The Washington Post‘s Kathleen Parker includes a “necessary” qualifier in writing about McKinney, Texas.
Tag: Vol. 44 No. 37
Issue of Jun. 11 – 17, 2015
Posted inBlogs
Unearthing the high weirdness of forgotten fuzz freaks Gravitar
Michigan trio Gravitar ranks among the strangest of the 90s guitar-abuse bands to peter out just before the Internet began inadvertently preserving everything.
Posted inBlogs
Did you read about Christopher Lee, Ornette Coleman, and J. Crew?
Also “Chicago Reader in Black and White,” gay rights in 1964, Pride and Prejudice, and Anish Kapoor’s new sculpture?
Posted inNews & Politics
What’s Governor Rauner up to? None of your business
The governor conceals key parts of his meeting schedule.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Should we really be OK with the surgical removal of healthy body parts?
Dan Savage weighs in on gender identity and sex-reassignment surgery.
Posted inArts & Culture
Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh bullshits with Chicago writer Bill Hillmann
The Scottish transplant to Chicago interviews his friend on the occasion of the Chicago native’s new memoir, Mozos: A Decade of Running With the Bulls of Spain.
Posted inBlogs
Peru comes to Jennifer Connelly in the unfairly neglected Aloft
The English-language debut by Peruvian writer-director Claudia Llosa’s is the most misunderstood commercial release since Michael Mann’s Blackhat.
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In praise of Vic Mensa’s victorious ‘U Mad’ video
Sparks fall from the ceiling and Kanye West arrives to crown the young Hyde Park MC in the video for his latest single.
Posted inArts & Culture
Black to the future with Regina Taylor’s Stop. Reset.
The actress/playwright/director’s Goodman Theatre show is nervy is hell.
Posted inFilm
Our guide to the Chicago African Diaspora Film Festival 2015
Eleven new features explore the black experience worldwide at the Chicago African Diaspora Film Festval.
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When the Blues Festival calls it a night, the music’s just getting started
A roundup of afterfest blues shows for folks who can’t get enough in Grant Park this weekend
Posted inMusic
The Reader’s guide to the 32nd annual Chicago Blues Festival
More people turn out for Blues Fest than for Pitchfork and Lollapalooza combined—and here are a couple dozen reasons why, including Syl Johnson, Shemekia Copeland, Clarence Carter, Chick Rodgers, and Buddy Guy.
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Emo band Mewithoutyou returns to Chicago just before releasing its new album
The Philadelphia band’s sixth album, Pale Horses, comes out next week, and the band hits the Abbey tomorrow night.
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Did you read about Elon Musk, Apple, and Columbia House?
Also Vincent Musetto, bibliotherapy, robots, a boozy ice cream truck, Chance the Rapper’s new music festival, female movie characters, and men being harassed by women