Dan on a marriage’s lifeless sex life, a nephew’s brash advances, and petting around the penis without actually touching it
Tag: Vol. 43 No. 17
Issue of Jan. 16 – 22, 2014
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Playwright Rebecca Gilman’s moral dilemmas
Rebecca Gilman’s Luna Gale shows the humanity behind a battle to determine the fate of an infant.
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Coming soon: Free revivals of a long-unavailable documentary about Martin Luther King Jr.
King: A Filmed Record screens Sunday at Black Cinema House and the following Thursday at Block Cinema
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The 25th annual Rhinofest isn’t getting old
Performing kids and a tribute to Jenny Magnus fill Prop Thtr for Rhinofest’s 25th anniversary
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Gliding through the cold with Tink’s Winter’s Diary 2
The latest mixtape from Chicago rapper-slash-singer Tink is heavy on smooth, sinuous R&B that makes it easier to appreciate the snow.
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12 O’Clock Track: “Cheap Knock Off,” some appealingly knotty free jazz by Thumbscrew
The trio of guitarist Mary Halvorson, bassist Michael Formanek, and drummer Tomas Fujiwara releases its debut album.
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Did you read about World War I, Jim Beam, and Kuma’s Ghost Burger?
Also Internet neutrality, the landless poor, West Virgina’s chemical spill, Republican nut jobs, Obama, and R. Kelly?
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Miguel Gutierrez’s life as Marie Antoinette
Miguel Gutierrez fights minimalism in dance with excess, spectacle, and an enormous wig.
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Where are the Lisagor entries?
Entries are way down for this year’s Lisagor Awards. Should we worry?
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Cubs mascots: A dark and tragic history
Clark the Cub joins a tradition rife with humiliation, betrayal, and murder. Also losing and futility.
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Gig poster of the week: Coltrane Motion goes on a mini-tour
This week’s gig poster was created by local designer Michael Bond.
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Reader’s Agenda Wed 1/15: Tomorrow Never Knows, These Birds Walk, and the Chicago Bluegrass & Blues Festival
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Wednesday, January 15
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Cairo convulses in the new documentary The Square
The Square chronicles the Egyptian Revolution from Mubarak to Morsi.
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The Children’s Hour: Lies, secrets, and silence, revived for the Facebook age
Pride Films and Plays bring back The Children’s Hour, Lillian Hellman’s 1934 drama.