Thrash bands new and old converge on Chicago tomorrow
Tag: Vol. 42 No. 28
Issue of Apr. 4 – 10, 2013
Posted inBlogs
Reader’s Agenda Thu 4/4: Fete Chicago, the Citywide Undergraduate Poetry Festival, and Queer Contra Dance Chicago
What’s on the Reader’s Agenda for Thursday, April 3, 2013
Posted inMusic
The Secret History of Chicago Music: Doctor Clayton
Doctor Clayton cut just 30 tracks, but they helped plant the seeds for rock ‘n’ roll.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Weighing mustache and motorcycle rides
Dan on a husband’s kinky fantasy, a May-December romance, and more.
Posted inBlogs
Wayne Hancock and the Mavericks make it feel like it’s 1996 all over again
With both acts playing Thursday, it feels like alt-country’s heyday.
Posted inArts & Culture
From Averill to Zeus: A local lit roundup
From Averill to Zeus: A local lit roundup
Posted inArts & Culture
A history of gang violence: The Almighty Black P Stone Nation
A conversation about the five-decade evolution of a Chicago street gang
Posted inArts & Culture
Gun Guys: Not quite lock, stock, and barrel
Dan Baum’s latest could use more guys, less Baum.
Posted inArts & Culture
Pain becomes parable in Vampires in the Lemon Grove
Stories can both harm and heal in Karen Russell’s new collection, Vampires in the Lemon Grove.
Posted inArts & Culture
Who’s to blame for violence against Native women?
In The Round House, Louise Erdrich assigns easy blame for a tough problem.
Posted inBlogs
Experience the insanity of the Death Grips’ SXSW Boiler Room set
Anarcho-rapper noiseniks make a sufficiently wild concert video.
Posted inBlogs
Conservative thinking as gay marriage becomes the new normal
The right deals with gay marriage in the Times.
Posted inBlogs
The Paul Douglas Alliance: Profiles in courage, City Council style
“Independent” aldermen issue a statement on school closings that might as well have been written by the mayor.