What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Thursday, May 8
Tag: Vol. 43 No. 33
Issue of May. 8 – 14, 2014
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Boundary disputes
Dan on navigating the precarious friends-with-benefits boundaries, getting off without having to get on top, and compromising with your wife about your lingerie fetish.
Posted inBlogs
Rahm’s Marriott/DePaul deal zooms through the zoning committee
Mayor Rahm races his South Loop deal through the City Council like one of his cars speeding through a red light.
Posted inBlogs
Fading Gigolo rekindles the light of Bertrand Blier
John Turturro cites the French novelist and filmmaker as a major influence on his new movie Fading Gigolo, providing a reminder of Blier’s singular talent.
Posted inBlogs
The time to vote for Best of Chicago is almost up
You have until Monday to vote in our Best of Chicago Readers’ Poll.
Posted inBlogs
On trying and failing to get iconoclastic about public prayer
I couldn’t convince myself the majority was right in Greece v. Galloway.
Posted inBlogs
Chris Crack’s earnest TreeSwag
New Deal Crew rapper Chris Crack does great work with “soul trap” originator Tree, who produced his entire new EP.
Posted inBlogs
Louie shows that being a comedian isn’t always funny
Louie C.K. returns after a year-and-a-half hiatus.
Posted inBlogs
12 O’Clock Track: ‘Leaves Like Glass,’ some lazy, summery psych-pop by Woods
On its new record the New York band jams less and sharpens its melodic side.
Posted inBlogs
Did you read about Saravana Bhavan, Bernie Tiede, and Jack White?
Also video-on-demand, literature in prison, Frederick Seidel, a 17th-century book of color variations, and missed connections for a-holes?
Posted inBlogs
Gig poster of the week: A couple of bears having a really good time
This week’s featured gig poster was created by the local Twin Peaks Press.
Posted inBlogs
Reader’s Agenda Wed 5/7: Ruth Gruber, Dance Dance Party Party, and YG
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Wednesday, May 7
Posted inArts & Culture
TimeLine Theatre unearths another rarity in Juno
TimeLine Theatre unearths Juno, a short-lived Broadway musical based on a play by Sean O’Casey.
Posted inFilm
The most reliable movie critic in America?
Declared the nation’s most reliable movie critic, the Reader‘s film editor reflects on the foolishness of turning prose into numbers.
Posted inArts & Culture
Bob Eisen’s dance pushes psychic buttons
Links Hall cofounder Bob Eisen returns with a duet that pushes psychic buttons.