Six new Chicago designers present their work to the city.
Tag: Vol. 41 No. 3
Issue of Oct. 13 – 19, 2011
Quotegate, and the Eric Ferkenhoff mystery
On Medill, David Protess, Mary Nesbitt, and Eric Ferkenhoff
Book jacket illustrations boning: this week’s best viral video
Watch Spike Jonze and Olympia Le-Tan’s new stop-motion video, Mourir Auprès de Toi.
Animal house
The evolving relationship between humans and exotic fauna, plus foxes and coyotes, Asian carp, and white-tailed deer.
Pear crostada with blue cheese streusel
A recipe from Molly O’Neill’s cookbook One Big Table.
Why college kids are protesting
Americans now owe more than $1 trillion in student loans.
From the field to the office
How Craigslist brought me out of the cold and into the Reader office.
In the eye of the beholder
Street protesters’ complaints are falling on friendlier ears than they used to.
Syl Johnson’s not feeling “The Joy”
Local soul legend’s taking Jay-Z and Kanye to court
The sound streams of Jason Roebke’s Combination
Bassist Jason Roebke’s quartet the Combination gives one of its infrequent performances on Wednesday at the Hideout.
Now Playing: Fireflies in the Garden
An all-star cast flounders in Dennis Lee’s debut feature.