• Newsletters
  • Donate now
  • CITY LIFE
    • Out Here
    • Public Service Announcement
    • Shop Local
    • Street View
    • The Sound Issue
    • Best of Chicago: City Life
    • Best of Chicago: Buy Local
    • Best of Chicago: Cannabis
    • Best of Chicago: Sports & Recreation
  • NEWS & POLITICS
    • News
    • Features
    • En español
    • Podcasts
      • The Ben Joravsky Show
      • Chicago Queer & Now
  • COLUMNS & OPINION
    • Anthony Ehlers: On Prisons
    • John Greenfield: On Transportation
    • Deanna Isaacs: On Culture
    • Ben Joravsky: On Politics
    • The Ben Joravsky Show
    • Dan Savage: Savage Love
    • Opinion
  • MUSIC
    • Music Features
    • Chicagoans of Note
    • Gossip Wolf
    • The Listener
    • The Secret History of Chicago Music
    • Music Reviews
    • Concert Previews
    • Early Warnings
    • Music listings community calendar
    • The Sound Issue
    • Best of Chicago: Music & Nightlife
    • Chicago in Tune guide
    • Bull Horn (paid sponsored content)
  • ARTS & CULTURE
    • Summer Theater & Arts Preview
    • Features
    • Theater
    • Dance
    • Visual arts
    • Book reviews
    • Ghost Light by Kerry Reid
    • The Sound Issue
    • Best of Chicago: Arts & Culture
    • Arts listings community calendar
  • FILM
    • Features
    • Reviews
    • Small Screen
    • Archives
  • FOOD & DRINK
    • The Drinks Issue
    • Features
    • Reviews
    • Best of Chicago: Food & Drink
    • Sommelier Series (paid sponsored content)
  • READER
    • About
      • Contact
      • Staff
      • Careers
    • Newsletters
    • Find a print copy
      • Print subscriptions
    • Advertise
    • Donate
    • Become a member
    • Contests
    • Reader Store
    • Classifieds
      • Matches
    • Nonprofit Guide
    • Reader 50
    • Best of Chicago
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • RSS
Skip to content
Chicago Reader

Chicago Reader

Chicago’s alternative nonprofit newsroom

Donate now
  • »
  • Summer Theater & Arts Preview
  • The Pride Issue
  • Latest issue
  • Reader 50
  • Nonprofit Guide
  • En español
  • Contests
  • Reader Store
  • Advertise
Home » Variations on a Theme » Page 3

Tag: Variations on a Theme

Posted inBlogs

Joe Budden is a turkey

by Leor Galil November 21, 2012August 19, 2021

How one rapper’s egotistical contempt made for a turkey of a performance

Posted inBlogs

A decade under the influence of terrible movies

by J.R. Jones November 20, 2012August 19, 2021

The ten biggest turkeys I’ve reviewed

Posted inBlogs

Talking about turkeys (duds) all week long

by Tal Rosenberg November 19, 2012August 19, 2021

This week’s Variations on a Theme: Turkey Week

Posted inBlogs

The nation’s future, dimly seen

by Michael Miner November 15, 2012August 19, 2021

Stand by for change that won’t be, actually

Posted inBlogs

Could the natives be restless?

by Kate Schmidt November 14, 2012August 19, 2021

A Green Party congressional race and other rumblings among Chicago’s electorate

Posted inBlogs

Mr. Smith Screws Up Washington

by J.R. Jones November 13, 2012August 19, 2021

The Frank Capra classic lends moral support to senate obstructionists

Posted inBlogs

This week we wonder: “What will the next four years look like?”

by Tal Rosenberg November 12, 2012August 19, 2021

This week’s Variations on a Theme: The Next Four Years Week

Posted inBlogs

My season of dread

by Ben Sachs November 9, 2012August 19, 2021

On two different kinds of “bouts with depression”

Posted inBlogs

Dread of what the oligarchs will try next

by Tony Adler November 8, 2012August 19, 2021

Lessons for Sheldon Adelson and the Koch brothers regarding Obama’s reelection

Posted inBlogs

Sure and certain doom ahead for America

by Michael Miner November 7, 2012August 19, 2021

Pray for your country

Posted inBlogs

This week, we’re writing about dread—guess why

by Tal Rosenberg November 5, 2012August 19, 2021

This week’s Variations on a Theme: Dread Week

Posted inBlogs

Remembrances of elections past—the throbbing heart of freedom

by Michael Miner November 2, 2012August 19, 2021

Previous elections are recalled

Posted inBlogs

And in this corner, the Rainbow Coalition!

by Kate Schmidt October 31, 2012August 19, 2021

Hey kids, did you know that Reverend Jesse Jackson used to run for president?

Posted inBlogs

Johnnie To’s Election, which has little in common with the U.S. presidential election

by Ben Sachs October 30, 2012August 19, 2021

Revisiting the Hong Kong master’s gangland saga in light of the U.S. presidential election

Posted inBlogs

Screw this election—let’s talk about past elections all week

by Tal Rosenberg October 29, 2012August 19, 2021

This week’s Variations on a Theme: elections of years past

Posts navigation

Newer posts 1 2 3 4 5 … 25 Older posts

Get the Reader's free daily newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Monday through Friday.

Latest Stories

Lawyers for Social Justice Reception

benefitting The Reader Institute for Community Journalism, Publisher of the Chicago Reader
by Chicago Reader

Mister Goblin beefs up his heart-on-sleeve indie rock with Chicago collaborators

by Leor Galil

American music, Black Pride, and the Chosen Few

Things to do and see in the next seven days
by Kerry Reid, Micco Caporale and Salem Collo-Julin

The Black Phone

by Noah Berlatsky

Olga

by Dmitry Samarov
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • RSS

Best of Chicago 2021

About the Chicago Reader
Reader Staff
Reader Careers
Freelance Information
Contact Us
Become a member
Donate

Advertise

Find the Paper
Subscribe
Shop the Reader Store
Contests/Giveaways/Promotions

Reader Classifieds

Reader Matches

Chicago Reader Nonprofit Guide

Get our free newsletters

Privacy Policy | Terms of Use

© 2022 Chicago Reader. Proudly powered by Newspack by Automattic