In 1989, a group of scientists united to establish protocol should aliens come a’knocking.
Tag: Star Trek
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A Chicago cop’s daughter’s suicide sets family on mission
Carli Blanco shot herself to death at 14, highlighting the growing teen suicide risk.
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By villainizing nerdy fanboys, Black Mirror’s Star Trek parody goes where no show has gone before
“USS Callister,” the best episode of Black Mirror‘s fourth season, is a Star Trek parody that serves as a parable about the dangers of the angry online fanboy.
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George Takei on his childhood in Japanese internment camps, his career after imprisonment, and, ugh, Donald Trump
The actor, artist, and activist speaks in Chicago in connection with “Then They Came for Me,” an art exhibit about Japanese internment during World War II.
Posted inArts & Culture
Twist Your Dickens, A Klingon Christmas Carol, and nine more new theater and performance reviews
A Second City show at the Goodman and a Star Trek-inspired Dickens adaptation are among this week’s best bets.
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Grease, The Lego Movie, and more outdoor film screenings in Chicago this week
Plus four screenings of Inside Out.
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J.J. Abrams’s Star Trek gets the CSO treatment at Ravinia on Sunday
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra plays Michael Giacchino’s Star Trek score as the 2009 film unspools at Ravinia.
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Out of the closet, out of the shadows, and the rest of this week’s screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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Why colleges and universities truly need football
Football doesn’t debase our campuses—it holds them together.
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Reader’s Agenda Mon 4/14: To Be Takei, Miles Harvey, and Beats and Breaks Battles
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Monday, April 14
Posted inMusic
Time Crash brings Time Lord rock across the pond
Doctor Who turns 50 this week, and Chicago nerd-rock band Time Crash is ready to celebrate.
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Reader’s Agenda Wed 10/16: Hey, I’m a Big Fan, Bedroom Sons, and the Jazz Art Record Collective
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Wednesday, October 16
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Reader’s Agenda Wed 8/14: The Sound Opinions End of Summer BBQ, Garlic Fest, and The Intruder
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Wednesday, August 14
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Reader’s Agenda Sun 1/13: Indoor farmers’ markets, Nerds at Heart, and Jonathan Safran Foer
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Sunday, January 13, 2013
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Calling all fanboys, geeks, and cosplayers
Chicago Comic con convenes in Rosemont