Local writer Dave Reidy celebrates the release of his debut story collection, Captive Audience, with a party on Saturday, June 27, from 7 to 9:30 PM at the Darkroom, 2210 W. Chicago, 773-276-1411. 21+.
Tag: Vol. 38 No. 38
Issue of Jun. 11 – 17, 2009
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6/18 — Free Faiz Ali Faiz Concert
Free qawwali concert from Faiz Ali Faiz in Pritzker Pavilion tomorrow.
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A fast note on fast fashion
Oh, that Carrie Bradshaw should have lived on HBO to see this day: Jimmy Choo will be the next company to collaborate with H&M.
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6/18 — Free Faiz Ali Faiz Concert
Pakistani qawwali vocalist Faiz Ali Faiz – one of Peter Margasak’s picks for this week’s List – performs this Thursday at 6:30 PM in Millennium Park’s Pritzker Pavillion.
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Mayor Daley: Big Olympic Spender
Mayor Daley promises that if necessary Chicago taxpayers will cover cost overruns for the 2016 Olympics. Is anyone really surprised?
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Everything must go or be destroyed
How we’re selling records now: in bulk at deep discounts in order to avoid seeing them end up in the trash. Harsh times for the record business have forced the dsitributor for the well-liked Champaign-based label Polyvinyl Records to consolidate and downsize, and they recently gave Polyvinyl a two-option ultimatum: start paying for the storage […]
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The Knight Foundation makes some bets on the future
The Knight News Challenge announces nearly $2 million in grants to new digital projects.
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Forever in debt to your priceless advice
The Reader looks into who actually benefited from the parking meter fiasco – including the financial advisers who came up with the idea to privatize in the first place.
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One (huge) bite: Smak-Tak’s Hungarian pancake
You’ll sleep through the summer after one of these.
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Everything must go or be destroyed
Faced with the choice of paying for the storage of 10,000 CDs or having them destroyed, Polyvinyl throws a giant clearance sale.
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Making waves
Local filmmaker Bob Hercules presents portraits of two great community organizers and a controversial Holocaust survivor in three documentaries screening this week in the first Chicago Independent Film Festival.
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All in on 2016!
Hey, remember how we weren’t going to have unlimited liability for losses incurred by the 2016 Olympics? Um….
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Kristine Thatcher update
Chicago actress and Victory Gardens resident playwright laid off as artistic director of Michigan’s BoarsHead Theater.