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Home » Star Trek

Tag: Star Trek

Posted inBlogs

How to meet and greet little green men

by Steve Heisler April 27, 2018August 18, 2021

In 1989, a group of scientists united to establish protocol should aliens come a’knocking.

Posted inNews & Politics

A Chicago cop’s daughter’s suicide sets family on mission

by Joe Ward March 28, 2018August 18, 2021

Carli Blanco shot herself to death at 14, highlighting the growing teen suicide risk.

Posted inBlogs

By villainizing nerdy fanboys, Black Mirror’s Star Trek parody goes where no show has gone before

by Ryan Smith January 8, 2018August 18, 2021

“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.

Posted inBlogs

George Takei on his childhood in Japanese internment camps, his career after imprisonment, and, ugh, Donald Trump

by Tal Rosenberg September 6, 2017August 18, 2021

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

by Chicago Reader December 9, 2016August 18, 2021

A Second City show at the Goodman and a Star Trek-inspired Dickens adaptation are among this week’s best bets.

Posted inBlogs

Grease, The Lego Movie, and more outdoor film screenings in Chicago this week

by Jessica Kim Cohen August 1, 2016August 18, 2021

Plus four screenings of Inside Out.

Posted inBlogs

J.J. Abrams’s Star Trek gets the CSO treatment at Ravinia on Sunday

by Deanna Isaacs August 14, 2015August 18, 2021

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra plays Michael Giacchino’s Star Trek score as the 2009 film unspools at Ravinia.

Posted inBlogs

Out of the closet, out of the shadows, and the rest of this week’s screenings

by J.R. Jones August 29, 2014August 18, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

Posted inBlogs

Why colleges and universities truly need football

by Michael Miner June 24, 2014August 18, 2021

Football doesn’t debase our campuses—it holds them together.

Posted inBlogs

Reader’s Agenda Mon 4/14: To Be Takei, Miles Harvey, and Beats and Breaks Battles

by Taylor Tolbert April 14, 2014August 18, 2021

What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Monday, April 14

Time Crash, left to right: drummer Andy Rice, singer and guitarist Ronen Kohn, pedal-steel player Chris Rice, wielder of the GuiTARDIS Dave Kitsberg, and bassist Michael Fye
Posted inMusic

Time Crash brings Time Lord rock across the pond

by Megan Kirby November 19, 2013August 19, 2021

Doctor Who turns 50 this week, and Chicago nerd-rock band Time Crash is ready to celebrate.

Posted inBlogs

Reader’s Agenda Wed 10/16: Hey, I’m a Big Fan, Bedroom Sons, and the Jazz Art Record Collective

by Jillian Sandler October 16, 2013August 19, 2021

What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Wednesday, October 16

Posted inBlogs

Reader’s Agenda Wed 8/14: The Sound Opinions End of Summer BBQ, Garlic Fest, and The Intruder

by Drew Hunt August 14, 2013August 19, 2021

What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Wednesday, August 14

Posted inBlogs

Reader’s Agenda Sun 1/13: Indoor farmers’ markets, Nerds at Heart, and Jonathan Safran Foer

by Drew Hunt January 13, 2013August 18, 2021

What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Sunday, January 13, 2013

Ex-Buffyer James Marsters appears at the convention
Posted inArts & Culture

Calling all fanboys, geeks, and cosplayers

by Sharon Lurye August 8, 2012August 19, 2021

Chicago Comic con convenes in Rosemont

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