Plus: The Backyard Film & Music Fest moves indoors, and Schubas hosts a record fair with pork on the side
Tag: Vol. 41 No. 1
Issue of Sep. 29 – Oct. 5, 2011
Posted inArts & Culture
Culture Vultures: 80s music nostalgia and novels, graphic and otherwise
In-the-know Chicagoans tell the Reader what they’re watching, reading, and seeing
Posted inMusic
Kevin Junior needs help with his heart
The Chamber Strings front man is having a little trouble with his medical bills. Plus: New recordings from My Gold Mask, Mike Kinsella solo project Owen, Zelienople drummer Mike Weis, and more
Posted inNews & Politics
The last big bang
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory looks at life after the Tevatron, its giant particle collider, while farmers look back on a prairie that used to be theirs
Posted inArts & Culture
Chicago Artists Month touts 200+ events
Thirty-one days of city-sponsored art events
Posted inNews & Politics
What’s next for Fermilab?
Neutrinos, they are very small,” wrote John Updike at the beginning of a 1960 poem, “Cosmic Gall.” “They have no charge and have no mass / And do not interact at all.” At least one of those facts has since been disproved: it was recently discovered that neutrinos have a bit of mass. But they […]
Posted inFilm
Cancer is better funny than mawkish
50/50 plays cancer for laughs; Restless is Stage IV stupid.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Getting over not being able to climax
Also: What to do in the wake of Jamey Rodemeyer’s suicide.
Posted inFood & Drink
At Barn & Company, it’s all about the meat
At Lincoln Park’s Barn & Company, it’s all about the meat.
Posted inBlogs
Your chance to play at being Heidi Klum
The Chicago History Museum hosts a design competition.
Posted inBlogs
Fashion Focus announces supporting events
There’s a full schedule of pop-up shops, designer presentations, and more.