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Tag: Vol. 44 No. 19
Issue of Feb. 5 – 11, 2015
Posted inBlogs
This year’s Oscar-nominated documentary shorts confront ethical dilemmas—and raise some of their own
The five nominees play in two separate programs at the Music Box Theatre tonight, with repeat screenings scheduled for the next two weekends.
Posted inArts & Culture
The title character of Nick Hornby’s Funny Girl just isn’t all that funny
Failure can be so much funnier than easy success, but Hornby doesn’t let his heroine suffer or struggle.
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Crushing shoegaze trio Cloakroom celebrate the release of their second full-length on Saturday
The band teamed up with Hum frontman Matt Talbott on their heavy new release.
Posted inBlogs
You won’t find alderman Danny Solis at Friday’s 25th Ward debate
The incumbent alderman is the only candidate who won’t attend a debate hosted by a UIC student group.
Posted inBlogs
Italian psychedelic-doom sorcerers Ufomammut tease their new album with ‘Temple’
Narcotically heavy, tail-swallowing grooves from Ufomammut’s forthcoming Ecate
Posted inBlogs
Did you read about binge-watching television, snacks, and Saved by the Bell?
Also segregation, Chris Christie, Nicaragua, Kodak, and Kim Gordon?
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Charges of intimidation, guns, and suspicious packages fly in Seventh Ward race
Things get nasty—and strange—in the south-side ward once led by Sandi Jackson and her husband Jesse Jackson Jr.
Posted inNews & Politics
Who’s Mayor Emanuel meeting with in secret?
As he prepared for reelection, Rahm Emanuel decided that more and more of his doings are none of your business.
Posted inMusic
The Secret History of Chicago Music: Fenton Robinson
This soulful, sophisticated blues guitarist is best remembered for the slow burner “Somebody (Loan Me a Dime).”
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Does a lifetime of lousy sex legitimize cheating?
Dan tells us what he would do if faced with a lifetime of lousy sex, and offers tips on how to reignite a sex life without killing your husband.
Posted inFilm
Fish & Cat: A slasher movie that plays with your head (figuratively)
Shahram Mokri’s two-hour mind game Fish & Cat opens the Festival of Films From Iran.
Posted inBlogs
In Wild, Laura Dern and Reese Witherspoon play characters with a unique mother-daughter bond
A mother and daughter, separated by a generation of feminist thought.
Posted inBlogs
Henry’s Swing Club has shaggy 70s charm in a sleek River North body
DMK’s bar serves strong cocktails and tasty little sandwiches.
Posted inBlogs
Ascending Englewood rapper Spenzo gets closer to the top with new song ‘Effortlessly’
The newest track from the the forthcoming Ahead Of My Time mixtape makes the MC’s rise seem like a lock.