A selection of fashion happenings this weekend.
Tag: Vol. 40 No. 27
Issue of Mar. 24 – 30, 2011
Posted inBlogs
Millennium Park’s Downtown Sound Series Announces Lineup
Millennium Park’s Downtown Sound series announces its lineup.
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Two on Yunus
Two documentaries on Nobel-winning microcredit pioneer Muhammad Yunus, who’s fighting to keep his position as the head of the Grameen Bank he founded: “Bonsai” 3/24 and “To Catch a Dollar” 3/31.
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In Your Morning Newsfeed: Cost-Conscious Terrorist, Jewel’s New Bagging Policy, More Cops on the Streets, $9 Million, Knut Is Dead, and More
The underwear bomber who tried to detonate his skivvies over Detroit initially planned to blow up a plane over Chicago. But the flight was too expensive. (Tribune) Jewel-Osco’s new policy means no double-bagging, no bagging of items with handles, and no paper or plastic option. (Sun-Times) Did you buy a lotto ticket that won last […]
Posted inMusic
The Secret History of Chicago Music: Willie Buck
Mississippi-born guitarist still plays at local clubs
Posted inNews & Politics
1982
Forty Years: A weekly series in which we take a look at a specific year in Chicago history via the pages of the Reader.
Posted inArts & Culture
As the Walls Come Down
Artist Jan Tichy plans to memorialize Cabrini-Green as it falls.
Posted inMusic
The List: March 24-30
Music Critics’ Choices and other notable shows: the Robert Glasper Trio, Xray Eyeballs, Dawnbringer, Godspeed You! Emporer Black, Francois K, Agalloch, Steve Coleman & Five Elements, Danielson, and more.
Posted inFood & Drink
Hubbard Inn: a forgettable feast
A forgettable feast at a Hemingway-inspired haunt
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Savage Love: Sex Advice for a Soldier
Savage Love: Sex Advice for a Soldier. Plus: Should she tell her man she’s asexual, and an awkward encounter with an electrician.
Posted inFood & Drink
Key Ingredient: Bananas
Mark Steuer of the Bedford takes on the food he hates most.
Posted inNews & Politics
Letters and Comments: The Trouble with Public Schools
Plus: Excitement for Dumke’s Return
Posted inFilm
Limitless
CRITIC’S CHOICE Limitless Without much fanfare Neil Burger has emerged as one of the best suspense directors in the business, and the irony of this accomplishment is that his thrillers (Interview With the Assassin, The Illusionist) resort to very little fanfare themselves: in an era of loud, frantic aerobic workouts like Salt and the Bourne […]