Best of Chicago 2013: A survey of a year in the life of a city
Tag: Vol. 42 No. 39
Issue of Jun. 20 – 26, 2013
What movies are doing to dope
This Is the End is the latest mainstream comedy to take a casual attitude toward getting high.
12 O’Clock Track: “Casse Tete” by Kings Destroy, who play a free War Crime Recordings showcase tonight
Bruce Lamont and Sanford Parker have started a record label, and tonight at Bottom Lounge they’re hosting New York band Kings Destroy, whose new album they released in May.
Jonathan Fine out at Preservation Chicago
The nonprofit’s executive director since 2001 departs.
Best shows to see: Green Music Fest, Nicholas Payton, the Garifuna Collective, Josephine Foster
Between now and Sunday, your live-music options include the Green Music Fest, Nicholas Payton, the Garifuna Collective, Josephine Foster, Wrekmeister Harmonies, and Major Stars.
Medill Watchdog studies government that’s out of sight
A package of stories reporting on opacity in local governments
Reader’s Agenda Thu 6/20: Ty Maxon, Dan Savage, and Chicago Gospel Music Festival
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Thursday, June 20
Best College Football Team That May Have Finally Allowed Its Long-Tormented Fan Base a Collective Exhale
Perpetually the whipping boy in the formidable, old-school Big Ten, they’ve often lacked the fortitude to hold off the conference’s big boys.
Best Performances That Make You Think One Guy Is Two Entirely Different People
This man will make you see double.
Best Place to Dump the Bodies
But if you want to avoid traffic, or have something to hide, you can opt for the eerily unmarked subterranean route alongside it to the left. It’s a dank cement maze complete with rats but otherwise deserted, with any number of desolate spots suitable for doing the deed.