Tag: Vol. 40 No. 24
Issue of Mar. 3 – 9, 2011
This Week’s Food and Drink Events
Carnaval, Fat Tuesday, Sunday supper at Vie, and more.
This Week in Reader Music
A nice surprise from Tiger Bones, two helpings of great lo-fi pop, SoundCloud’s decision to alienate its DJ friends, hot Pitchfork Music Festival news, and more
Tonight at FitzGerald’s: The Spampinato Brothers Keep the Poppy Side of NRBQ Alive
The Spampinato Brothers, one of the many post-NRBQ spin-off groups, bring their scrappy roots pop to FitzGerald’s tonight.
Fashion Shows, Trunk Shows, and More
Student work is featured at two events, a local boutique hosts a fashion show, and more.
Savage Love: A Cougar Seeks to Fulfill Her Fantasy
Plus: Sexual compromises and the House’s attack on Planned Parenthood
The Fantastical Three
This year’s Garage Rep productions have a lack of naturalism in common.
Fourteen New Restaurants
Public House, Big Stuff, the southwestern Abiquiu Cafe, and more
Grant Achatz and Nick Kokonas
The two discuss their new memoir, Life, on the Line
Letters and Comments: Cheers and jeers for Smith Westerns
Bratty Pack? Re: “Through Paying Dues: Now that their second album is out, Smith Westerns can’t get to the payoff fast enough,” by Jessica Hopper, February 24 The Chicago music scene is a bit upside down when it comes to talented bands like this not getting the recognition they deserve but typically Chicago hometown bands […]
Labor Unrest at Columbia College, Northeastern
Adjuncts, unions at local schools fight for contract, job security
Was Helen Thomas Too Old to Speak Her Mind?
Helen Thomas said what she thought, and
now the Society of Professional Journalists is at war with itself.
An Artisan Baker Brings Commercial No-knead Bread to Chicago
Ehsan Ganji is the city’s only purveyor of the home-baking phenomenon.
SoundCloud Raining on Its Own Parade
SoundCloud’s new copyright practices come down hard on the DJs who helped make it one of the most promising music-hosting services on the Web.