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Home » Vol. 43 No. 36

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Vol. 43, No. 36

Issue of May. 29 – Jun. 4, 2014

Posted inBlogs

May Berenbaum and the case for tolerating bugs (even the annoying ones)

by Aimee Levitt May 29, 2014August 18, 2021

The University of Illinois entomologist argues that insects are necessary to our well-being in ways we can’t even imagine yet.

Posted inBlogs

Reader premiere: The Lemons’ split with Tokyo’s Teen Runnings

by Leor Galil May 29, 2014August 18, 2021

We’ve got the exclusive premiere of the newest tunes from local garage-pop outfit the Lemons and Tokyo’s Teen Runnings.

Posted inBlogs

Best shows to see: Do-Division Street Fest, Nat Baldwin, Varsity, Corey Wilkes Quintet

by Leor Galil May 29, 2014August 18, 2021

The best shows to see through Sunday include Do-Division Street Fest, Nat Baldwin, Varsity, and Corey Wilkes Quintet.

Posted inBlogs

Reader’s Agenda Thu 5/29: Everything is Terrible!, Ex-Cult, and Roscoe Village Spring Stroll

by Cat Adamson May 29, 2014August 18, 2021

What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Thursday, May 29

Posted inMusic

The Secret History of Chicago Music: The Chicago Triangle

by Chicago Reader May 29, 2014August 18, 2021

The long-lost debut LP from oddball Latin-rock group the Chicago Triangle is getting reissued by Permanent Records.

"There are other giant dicks out there."
Posted inColumns & Opinion

Truly a dick move

by Dan Savage May 29, 2014August 18, 2021

Dan on going for the big dick, confronting your hyperconservative mother, and playing poker in the sack.

Posted inBlogs

It’s time, finally, to discuss reparations for African-Americans

by Steve Bogira May 28, 2014August 18, 2021

“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.”

Posted inBlogs

Best friends bunk up—again—on Playing House

by Gwynedd Stuart May 28, 2014August 18, 2021

Improv vets and real-life best friends Lennon Parham and Jessica St. Clair get another shot at a sitcom

Posted inBlogs

Marinating in local hip-hop duo the Whoevers’ ‘Is You Wit It’

by Leor Galil May 28, 2014August 18, 2021

A tune with just the right hint of wah guitar to usher in summer

Posted inBlogs

How Francois Ozon’s Young & Beautiful addresses the sexualization of adolescents

by Ben Sachs May 28, 2014August 18, 2021

Considering the recent French drama in light of the trend of movies on the sexual exploitation of children

The Constant Factor
Posted inFilm

A trio of revivals showcases physicist-turned-filmmaker Krzysztof Zanussi

by Ben Sachs May 28, 2014August 18, 2021

The Gene Siskel Film Center hosts a trio of revivals by Polish physicist and filmmaker Krzysztof Zanussi.

Jason Moran
Posted inMusic

Jason Moran builds a bigger bandwagon

by Peter Margasak May 28, 2014August 18, 2021

Theaster Gates and Ken Vandermark join pianist Jason Moran in an oral history of their evolving Chicago collaboration Looks of a Lot.

Posted inBlogs

12 O’Clock Track: ‘The Jist of Being in Between Jobs,’ mind-melting Norwegian improv

by Peter Margasak May 28, 2014August 18, 2021

The Jist, an improvising duo from Oslo, hit hard on their eponymous debut album.

Posted inBlogs

Did you read about Maya Angelou, The Shawshank Redemption, and 50 Cent?

by Reader staff May 28, 2014August 18, 2021

Also yogurt, an Afghani woman, kitchens in Illinois, nerd culture, Patricia Lockwood, the Cubs, and blog rock?

Posted inBlogs

Elliot Rodger, hashtags, and who has the ‘right’ to women’s bodies

by Aimee Levitt May 28, 2014August 18, 2021

A conversation with feminist author Kate Harding about the power of #YesAllWomen

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