It’s Chicago Police Department vs. the Chicago Fire Department at the 13th annual Battle of the Badges.
Tag: Vol. 44 No. 31
Issue of Apr. 30 – May. 6, 2015
Posted inBlogs
The Chicago Film Critics Festival, the rest of our new movie reviews, and this week’s notable screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
Posted inBlogs
Bitters on top of bitters makes for an outstanding Angostura cocktail
The new Amaro di Angostura, a liqueur version of the original Angostura bitters, plays well with its older sibling.
Posted inArts & Culture
What’s happened to Chicago’s Haring?
Chicago Public Schools says it can’t find parts of a mural Keith Haring made with CPS students in 1989.
Posted inBlogs
It Follows is overrated—watch Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s miniseries Penance instead
I’m glad to have found an antidote to David Robert Mitchell’s horror film.
Posted inBlogs
Brilliant Michigan grindcore band Cloud Rat stream new album, play Chicago
Today’s 12 O’Clock Track is the entirety of Cloud Rat’s forthcoming Qliphoth, because it’s too consistently good to pick just one song.
Posted inBlogs
Did you read about Bernie Sanders, Riot Fest, and ‘frexting’?
Also David Simon on Baltimore, Fritz Lang on Joseph Goebbels, and segregation?
Posted inBlogs
Governor Rauner’s Democratic allies roll a Trojan Horse into town
While I was distracted by Chicago’s epic mayoral election, Governor Rauner fired the opening salvos in his war against helping people with autism.
Posted inBlogs
How the NFL draft has changed since it was last held in Chicago, 51 years ago
To say that a lot has changed in the 51 years since Chicago hosted the NFL draft is beyond an understatement.
Posted inBlogs
Best of Chicago voting (round two!) is open
The best record store, best pizza, and the best alderman will be decided in round two of our Best of Chicago voting.
Posted inFilm
A London detective chases modern-day slavers in the UK thriller Hyena
A dirty cop tries to save his soul in Gerard Johnson’s gritty film.
Posted inArts & Culture
The Field Museum’s campaign to save the stuffed animals
The Field is raising money to build a new diorama for four striped hyenas shot and mounted by legendary taxidermist Carl Akeley.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Can an aging Casanova settle down?
When a 31-year age difference isn’t the only problem. Plus: ISO gerontophiles, ‘curious guy’ freak-outs
Posted inMusic
How the USA fell for EDM, chapter one
In these excerpts from his lively and meticulous new book, The Underground Is Massive: How Electronic Dance Music Conquered America, longtime Reader contributor Michaelangelo Matos chronicles the three-decade ascent of EDM.