Today’s 12 O’Clock Track is “Seagulls,” a dose of hypnotic ambience off of the new album Casino.
Tag: Vol. 44 No. 11
Issue of Dec. 4 – 10, 2014
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Did you read about Uber, Rolling Stone, and a 2,500-year-old mummy coffin?
Also Saint Louis cops, a furry convention, car theft, Alia Atkinson, and Theo Epstein?
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If you haven’t seen any films from France’s poetic realism era, start here
The five best films from the era of poetic realism
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Rahm’s first reelection rally makes for a great story
Mayor Emanuel officially launches his campaign for a second term.
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Tablecloth skirt takes the cake at the Hyde Park Art Center
Color, texture, and bold accessories stole the show at the Hyde Park Art Center’s 75th anniversary gala.
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Evanston’s looking for a new tenant for the Next Theatre space on Noyes Street
Evanston has a short time frame for a short-term rental in the former Next Theatre space.
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RIP Brother Mike, poet and mentor to Chicago’s hip-hop scene
Mentor to a generation of local MCs that includes Chance the Rapper, Saba, and Mick Jenkins, poet and educator Mike Hawkins passed away at age 38.
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Ciao Bella Pizza is another cross-cultural surprise in Albany Park
An Egyptian pizzaiolo comes to Chicago via Milan.
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Swedish saxophonist Jonas Kullhammar channels the past on his strong new record
The energetic, historically minded reedist creates a dazzling soundtrack for the film Gentlemen.
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Drinking year-old eggnog to put science to the test
Scientifically speaking, eggnog that’s been in the refrigerator for a year should be safe to drink as long as it’s got enough booze in it—we put that theory to the test.
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It’s psychedelic Friday at the Beat Kitchen, courtesy of Ghastly Menace and Oshwa
The experimental-pop bands promise to share new material at tonight’s show.
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I never know what I’m going to be reading next online, and the other day next turned out to be the New York Times review of The Winning Team, the 1952 Warner Bros. biopic of Grover Cleveland Alexander. Ronald Reagan played Alexander. Doris Day played his wife. Bosley Crowther wrote the review. I didn’t realize […]
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Experimental-industrial group Corrections House mellow out with a Neil Young cover
The half-local “supergroup” takes on “Cortez the Killer.”
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Did you read about the NSA, #CrimingWhileWhite, and Miley Cyrus’s spangled pasties?
Also AURORAGOLD, mistreatment by police, “the Jungle,” the New Republic, Joe Moglia, and drunkenness?
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Reese Witherspoon goes Wild, plus more new reviews and notable screenings
A roundup of what’s playing around town and newly reviewed films in this week’s issue