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Tag: Vol. 44 No. 28
Issue of Apr. 9 – 15, 2015
Cool off after a long week with Hurt Everybody’s new EP
I Know Where the Light Goes is an 18-minute cool-off zone.
Goatsnake shares a new track off their first record in 15 years
The stoner-metal titans return with more Sabbath worship.
Did you read about Meredith Graves, Kristoffer Diaz, and Madonna?
Also Rand Paul’s Bitcoin ploy, small talk, George Packer, Twin Peaks, wasabi, one-way streets, and Los Angeles?
Mivos Quartet and Patrick Higgins join forces tonight at Experimental Sound Studio
The New York string quartet and composer/guitar share exciting new work.
Will the new Chicago City Council still be a rubber stamp?
Rookie aldermen are vowing to shake up the City Council—but haven’t we heard this story before?
Larry Clark’s solution to America’s social ills? It has something to do with cunnilingus . . .
Clark’s Marfa Girl receives its Chicago premiere this week.
Our guide to the 2015 Chicago Latino Film Festival, week one
More than 80 international features screen over the next two weeks at River East 21.
Emanuel to launch unprecedented humility initiative
A world-class city deserves world-class humility.
Columbus noise rockers Unholy Two tear up the Burlington tomorrow night
The noise-rock collective makes a rare Chicago appearance.
Fashion and two-for-one tix for Steppenwolf’s Marie Antoinette tonight only
Check out Steppenwolf’s Marie Antoinette for half price and/or a free fashion show inspired by the play tonight.
The Goodman’s Willa Taylor explains why playwright August Wilson matters
The Goodman’s director of education and community engagement talks about why the theater is spending six weeks celebrating the playwright’s work.
Virginia trio Foehammer debut with ten minutes of tar-pit doom metal about Gandalf
On Foehammer’s debut EP, doom metal and The Lord of the Rings go together like chocolate and peanut butter.
Did you read about Godzilla, Robby Mook, and ‘shitphones’?
Also the new apps the monitor police activity, Jon Stewart on Rahm, Kate Bolick, Alison Jones, and he foiled attempt at setting the record for the largest egg hunt in the world?
The White Sox don’t look so bad from 300 miles south
Saint Louis baseball writers see hope for White Sox.