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Home » Vol. 43 No. 52

Tag: Vol. 43 No. 52

Issue of Sep. 18 – 24, 2014

"Too many people stroll into their first sex club or kink party expecting to find a room full of human Fleshlights at their disposal."
Posted inColumns & Opinion

Slutting it up for beginners

by Dan Savage September 25, 2014August 18, 2021

Dan Savage advises a pan-curious newbie, a monogamish man whose open marriage now seems threatening, and more

"Sitting in the Park Forever" raises funds to digitize Bob Abrahamian's vast record collection
Posted inMusic

Gossip Wolf: A fund-raiser for the legacy of WHPK soul DJ Bob Abrahamian

by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil September 24, 2014August 18, 2021

A fund-raiser for the legacy of HWPK soul DJ Bob Abrahamian, a feature-length film from Primo Mendoza, and more

Posted inBlogs

Tina Fey gets in a few seconds of quality acting in This Is Where I Leave You

by Ben Sachs September 23, 2014August 18, 2021

Don’t worry, Fey’s got your bicep.

Posted inBlogs

There was some funny stuff at Expo Chicago 2014

by Deanna Isaacs September 23, 2014August 18, 2021

Lots of laughs at Chicago’s visual arts expo

Posted inBlogs

Did you read about climate change, the Finkl steel plant, and Liam Neeson?

by Reader staff September 23, 2014August 18, 2021

Also Leon Botstein, secret messages, directorial plagiarism, the Moken, and the Hot Doug’s movie?

Posted inBlogs

Street View 218: In Bowie’s shoes

by Isa Giallorenzo September 23, 2014August 18, 2021

Isa Giallorenzo’s Street View 218

Posted inBlogs

Reader’s Agenda Tue 9/23: Bowie Day, Joe Swanberg, and Whirr

by Brianna Wellen September 23, 2014August 18, 2021

What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Tuesday, September 23

Posted inBlogs

In football, colleges fatten calfs and the NFL sacrifices them

by Michael Miner September 22, 2014August 18, 2021

The strange life of an NFL player begins long before the pros

Bowie's Top of the Pops performance plays on a loop behind his quilted "Starman" suit.
Posted inArts & Culture

‘David Bowie Is’: Rock odyssey or art-museum oddity?

by Aimee Levitt and Brianna Wellen September 22, 2014August 18, 2021

“David Bowie Is” everything fantatics dreamed it would be. (Novices like it too.)

Posted inBlogs

Tonight: The Owl kicks off its three-year anniversary minifest

by Leor Galil September 22, 2014August 18, 2021

Disappears, Melkbelly, Permanent Records, and more help celebrate the Logan Square hot-spot’s anniversary.

Posted inBlogs

There ought to be more film screenings in ballrooms

by Ben Sachs September 22, 2014August 18, 2021

The cancelation of a screening in the Drake Hotel ballroom inspires memories of similar film events.

Posted inBlogs

The Marx Brothers TV Collection follows the legendary comedy team into the 1950s, ’60s, and ’70s

by J.R. Jones September 22, 2014August 18, 2021

A new three-DVD set from Shout! Factory collects the Marx Brothers’ TV appearances.

Posted inBlogs

Did you read about Meredith Graves, the USDA, and why people spoil TV shows?

by Reader staff September 22, 2014August 18, 2021

Also global warming, the “golden age” of design, Sheldon Patinkin, Ray Rice, Shonda Rimes, the TV reporter turned legal weed crusader, and Emma Sulkowicz?

Posted inBlogs

‘White Gardenias,’ heartbreak from Justin Townes Earle

by Peter Margasak September 22, 2014August 18, 2021

Sobriety and marriage haven’t prevented him from singing about loneliness.

Posted inBlogs

Best shows to see: Felix Kubin, Mark Turner Quartet, Whirr

by Luca Cimarusti September 22, 2014August 18, 2021

The best shows to see on Mon 9/22 through Wed 9/24

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