The revolutionaries inside the convention didn’t get much ink.
Tag: Vol. 37 No. 49
Issue of Aug. 28 – Sep. 3, 2008
Posted inFood & Drink
Omnivorous: The Local Wiener
A Vienna Beef veep publishes a tribute to the people who sell the product.
Posted inNews & Politics
How Sonny Defeated the Dragon
In his six-decade career, legendary saxophonist Sonny Rollins has claimed many a triumph. But his greatest may have come during a quiet year in Chicago.
Posted inArts & Culture
Politics Versus Values
In Gore Vidal’s 1968 satire, a Republican senator faces a timeless dilemma.
Posted inNews & Politics
Chicago Jazz Festival
The Reader’s Guide to the 30th annual The 20th and 25th birthdays of the Chicago Jazz Festival passed without much hoopla, but for its 30th the Jazz Institute of Chicago has assembled the strongest fest lineup in many years, bookended by sets from two of the last bona fide living legends in jazz, Sonny Rollins […]
Posted inNews & Politics
The Real Action in ’68
The revolutionaries inside the convention didn’t get much ink.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Putting the Arts Back in Education
Free Street Theater’s artistic director aims to start a one-room school for the tots; a new arts high school opens next fall.
Posted inNews & Politics
Pinning a Lion, Tortillas Flyin’
Rock ‘n’ roll wrestler Count Dante recounts his seven years in an incredibly strange fight club.
Posted inMusic
Chicago Jazz Festival
The Reader’s Guide to the 30th annual The 20th and 25th birthdays of the Chicago Jazz Festival passed without much hoopla, but for its 30th the Jazz Institute of Chicago has assembled the strongest fest lineup in many years, bookended by sets from two of the last bona fide living legends in jazz, Sonny Rollins […]
Posted inMusic
African Festival of the Arts
festival African Festival of the Arts The 19th annual African Festival of the Arts runs Friday through Monday in Washington Park at 51st and Cottage Grove. Presented by the Africa International House, it features music on three stages in a range of genres, among them jazz, blues, hip-hop, neosoul, gospel, and traditional African. (At press […]
Posted inMusic
Bash on Wabash
festival Bash on Wabash Sponsored by the Greater South Loop Association, the fifth annual Bash on Wabash runs this Saturday and Sunday on Wabash between 13th and 14th. The festival hosts two days of rock, soul, alt-country, and blues music, and in addition to the usual arts-and-crafts booths and local food vendors there will be […]
Posted inMusic
The List
thursday28 cNICO MUHLY The subject of a 6,800-word feature in the New Yorker earlier this year, composer and pianist Nico Muhly is the current poster boy for classical crossover. But where others have acquired this status via little more than a punk haircut and a pop repertoire, the 27-year-old Muhly has earned it with legit […]
Posted inNews & Politics
It’s the Mayor, Stupid
The city’s facing a $420 million deficit, but as usual it’s somebody else’s fault.