Also computer chips, talking to strangers on the el, noodles, and Adam Duritz?
Tag: Vol. 43 No. 47
Issue of Aug. 14 – 20, 2014
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Reporters talk schools and journalism in the Age of Rahm
Live at the Hideout: Three of Chicago’s best education reporters discuss schools and how Mayor Rahm handles the press.
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Show us your Ibsen, and the rest of this week’s screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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North by Northwest, Dead Man, and other Reader-recommended movies to watch online this week
Reader film capsules guide what you should watch online.
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Reader’s Agenda Fri 8/8: Blowout Sale and Block Party, Ginza Festival, and Adults Night Out
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Friday, August 8
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Key Ingredient: Takashi Yagihashi puts a Japanese spin on an Italian delicacy
Challenged to create a dish with bottarga, Yagihashi serves the cured fish roe over noodles.
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The ongoing Chilean new wave yields Flying Fish
Marcela Said’s debut feature begins a weeklong run at Facets Multimedia this weekend.
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Make-Overs head back to South Africa after a send-off at the Hideout
The South African two-piece has called Chicago home for the past two months.
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Travel to Shapers’ Pierce Islands at the Burlington tonight
The experimental Chicago group celebrate the release of their cinematic new album.
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Piccolo Theatre founder John Szostek has resigned
The Evanston theater announces the departure of its founder.
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12 O’Clock Track: The Pentaject Corporation’s creepy ‘Blackmail Stretch’
The obscure local postpunk outfit that released this tune in the early 80s recently put it on Bandcamp, so you don’t have to throw down a lot of money to hear it (but we won’t blame you if you want to buy the original vinyl).
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Did you read about New Yorkers, the Marijuana Business Academy, and Kevin Love?
Also Chicago media, Miguel Feliz, Blue Bottle, a fixer-upper in Lincoln Park, and the Pharrell Hat?
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Has Tribune Publishing left the morons behind?
Staffers wonder whether the Hartford Courant will survive the breakup of the Tribune Company.
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Memories of Rainer Werner Fassbinder in Richard Linklater’s Boyhood
The German playwright and director remains a major influence on the Austin-based independent, as a crucial scene of Boyhood demonstrates.