Pew releases a study on science and the public
Tag: Vol. 44 No. 18
Issue of Jan. 29 – Feb. 4, 2015
Posted inArts & Culture
The Goodman’s Rapture, Blister, Burn fails to catch fire
The Goodman’s Rapture, Blister, Burn spouts plenty of feminist theory while failing to catch fire.
Posted inBlogs
Moog is relaunching three classic modular synths, so here’s a Moog mass from 1970
The Stabat Mater feels even more stylized in its grief when it’s played on otherworldly-sounding analog synths.
Posted inBlogs
Did you read about Yosemite National Park, UVA, and Joel Grey?
Also human-Neanderthal sex, fake parking tickets, the Spire, Conde Nast, blogging and social media, and the Africa Cup of Nations?
Posted inArts & Culture
Art Shay: The man with the golden lens
He was one of the mid-20th century’s most prolific photographers. Now, at 92, Shay’s getting the vast archive that fills his home in order, and he’s finally receiving the appreciation from the art world he’s long deserved.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Uncle Dan’s grab bag
Dan Savage offers advice and PSAs on safe dildo use, the dangers of smoking, navigating a first three-way, and more.
Posted inFilm
See cutting-edge short films at the 2015 Onion City Experimental Film and Video Festival
More than three-dozen selections screen at Columbia College Ferguson Theater.
Posted inMusic
‘Doom funk’ septet Gramps the Vamp hits vinyl
‘Doom funk’ septet Gramps the Vamp hits vinyl, cancer-research benefit Danstock returns for year three, and more.
Posted inBlogs
Bone Thugs-n-Harmony and Mick Jenkins headline two stacked hip-hop shows on Saturday
Two big local hip-hop shows kick off Saturday night, one featuring 90s legends Crucial Conflict and Twista, the other anchored by rising stars such as Mick Jenkins.
Posted inFilm
Jennifer Aniston finds her inner ugly in Cake
The veteran comic actress takes the dramatic plunge as a woman incapacitated by pain.
Posted inBlogs
Guy detectives continue to have all the fun on Backstrom
Two ambiguous detective types lead two very different shows.
Posted inBlogs
The time Mr. Cub ran for alderman
As the great Ernie Banks discovered, Chicago politics is no place for nice guys.
Posted inBlogs
Emo band Title Fight has made one of the best albums of the year so far
Sure, January isn’t even over, but Title Fight’s Hyperview is that good; get clued in and listen to “Chlorine.”
Posted inBlogs
Did you read about alt-weeklies, the new Ghostbusters, and Aphex Twin?
Also Boko Haram and drones?
Posted inBlogs
A Pilsen group files suit to keep a metal shredder out
The Pilsen Alliance says alderman Danny Solis improperly accepted contributions from shredder company