What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Thursday, February 27
Tag: Vol. 43 No. 23
Issue of Feb. 27 – Mar. 5, 2014
Keep calm and introduce yourself
Dan on dealing with anger issues, exploring bisexuality without offending the boyfriend, and working kinks into a new relationship.
More transparency from Mayor Rahm and CPS
Mayor Rahm’s FOIA practice in action—it takes CPS eight months to turn over little more than a blank piece of paper.
Ruth Gruber and Rena Olenick: Parallel lives
Two women who both went to the Soviet arctic and spent time on the deck of Exodus, though under completely different conditions, meet via Skype.
Alex Wiley on the road to becoming his “Own Man”
Chicago indie label Closed Sessions releases the first latest single from young, charismatic Chicago rapper Alex Wiley.
It’s all in the timing: U. of C. hosts a conference on Cinemetrics this Saturday
Noting an academic conference about the relationship between film editing and computational statistics
One gorgeous fish out of water: Lyric Opera’s Rusalka
Lyric Opera’s Rusalka is as stunning to watch as it is to hear.
12 O’Clock Track: Revisiting Camper Van Beethoven’s high-water mark
“Sweethearts” from the recently reissued Key Lime Pie, the band’s final album
Did you read about Philip Seymour Hoffman, Harold Ramis, and Adam Dunn?
Also China, mobility, the SATs, and critical sleep studies?
Meet the farmers behind the Good Food Festival in new video
Video tells the story of local farmers networking at the Good Food Festival.
The Alvin Ailey dancers have moved beyond Revelations
And their performances in new work are revelatory.
Jason Collins—a big story, or what?
The New York Times covers Jason Collins’s return to NBA.
Gig poster of the week: Shred into Arluck Time
This week’s gig poster was designed by Milwaukee-based artist (and former Chicagoan) Francisco Ramirez.
Reader’s Agenda Wed 2/26: The How and the Why, Metal Church, and Johnny Cash tribute night
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Wednesday, February 26
Legacy: Beyond the yellow tape
Channel 11 presents Legacy, a Chicago story of tragedy and triumph.