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Home » Vol. 41 No. 31

Tag: Vol. 41 No. 31

Issue of Apr. 26 – May. 2, 2012

Posted inBlogs

The return of Pinebender and more at this year’s Do-Division Street Fest

by Luca Cimarusti April 27, 2012August 19, 2021

Pinebender plays its first show in two years at Do-Division—and a big chunk of the rest of the lineup has been announced too.

Posted inBlogs

12 O’Clock Track: Mykki Blanco, “Wavvy”

by Miles Raymer April 27, 2012August 19, 2021

The widely hyped NYC rapper who just happens to be a drag queen

Posted inBlogs

Moonshiner goes legit: Letherbee Distillers

by Mike Sula April 27, 2012August 19, 2021

The city’s newest craft microdistiller is up and running gin.

Posted inBlogs

Living for the city: arty stuff to do this weekend

by Elly Fishman April 27, 2012August 19, 2021

Arty things to do this weekend.

Posted inBlogs

The burbs’ first look at Journatic

by Michael Miner April 27, 2012August 19, 2021

The CEO of Journatic details what he’s going to give suburban readers in Chicago.

Posted inBlogs

What’s screening this weekend

by J.R. Jones April 26, 2012August 19, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue.

Posted inBlogs

The Five-Year Engagement: the wimp and the willowy

by J.R. Jones April 26, 2012August 19, 2021

Jason Segel stars as a promising sous chef who ditches his career to follow lover Emily Blunt to snowy Ann Arbor.

Posted inBlogs

Phallic whale stories, superboobs, and Milli Vanilli: this week’s performing arts reviews

by Rebecca Cohen April 26, 2012August 19, 2021

Fresh performing arts reviews from Reader critics

Posted inBlogs

Birrieria Zaragoza dos opens next week

by Mike Sula April 26, 2012August 19, 2021

A second branch of the great Michoacan-style roasted goat restaurant is opening in Melrose Park

Posted inBlogs

This week on the B Side

by Miles Raymer April 26, 2012August 19, 2021

An extra-long Artist on Artist with Paul Burch and Jon Langford, the latest from Bible of the Devil, Gas Mask Horse, and Mulatto Patriot, and lots more

Posted inBlogs

Displaced polar bears, misplaced guilt

by Ben Sachs April 26, 2012August 19, 2021

Thinking about the new IMAX 3D documentary

Posted inBlogs

This week’s food and drink events

by Daniel Gerzina April 26, 2012August 19, 2021

Pizza-making, beer art, cheese, and more cheese highlight this week’s events.

Posted inBlogs

A second act for Ghanaian guitarist Ebo Taylor

by Peter Margasak April 26, 2012August 19, 2021

Ghanaian highlife and Afrobeat great Ebo Taylor hits his stride in his mid-70s with a new studio album.

Classical dance meets electric guitar—a lot of electric guitar
Posted inArts & Culture

Ready for some precision flailing?

by Laura Molzahn April 26, 2012August 19, 2021

Karole Armitage’s troupe, Armitage Gone! Dance, performs at the MCA

Posted inBlogs

Bullhead Cantina’s cool beets

by Mara Shalhoup April 26, 2012August 19, 2021

I’m pretty sure I found a beet that will resurrect the root vegetable’s place in the hierarchy of hipness. It’s inside a taco.

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