Vol. 44 No. 16 Archives - Chicago Reader

Showtime’s Shameless does the network proud

by Danette Chavez October 14, 2015August 18, 2021

I’d heard good things about Showtime’s Shameless over the years, and it certainly sounded relevant to my interests (Chicago boosterism and William H. Macy fandom). But there’s only so much time and DVR space in the world, so it slipped past me for a while. Its critically lauded 2014 season finally convinced me to get […]

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UI board: No do-over on Salaita decision

by Deanna Isaacs January 16, 2015August 18, 2021

The University of Illinois says its decision to dump controversial professor Steven Salaita is final.

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Pulp Fiction, The Glass Shield, and other Reader-recommended movies to watch online this week

by Reader staff January 16, 2015August 18, 2021

Reader film capsules guide what you should watch online.

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Spirits for spirits—local bars create cocktails inspired by Vodou’s Lwa

by Julia Thiel January 15, 2015August 18, 2021

Local bars create boozy tributes to the Field Museum’s “Vodou: Sacred Powers of Haiti” exhibit.

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The U. of C. makes its play for the Obama library

by Ben Joravsky January 15, 2015August 18, 2021

The University of Chicago out-Rahms the mayor in shamelessness with a cunning land grab involving the Obama presidential library.

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A new all-ages afternoon live-punk series comes to the Bridgeport library

by Luca Cimarusti January 15, 2015August 18, 2021

Free punk for the kids and the working man!

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We’re pretty sure somebody’s going to become alderman of the Seventh Ward

by Mema Ayi January 15, 2015August 18, 2021

Natashia Holmes, appointed Seventh Ward alderman two years ago, will have to beat nine challengers to stay in office.

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Don’t go to the library on MLK Day

by Deanna Isaacs January 15, 2015August 18, 2021

All Chicago Public Libraries will be closed January 19; is that a good way to honor Martin Luther King?

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Canadian war-metal maniacs Revenge make their Chicago debut on Friday

by Philip Montoro January 15, 2015August 18, 2021

Today’s 12 O’Clock track is a frenzy of hateful filth with vocals by the Tasmanian Devil.

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Did you read about legal marijuana, ‘Dick Poop,’ and Rick Springfield?

by Reader staff January 15, 2015August 18, 2021

Also rape kits, Muhammad in the NYT, female genital mutilation, anthropodermic bibliopegy, Rosemary Tonks, Norman Mailer and Marshall McLuhan, and Wired magazine?

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