The University of Illinois entomologist argues that insects are necessary to our well-being in ways we can’t even imagine yet.
Tag: Vol. 43 No. 36
Issue of May. 29 – Jun. 4, 2014
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Reader premiere: The Lemons’ split with Tokyo’s Teen Runnings
We’ve got the exclusive premiere of the newest tunes from local garage-pop outfit the Lemons and Tokyo’s Teen Runnings.
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Best shows to see: Do-Division Street Fest, Nat Baldwin, Varsity, Corey Wilkes Quintet
The best shows to see through Sunday include Do-Division Street Fest, Nat Baldwin, Varsity, and Corey Wilkes Quintet.
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Reader’s Agenda Thu 5/29: Everything is Terrible!, Ex-Cult, and Roscoe Village Spring Stroll
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Thursday, May 29
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The Secret History of Chicago Music: The Chicago Triangle
The long-lost debut LP from oddball Latin-rock group the Chicago Triangle is getting reissued by Permanent Records.
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Truly a dick move
Dan on going for the big dick, confronting your hyperconservative mother, and playing poker in the sack.
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It’s time, finally, to discuss reparations for African-Americans
“We may find that the country can never fully repay African Americans,” Ta-Nehisi Coates writes. “But we stand to discover much about ourselves in such a discussion.”
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Best friends bunk up—again—on Playing House
Improv vets and real-life best friends Lennon Parham and Jessica St. Clair get another shot at a sitcom
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Marinating in local hip-hop duo the Whoevers’ ‘Is You Wit It’
A tune with just the right hint of wah guitar to usher in summer
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How Francois Ozon’s Young & Beautiful addresses the sexualization of adolescents
Considering the recent French drama in light of the trend of movies on the sexual exploitation of children
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A trio of revivals showcases physicist-turned-filmmaker Krzysztof Zanussi
The Gene Siskel Film Center hosts a trio of revivals by Polish physicist and filmmaker Krzysztof Zanussi.
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Jason Moran builds a bigger bandwagon
Theaster Gates and Ken Vandermark join pianist Jason Moran in an oral history of their evolving Chicago collaboration Looks of a Lot.
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12 O’Clock Track: ‘The Jist of Being in Between Jobs,’ mind-melting Norwegian improv
The Jist, an improvising duo from Oslo, hit hard on their eponymous debut album.
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Did you read about Maya Angelou, The Shawshank Redemption, and 50 Cent?
Also yogurt, an Afghani woman, kitchens in Illinois, nerd culture, Patricia Lockwood, the Cubs, and blog rock?
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Elliot Rodger, hashtags, and who has the ‘right’ to women’s bodies
A conversation with feminist author Kate Harding about the power of #YesAllWomen