagehands
The Riv stagehands that Jam illegally fired last year have been rehired, and now they’re protesting the company’s failure to negotiate with their newly formed union.
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Time is running out for a stopgap state budget deal, and other Chicago news
Also, the chairman of USA Basketball thinks the 2016 Olympic bid may have been rigged against Chicago.
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Riviera Theatre stagehands rally at Jam Productions headquarters, claim they were illegally fired
Dozens of Riviera stagehands fired by Jam Productions this fall after attempting to unionize gathered at a rally outside the company’s headquarters.
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Tame Impala on a drug rug on the gig poster of the week
This week’s gig poster was designed by Minneapolis-based artist Andrew Schmidt of Starman Press.
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The Replacements get retro on the gig poster of the week
This week’s featured gig poster was created by the design team Hand Carved Graphics.
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Sleater-Kinney creates a buzz on this week’s gig poster
This week’s gig poster was designed by Milwaukee-based artist Paloma Chavez.
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Marina City meets American Gothic in the gig poster of the week
This week’s gig poster was designed by Massachusetts-based artist Nate Duval.
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12 O’Clock Track: The dipping-and-climbing ambient guitar tones of Noveller’s “No Dreams”
Today’s 12 O’Clock Track is the title track from Noveller’s most recent full-length, No Dreams.
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Reader’s Agenda Mon 12/30: On an Epic Scale, Flosstradamus, and Burning Bluebeard
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Monday, December 30
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Artist on Artist: Dan Whitford of Cut Copy talks to Dan Foley of Baathhaus
Artist on Artist: Dan Whitford of Cut Copy talks to Dan Foley of Baathhaus.