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Home » Vol. 43 No. 30

Tag: Vol. 43 No. 30

Vol. 43, No. 30

Issue of Apr. 17 – 23, 2014

Posted inBlogs

Reader’s Agenda Thu 4/17: Follow the Reader, Thom Andersen, and Dim Lighting

by Lisa Schulz April 17, 2014August 18, 2021

What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Thursday, April 17

Posted inMusic

The Secret History of Chicago Music: The Cave Dwellers

by Chicago Reader April 17, 2014August 18, 2021

The Cave Dwellers never opened for the Beatles—but they did release a ripping single that still sounds great today.

"The longer someone like your boyfriend gets away with this kind of assholery, the longer he'll be an asshole.'
Posted inColumns & Opinion

Handling your boyfriend’s jealous assholery

by Dan Savage April 17, 2014August 18, 2021

Dan on taming an asshole of a jealous boyfriend, being enough of a man (but not a woman), and recalibrating a ho-hum life in the bedroom.

Posted inBlogs

Mayor Rahm’s TIF reform with strings attached

by Ben Joravsky April 16, 2014August 18, 2021

It’s important to remember that when it comes to the TIF surplus, Mayor Rahm gives to the schools with one hand and takes with the other.

Posted inBlogs

From Mamma Roma to Mamma Alien

by Ben Sachs April 16, 2014August 18, 2021

On the perverse spectacle of seeing movie stars interact with casts of unknowns

Posted inBlogs

Say good-bye to tax season with the Guys’ debut mixtape

by Leor Galil April 16, 2014August 18, 2021

The new Chicago rap duo dropped IG: We the Guys days before taxes were due.

Posted inBlogs

Best of Chicago 2014 voting is now open almost over!

by Reader staff April 16, 2014August 18, 2021

May 12 is Monday, and that’s when all votes are final.

Posted inBlogs

12 O’Clock Track: ‘Where I Am,’ a soulful country-bluegrass gem from Chris Jones

by Peter Margasak April 16, 2014August 18, 2021

The bluegrass singer gives a rare local performance Saturday night at an Evanston VFW hall.

Caroline Neff and Zoe Perry
Posted inArts & Culture

Laugh along with Job in The Way West

by Tony Adler April 16, 2014August 18, 2021

In The Way West, Steppenwolf satirizes (and sings about) manifest destiny and the American dream.

Posted inBlogs

Did you read about guns, the Red Line, and newspaper reporters?

by Reader staff April 16, 2014August 18, 2021

Also oligarchies, the CME, cell phones in planes, music-streaming services, Murder Dog, and a three-year-old boy in a claw machine?

Posted inBlogs

End of the road for The Red Road?

by Danette Chavez April 16, 2014August 18, 2021

The SundanceTV series completed its six-episode run—will it be back?

Posted inBlogs

Writers Theatre does The Dance of Death

by Tony Adler April 16, 2014August 18, 2021

Conor McPherson calls Strindberg’s tune in a new adapation of The Dance of Death, now at Writers Theatre.

Posted inBlogs

Gig poster of the week: Everyone is hungry for records this weekend (including a crazed Mickey)

by Luca Cimarusti April 16, 2014August 18, 2021

This week’s gig poster was created by designer Chema Skandal.

Posted inBlogs

Reader’s Agenda Wed 4/16: Riff Raff, the Nexus Project, and Anna Blessing

by Lisa Schulz April 16, 2014August 18, 2021

What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Wednesday, April 16

Posted inFilm

In Oculus, home is where the haunting is

by Ben Sachs April 16, 2014August 18, 2021

In Mike Flanagan’s Oculus, a brother and sister reunite at the site of their parents’ gruesome deaths.

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