The Field Museum shows us fragments of the meteorite that exploded over Chelyabinsk earlier this year.
Tag: Vol. 42 No. 42
Issue of Jul. 11 – 17, 2013
Key Ingredient: Carl Shelton of Boka braises, rolls, and smokes sassafras
Boka chef Carl Shelton serves sassafras with the animal that eats it.
Did you read about Sharknado, Toshi Seeger, and the D.C. city council?
Also K.S.M.’s vacuum cleaner, the Trib spinoff, the late inventor of Twister, Fake Joan Didion, the “celebrity-appearance industry,” a distant planet that rains liquid glass, Oregon’s pay-it-forward approach to higher education, the decline of the American middle class, and the effect of income disparity on global poverty?
Co-Prosperity Sphere celebrates Chicago filmmaker and visual artist Tom Palazzolo
A retrospective dedicated to the longtime Chicago artist begins today
Chicago in the lens, and the rest of this week’s screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
Reader’s Agenda Fri 7/12: Zombie Prom, The Sketchbook Project, and a reading from Sarah Bruni
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Friday, July 12
On Via, veteran rocker Thalia Zedek quietly turns up the intensity
The Boston singer-guitarist plays in town Friday with the reunited Come, but she recently released what may be her best solo album.
Taiwanese baseball collides with Taiwanese death metal
Chthonic throws out the first pitch
Kris Swanberg’s Empire Builder: Ennui go to Montana!
On the second half of tonight’s “Kris & Joe Swanberg double feature” at Doc Films
12 O’Clock Track: The bewitching bedroom-pop of Emily Reo’s “Happy Birthday”
This dreamy, gorgeous tune is a great, um, gift.
Working mothers (and fathers) in the New York Times
Is balancing family and career still just a women’s concern?
Did you read about Spider-Man, Jay-Z, and the Village People?
Also gang violence, Tribune Company, “normal” airplane accidents, and “Desert Bus”?
The boys who made The Jungle Book sing
The Boys, a documentary about Disney songwriters Richard and Robert Sherman, is a surprising and fascinating adjunct to Mary Zimmerman’s new stage production.
Reader’s Agenda Thu 7/11: Dan Deacon, 4K Film Series, and food science
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Thursday, July 11