What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Thursday, May 22
Tag: Vol. 42 No. 35
Issue of May. 23 – 29, 2013
Posted inArts & Culture
Queer histories in the making
LGBT luminaries Esther Newton and Holly Hughes speak at the University of Chicago.
Posted inFood & Drink
Tony Diaz of Maude’s Liquor Bar works with cactus, the Slimer of succulents
Challenged with cactus, Tony Diaz of Maude’s Liquor Bar develops a taste for the succulent, slime and all.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Richard Cotovsky’s life on the fringe, rewarded
After four decades in Chicago theater, Mary-Arrchie’s Richard Cotovsky gets a special nod from the Jeff Awards.
Posted inMusic
The return of Dance Mania Records
Dance Mania Records helped birth ghetto house, juke, and footwork music—now it’s back to court the EDM crowd.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Rahm’s latest plan: Close the schools, build an arena
The mayor prepares to close schools while spending millions on an arena for DePaul.
Posted inMusic
HoZac digs deep for the 2013 Blackout
The 2013 HoZac Blackout features Dwight Twilley, weirdo sci-fi postpunks Chrome, and lots more.
Posted inArts & Culture
StoryCorps puts Chicago behind the microphone
The national recording project StoryCorps turns its mike on Chicago.
Posted inMusic
In Rotation: Ned Hepburn of Death and Taxes on the awesomeness of the new Daft Punk album
Current musical obsessions of RedEye columnist Ernest Wilkins, editor Ned Hepburn, and more
Posted inArts & Culture
Culture Vultures: Actress Amy Gorelow on The Gogo Show
Chicagoans recommend The Gogo Show, Geekfest, and the Randolph Street Market
Posted inArts & Culture
Show us your . . . car once owned by Malcolm X
Malcolm X College shows us its ’63 black Oldsmobile once driven by the man after which the college is named.
Posted inArts & Culture
AfriCOBRA when it was poised to strike
“AfriCOBRA: Prologue” looks at the prehistory of a famous south-side arts movement.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Dressed to the nines for wife number two
Dan on seeking closure from your ex and seeking support for your kinks.