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Tag: Vol. 43 No. 24
Issue of Mar. 6 – 12, 2014
Reader’s Agenda Thu 3/6: Ty Dolla $ign, Buzzer and Brews, and Yiyun Li
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Thursday, March 6
The Secret History of Chicago Music: Lafayette Leake
Brilliant pianist Lafayette Leake played countless sessions with blues giants but released little music of his own.
Moist toilette
Dan on postpoop-gasms, a pee-shy boyfriend refusing to unlock the bathroom door, and a stepson who leaves a few drops of spooge behind.
Hey, who put avocado in my hot chocolate?
Breakfast Queen Ina Pinkney developed this recipe for a Mexican avocado growers’ association.
The U. of C. Film Studies Center to host a program of silent films from mainland China
Previewing a free double feature of rarely revived genre classics
What happens when all-star chefs get in bed with Big Food?
Culinary icons from Paul Kahan to Rick Bayless, Grant Achatz to Matthias Merges, Ina Pinkney to Homaro Cantu have forged unlikely relationships with brands such as Nestlé, Kraft, and Lean Cuisine. The results might surprise you.
Listen to the track Caleb James made with his dad for The Jones 2.0
The Save Money rapper and producer recently dropped “Honestly and Loyalty,” a track he made with his dad for the forthcoming The Jones 2.0.
12 O’Clock Track: “Gauzy Dress in the Sun,” steel-kissed melancholy from Richard Buckner
A gorgeous song from the the singer’s soon-to-be-reissued debut album, Bloomed
Did you read about Bill de Blasio, sanitary pads, and Beyonce?
Also alt-weeklies, Beastmasters, and zombie studies?
ISAT follies—making up the school code
Mayor Rahm and his allies at the State Board of Education apparently make up the ISAT rules as they happily go along.
Our guide to the European Union Film Festival at Gene Siskel Film Center
More than 60 new features make their Chicago premieres through March at the European Union Film Festival.
In Thodos’s Winter Concert, dancers think through their feet
In Thodos’s Winter Concert, dancers think through their feet in a program that pulses with ideas.
Gig poster of the week: A car crash at a Gary Numan show
This week’s featured gig poster was designed by local artist Steven Luros Holliday.
Reader’s Agenda Wed 3/5: Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, the A.V. Club Live, and Baudelaire in a Box
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Wednesday, March 5