What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Thursday, May 30
Tag: Vol. 42 No. 36
Issue of May. 30 – Jun. 5, 2013
Posted inMusic
The Secret History of Chicago Music: Hayden Thompson
Rockabilly pioneer Hayden Thompson quit the biz to drive a limo in the 70s, but now he’s back in action.
Posted inNews & Politics
This week’s Chicagoan: Rosita Arvigo, master herbalist
This week’s Chicagoan is Rosita Arvigo, a master herbalist.
Posted inArts & Culture
Keep Milwaukee Avenue weird
The Rapid Pulse festival wants to make performance art talkative.
Posted inArts & Culture
Susan Nussbaum’s next act
Celebrated playwright and disability rights activist Susan Nussbaum adds a novel, Good Kings Bad Kings, to her body of work.
Posted inArts & Culture
Fin de siecle Chicago for dummies
A new edition of Chicago by Day and Night is a guidebook to fin de siecle Chicago.
Posted inFood & Drink
At River North’s Central Standard, a one-stop tour of flyover country
At the River North barstaurant Central Standard, a culinary tour of flyover country
Posted inArts & Culture
Abelardo Morell’s light in the darkness
The Art Institute opens a retrospective of work by Abelardo Morell, known for his camera obscura images.
Posted inFilm
American Mary, sculptor with a scalpel
The Canadian horror import American Mary spoofs the body-modification cult.
Posted inFilm
Paradise: Love: Beach boys, white women, and the deep blue sea
Ulrich Seidl’s career-topping “Paradise” trilogy screens at Gene Siskel Film Center.
Posted inFood & Drink
Cocktail Challenge: Takis
Jess Keene of Barrelhouse Flat makes a mezcal-based pick-me-up with her least favorite snack.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Beyond Richard Gere
Dan on sex workers dating johns, a slave coming clean, and a girlfriend with a kinky question.
Posted inMusic
Do-Division Street Fest: Disappears, Torche, Ariel Pink, the Gaslamp Killer, and more
This year’s Do-Division Street Fest lineup includes Disappears, Torche, Ariel Pink, Jeff the Brotherhood, and the Gaslamp Killer.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
A Reader columnist goes RedPlum crazy
A Reader columnist goes RedPlum crazy.