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Tag: Vol. 40 No. 26
Issue of Mar. 17 – 23, 2011
European Union Film Festival, Week Three
The 14th European Union Film Festival continues Friday, March 18, through Thursday, March 31, at Gene Siskel Film Center, 164 N. State, 312-846-2800. Tickets are $10, $7 for students, and $5 for Film Center members. Following are selected films screening through Thursday, March 24; for a full schedule see siskelfilmcenter.com. R The Arbor British playwright […]
The List: March 17-23
Music Critics’ Choices and other notable shows: the Diplomats, Shams Ensemble, Robyn Hitchcock & Joe Boyd, Robbie Fulks, Rotting Christ, Marc Ribot, Wanda Jackson, White Hills, and more
Pasta, Pugliese Style
A Chicago cook—by way of Macedonia and Arizona—explores the southern Italian region in a forthcoming cookbook.
Savage Love: A Three-Way Goes Bad
Plus: Should a rent boy disclose his profession? And, Savage helps seal a three-way
Letters and Comments: Tribune Whiffs in Wisconsin
Plus: Thoughts on our review of The Adjustment Bureau
1981
Forty Years: A weekly series in which we take a look at a specific year in Chicago history via the pages of the Reader.
Meet John Doe Doesn’t Need Memorable Tunes
“Meet John Doe,” based on Frank Capra’s movie, needs a new focus.
Sci-Fi Spectacular
FESTIVAL Sci-Fi Spectacular Presented by Movieside and the Music Box, this fifth annual marathon of horror and sci-fi movies begins Sat 3/19 at 11:30 AM and runs for 14½ hours, wrapping up at 2 AM on Sun 3/20. Tickets are $25, $22 in advance at Music Box, 3733 N. Southport, or musicboxtheatre.com. Doors open at […]
Hebru Brantley: Straight Out of Neverland
Afro-Futurist painter Hebru Brantley talks about Kanye, Common, and living like a shark.
Key Ingredient: Sorghum Syrup
Hot Chocolate’s Mindy Segal makes carrot cake and more with the sticky sweet stuff.
At Home in House
With his new Fabric mix, house-music legend Derrick Carter proves again what his fans have known for more than 20 years.
Gossip Wolf: The Kids Are All Rock
Intonation hosts a three-ring concert for the whole family. Plus: Diplo’s new MySpace friend, a bitchin’ tribute to Miles Davis, and more
Bistronomic v. Paris Club: to each his own
Bistronomic and Paris Club: two very different French restaurants, two very different audiences
Jane Eyre’s Mystery Man
A new screen adaptation of Charlotte Bronte’s prefeminist novel reminds us how perplexed Jane was by the male animal.