The postrock of Tortoise and the garage trash of the Oblivians are the yin and yang of this year’s West Fest.
Tag: Vol. 42 No. 42
Issue of Jul. 11 – 17, 2013
Posted inMusic
Taste of Chicago keeps the weight off in 2013
Taste of Chicago’s slimmed-down five-day lineup includes Robin Thicke, Jill Scott, and Robert Plant.
Posted inFood & Drink
Stick with tradition at J. Rocco
Pick a meatball, any meatball (but probably not the shrimp kind) at J. Rocco.
Posted inBlogs
“That felt wrong”: Mary Zimmerman on The Jungle Book
The director on why she cast André De Shields as King Louie in The Jungle Book, and how she felt about a recent flap over her use of Silk Road stories.
Posted inBlogs
Dear Paradise: Love
A letter to Ulrich Seidl’s controversial art film, which screened in Chicago in early June
Posted inBlogs
New menu, new seating arrangement at Elizabeth restaurant
The Lincoln Square restaurant makes a switch this week from communal dining to separate tables and condenses its three prix fixe menus into one.
Posted inMusic
Freddie Gibbs mans the ramparts for gangsta rap
Gangsta rap is in decline on the charts, but Freddie Gibbs could keep it alive single-handedly.
Posted inBlogs
Electronic-noise outfit Bad News is good news
The industrial-music revival touches down at the Burlington tomorrow.
Posted inCity Life
Off the ground in Bowmanville
Liz and Alex Gabbard allow us to climb into and poke around their urban tree house in Bowmanville.
Posted inBlogs
Best shows to see: the Cairo Gang, Minsk, Implodes, Taste of Chicago
Between now and Wednesday, your live-music options include Minsk, the Cairo Gang, Implodes, Abraham Levitan, Staring Problem, and Blackalicious.
Posted inBlogs
Did you read about Mohamed Morsi, John Roberts, and Andy Murray?
Also SWAT teams, Brazilian referees, Google interns, Chicago’s “resurgent protest culture,” and aerosol for your e-reader?
Posted inColumns & Opinion
The Jungle Book sets off another rumble
Silk Road theater’s Jamil Khoury took aim at Mary Zimmerman and The Jungle Book only to be disarmed.
Posted inBlogs
Road to Nowhere: The photography of Gil Leora
Photographer Gil Leora has his first-ever show at Firecat Projects.