I tell this story all the time, so forgive me if you’ve already heard it. But when I moved from Chicago in late 1993 to San Francisco (where I spent the next seven years), the first thing I did was pick up the alt-weeklies there: the SF Weekly and the San Francisco Bay Guardian, both […]
Tag: Tony Adler
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Goodbye to Tony Adler, the best weekly theater critic Chicago’s ever had
His retirement after 38 years will leave a void both at the Reader and in Chicago’s theater scene.
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It’s a Wonderful Life at Stage 773 and more of the best things to do in Chicago this weekend
The Lincoln Lodge’s Christmas Feztacular and more events the weekend of 12/22-12/24
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Call for submissions: The Reader’s 15th annual Pure Fiction issue
Who knows—a short story could be your debut novel’s first chapter.
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Reader’s Agenda Wed 9/24: Smokefall, Spray Paint, and National Bourbon Heritage Month
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Wednesday, September 24
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The Three Oaks Theater Festival brings off-Loop shows to Harbor County
Reprises of The Normal Heart and Exit Strategy are among the highlights at the second annual Three Oaks Theater Festival.
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Reader’s Agenda Tue 6/24: Ghostbusters, La Santa Cecilia, and The Dance of Death
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Tuesday, June 23
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Reader’s Agenda Fri 3/21: Our Spring Cocktail Challenge, Lunice, and Sixty Story Animal
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Friday, March 21
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Too Much Light at 25: An oral history
The Neo-Futurists reflect on a quarter century of their forever-running show, Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind.
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A different direction for WBEZ
A different direction for WBEZ: one with more listener-generated content and fewer paid contributors
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Thoughts on the city that said good-bye to Roger Ebert
At Ebert’s memorial, celebrating Chicago along with the film critic’s life
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Reader’s Agenda Tue 1/22: Michael Vallera at Empty Bottle, The Motherfucker with the Hat, and R.H. Quaytman
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Tuesday, January 22, 2013
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Reader’s Agenda, Wed 12/26: Frank Rosaly, My One and Only, and Ethan D’Ercole
What’s on the Agenda for Wednesday, December 26, 2012
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Reader’s Agenda, Sun 12/23: Flosstradamus, Octavarius, and War Horse
What’s on the Agenda for Sunday, December 23, 2012
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Reader fiction, past and future
A sampling of great fiction that’s appeared in the Chicago Reader over the years