Vol. 40 No. 27 Archives - Chicago Reader

This week’s Early Warnings include the Antlers, Afrika Bambaataa, Bouncing Souls, the Chicago Blues Festival, Dodos, Les Savy Fav, Lollapalooza, Nashville Pussy, the New Bomb Turks, Jonathan Richman, Thao & Mirah, and Eddie Vedder.

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Morning Art: Nnenna Okore

by Sam Worley March 31, 2011August 19, 2021

Part of On the Edge, on display at Northwestern University’s Dittmar Gallery.

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Ron Bieganski Out at Free Street Theater

by Deanna Isaacs March 30, 2011August 19, 2021

Artistic Director Ron Bieganski out at Free Street

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UChicago Hookups, Now eduHookups, Spreads the Love

by Asher Klein March 30, 2011August 19, 2021

A buzzed-about U of C casual encounters site, eduHookups, opens registration to other colleges in Chicago, with a view to world domination.

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I Am the Queen

by Ed M. Koziarski March 30, 2011August 19, 2021

Josue Pellot and Henrique Cirne Lima’s documentary “I Am the Queen,” about the Humboldt Park transgender beauty pageant Cacique, screens 4/1 and 4/14 in the Chicago Latino Film Festival.

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I Am the Queen

by Ed M. Koziarski March 30, 2011August 19, 2021

Josue Pellot and Henrique Cirne Lima’s documentary “I Am the Queen,” about the Humboldt Park transgender beauty pageant Cacique, screens 4/1 and 4/14 in the Chicago Latino Film Festival.

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Turntablist Ignaz Schick Explodes the Monkey in Chicago This Weekend

by Bill Meyer March 30, 2011August 19, 2021

Friday and Saturday at Enemy, Ignaz Schick “plays” his turntable with debris and metal and improvises with everyone from free-jazz horn men to abstract noise wizards.

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Reedist Michael Blake, Out of the Shadows

by Peter Margasak March 30, 2011August 19, 2021

Reedist Michael Blake, who plays in town this weekend with bassist Ben Allison, is one of the most unfairly overlooked saxophonists playing today, and he demonstrates why with his latest album, Hellbent.

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