What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Tuesday, September 30
Tag: Vol. 44 No. 2
Issue of Oct. 2 – 8, 2014
Posted inArts & Culture
DePaul Art Museum exhibits rare Works Progress Administration-era prints
Works Progress Administration-era prints at the DePaul Art Museum: Art from a time when artists were considered essential.
Posted inArts & Culture
John Darnielle masters unreality with Wolf in White Van
Mountain Goats singer John Darnielle’s first full-length novel, Wolf in White Van, deserves its place on the National Book Awards long list.
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Scandal returns with the perfect amount of wine and melodrama
Scandal is as scandalous as ever.
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The time David Bowie called Chicago home
The artist’s monthlong stint in Chicago in 1980 provides some insight into his career and the MCA’s blockbuster retrospective.
Posted inCity Life
The Franklin, a backyard gallery in East Garfield Park
Artists Edra Soto and Dan Sullivan have a gallery in their East Garfield Park backyard.
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Rocks in My Pockets and the challenge of representing mental illnesses onscreen
Do people with mental illnesses want to see movies about people like themselves?
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Do-Re-Mi-Ha? Laughingstock belts out a third year of musical comedy
Three years in, the Laughingstock musical-comedy festival expands to 26 acts and three stages.
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What I saw (and ate) as a judge at the Hamburger Hop
Chicago Gourmet’s burger-off was heavy on the sweet stuff.
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‘Home Fries,’ a serving of characteristic elegance from the Fred Hersch Trio
The pianist plays solo on Tuesday at Constellation.
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Did you read about International Coffee Day, The Simpsons, and James Franco?
Also Eric Holder, procrastination, the Mossad, football, the CIA’s Starbucks, Expo Chicago, and an authentically Thai robot?
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Best shows to see: Earth, Il Sogno del Marinaio, Dre Green
The best shows to see on Mon 9/29 through Wed 10/1
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White Sox and Cubs climb to 16 under—and just wait till next year!
Both teams were less bad this season.
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Reader’s Agenda Mon 9/29: Nasty, Brutish, and Short, ‘Hats Off to Dr. Seuss!,’ and Earth
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Monday, September 29
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Weekly Top Five: The best of James Cagney
The best performances by actor James Cagney