Feeling ambivalent about the recent French drama Polisse. But how will I feel in three decades?
Tag: Vol. 41 No. 36
Issue of May. 31 – Jun. 6, 2012
Did the 1968 baseball season change America forever?
On Tim Wendel’s Summer of ’68: The Season That Changed Baseball, and America, Forever
Blitzkrieg: Sox’s Dayan “Tank” Viciendo on a roll
The White Sox clobber the Cleveland Indians to close in on first place
12 O’Clock Track: Three Loco, “Neato”
Blog-fodder rapper Riff Raff shows off his skills on the first track from Three Loco, “Neato”
What does “alternative” mean anymore?
When does an alternative form of culture stop being alternative?
What to do at Do-Division Street Fest
Highlights of the Do-Division Street Fest include Peanut Butter Wolf, Le Butcherettes, and Pinebender
If a tree falls in the Inland Steel Building . . .
The results of the “Idea Tree” competition appear in a pop-up show
This week’s Culture Vultures recommend:
Chicagoans recommend summer music festivals, Dawoud Bey, and the Encyclopedia Project
Going, going . . . Take my jacket, please!
The deadline for claiming my Issey Miyake bad-luck jacket is coming up, May 26, at midnight.
Chicago Craft Beer Week and more in this week’s food and drink events
Memorial Day weekend celebrations, Chicago Craft Beer Week events, restaurant and festival openings, and more
Film Center presents a digital restoration of The Gold Rush and other notable screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
Your Memorial Day cookout Spotify playlist
Oldies, new jams, and a little bit of rocksteady
Should Tamms be saved for the jobs?
Sure, long-term solitary confinement may be torture, but it provides jobs.
Tonight: a rare Chicago performance of Georges Aperghis’s Recitations
Tonight at Corbett vs. Dempsey: Recitations by Greek composer Georges Aperghis, whose work ICE performs this weekend