There are two Chicagos, Emanuel’s challengers agree. But so far, only one of the challengers has pinpointed the underlying problem.
Tag: Vol. 44 No. 19
Issue of Feb. 5 – 11, 2015
Posted inFilm
Young women duke it out in Girlhood, but the men hold all the cards
Celine Sciamma’s Girlhood looks at gender politics in a French slum.
Posted inNews & Politics
The most important issue no one’s talking about in the mayoral race
Racial segregation continues to inflict wounds on the south and west sides. And once again it’s ignored on the campaign trail.
Posted inNews & Politics
Mayoral candidates speak up about Chicago’s segregation
Well, at least four of the five did.
Posted inBlogs
Where’s there’s smoke, there’s jerk at Jerky Jerk Caribbean Grille
This Rogers Park Jamaican joint is not jerking around.
Posted inBlogs
Local producer Different Sleep teams up with rappers Lil Chris and Kid Sister
The Chicago producer DJs the two-year anniversary party for local party promotion company and blog 1833 tomorrow night.
Posted inBlogs
Did you read about public sector unions, herbal supplements, and Bobby Jindal?
Also punitive damages, Thom Tillis, macktivisim, trolls, and Internet comments?
Posted inBlogs
This mysterious ‘Who is John Galt?’ billboard raises more than just one question
A mysterious, Ayn Rand-inspired billboard on the north side asks, “Who is John Galt?”
Posted inBlogs
Musician and former Chicagoan Ella Leya’s back in town with her first book
Singer and composer Ella Leya has written a novel, The Orphan Sky, about a moment when Communism, art, romance, and sexual inequality converged in Azerbaijan.
Posted inBlogs
Mell challenger in 33rd Ward blasts TIF program ‘patronage’
High school teacher Tim Meegan says he has a chance to displace the Mell dynasty in the northwest side ward.
Posted inBlogs
It’s shark week (on a Russian Circles gig poster)
This week’s poster was designed by Denver-based artist Ryan Mowry.
Posted inNews & Politics
Losing Vivian Maier
John Maloof and Jeffrey Goldstein turned their caches of negatives by posthumously famed street photographer Vivian Maier into full-time jobs. Now the government wants in.
Posted inArts & Culture
Northlight Theatre’s new show confronts America’s problem with race
Bruce Graham’s White Guy on the Bus shows the toxic legacy of slavery.
Posted inMusic
Spooky punks Split Feet celebrate their full-length debut (with tapes to come)
Spooky punks Split Feet celebrate their full-length debut, Cut Cats Courier throws a benefit show for the Center for Workplace Democracy, and more.
Posted inArts & Culture
From Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 to Michael Brown and Eric Garner
In telling the story of Rodney King, Anna Deavere Smith’s Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 makes it clear how desperately little has changed.