What’s in the December 8, 2011, issue of the Reader.
Tag: Vol. 41 No. 10
Issue of Dec. 1 – 7, 2011
“Pssst, hey, did you hear about the Evanston dude who wrote a book on gossip?”
Joseph Epstein dishes on gossip in his latest book
Upcoming events: intriguing pop-ups, free pizza, and more
Upcoming food and drink events: free wine and cheese, free pizza, a truffle-making party, and three notable pop-up restaurants
Cats, Chicagoan claim quotation, comma contest
A Chicagoan, and former Reader affiliate, is one of ten winners of a National Punctuation Day contest.
On Bicycles release party at Cole’s
Greg Borzo and John Greenfield read their contributions to On Bicycles: 50 Ways the New Bike Culture Can Change Your Life at Cole’s bar.
Tenor saxophonists Wilkerson and Brown blow into Hamilton Park on Friday
Local tenor heavies Edward Wilkerson Jr. and Ari Brown visit Hamilton Park for a free Friday show.
Andreas Mitisek will head both Chicago Opera Theater and Long Beach Opera
Chicago Opera Theater hires Long Beach Opera head Andreas Mitisek.
Is a blogger a journalist? Not in Oregon
A shield law fails a blogger in Oregon, but what good are shield laws?
Opera in the movies, and vice versa
A consideration of the relationship between opera and film.
Experimental music from Italy’s Stefano Pilia and New York’s Corridors on Wednesday
New York’s Byron Westbrook, performing in his Corridors guise, joins Italy’s Stefano Pilia on a bill of experimental music Wednesday evening at a local DIY space
Mayor Emanuel jacks up Misericordia’s water bills
What passes for reform in Emanuel’s Chicago: Jacking up water bills
The LSU-‘Bama rematch—a bad idea
After an epic victory, a rematch—LSU has been there before