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Home » Vol. 44 No. 25

Tag: Vol. 44 No. 25

Issue of Mar. 19 – 25, 2015

Posted inBlogs

Kingsman and Chappie are violent fairy tales on opposing sides of the political spectrum

by Ben Sachs March 20, 2015August 18, 2021

Comparing and contrasting two current hit action fantasies

Posted inBlogs

Peacenicks invade the Chicago Cultural Center, plus more new reviews and notable screenings

by J.R. Jones March 19, 2015August 18, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

Posted inMusic

Not even a gorilla mask could bring blues pianist Johnny ‘Big Moose’ Walker out of the sideman shadows

by Steve Krakow March 19, 2015August 18, 2021

Big Moose worked for years with Earl Hooker and Elmore James and backed Otis Rush, Howlin’ Wolf, Ike Turner, and many more, but his own recordings never caught fire.

Posted inBlogs

Tiki drink classes, a sustainable seafood dinner, and more food stuff to do and read

by Michael Gebert March 19, 2015August 18, 2021

Adam Seger teaches tiki drinks, Good Beer Hunting gets interviewed, a Moody Tongue beer dinner, secret weapons and more.

Posted inFilm

David Robert Mitchell pays tribute to John Carpenter with It Follows

by Ben Sachs March 19, 2015August 18, 2021

A slow-moving demon creeps inexorably toward its victims in this low-budget horror movie.

Posted inBlogs

After ten years, Kazuo Ishiguro’s new novel, The Buried Giant is here

by Aimee Levitt March 19, 2015August 18, 2021

It’s a sort of meta experience in reading: it’s about a quest, and getting through it is also a quest.

Posted inBlogs

Andy’s Music announces lineup for its metamorphosis event

by Luca Cimarusti March 19, 2015August 18, 2021

The all-day show will help usher in the shop’s new era.

Posted inBlogs

Masaki Batoh of Ghost debuts new group the Silence

by Philip Montoro March 19, 2015August 18, 2021

The Silence’s “Lemon Iro No Cannabis” is a grandly ornate and pastorally serene fusion of classic rock and psychedelia.

Posted inBlogs

Did you read about Sam Cooke, Birkenstocks, and Noel Gallagher?

by Reader staff March 19, 2015August 18, 2021

Also Carnufex carolinesis, “white people only” stickers, French models, and a Napa Valley murder-suicide?

Posted inBlogs

A ‘haunted’ telephone can be all yours Saturday at the Nightingale

by Ryan Smith March 19, 2015August 18, 2021

A couple of Art Institute grads bring together their Lynchian video game and a haunted telephone for an out-there art project.

Posted inBlogs

Emanuel and Garcia offered weak responses on segregation at Monday’s debate

by Steve Bogira March 19, 2015August 18, 2021

A college student asks the mayoral candidates about segregation, and is disappointed by their answers.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

A cuckold’s dilemma

by Dan Savage March 19, 2015August 18, 2021

Dan Savage advises a cuckold with a quandary, a girl in love but longing for an open relationship, and a married gay male with a dilemma of his own.

Posted inBlogs

Elastic returns! Photos of the arts nonprofit’s handsome new home

by Philip Montoro March 18, 2015August 18, 2021

Elastic Arts christens its new space with concerts on Thursday and Friday—and augments its preexisting programming with some ambitious new series.

Posted inArts & Culture

The Goodman’s Two Trains Running perfectly re-creates a world where everyone’s stuck

by Jack Helbig March 18, 2015August 18, 2021

August Wilson’s flawed masterpiece gets a fascinating if bleak revival.

Posted inFilm

In a Foreign Land balances politics and humanist concerns in a four-star feature

by Ben Sachs March 18, 2015August 18, 2021

Director Icíar Bollaín documents the dead-end existence of Spanish immigrants in Scotland.

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