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Home » Vol. 44 No. 49

Tag: Vol. 44 No. 49

Issue of Sep. 3 – 9, 2015

Posted inBlogs

Cling to summer by making your own creme de menthe

by Julia Thiel September 4, 2015August 18, 2021

Infusing vodka with fresh mint not only preserves one of the classic flavors of summer, it also gives you one of the main ingredients of a classic cocktail—the creamy, chocolatey, minty Grasshopper.

Posted inBlogs

Elisabeth Moss goes bananas, plus more new reviews and notable screenings

by J.R. Jones September 4, 2015August 18, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

Posted inArts & Culture

How Chicago shaped Stephen Colbert

by Mike Thomas September 3, 2015August 18, 2021

Stephen Colbert’s friends and former cast members look back at his formative years in Chicago.

Posted inBlogs

American Ultra is a real downer of an action comedy

by Ben Sachs September 3, 2015August 18, 2021

Maybe that’s why the Jesse Eisenberg-Kristen Stewart vehicle isn’t a hit.

Posted inBlogs

Andy Warhol and Marc Chagall show up for LUMA’s tenth birthday party

by Colleen Cottet September 3, 2015August 18, 2021

The Loyola University Museum of Art celebrates its first decade by bringing back some of its greatest hits.

Posted inBlogs

The sixth Chicago Fringe Festival, opening tonight, brings zombies, victims, and furries to town

by Tony Adler September 3, 2015August 18, 2021

Until our reviews are out, here’s a preview of what you’ll see.

Posted inFilm

In Queen of Earth, Elisabeth Moss is a woman on the edge of madness

by Ben Sachs September 3, 2015August 18, 2021

The latest drama from indie director Alex Ross Perry explores the terror of being trapped in one’s own head.

Posted inBlogs

Black Breath prep for their newest album by dropping its title track, the pummeling and hateful ‘Slaves Beyond Death’

by Kevin Warwick September 3, 2015August 18, 2021

In anticipation for the upcoming Slaves Beyond Death Black Breath share the album’s title track, a fun mix of filthy metal riffs and doomful lyrics.

Posted inFilm

A perfect documentary for Steve Jobs, the narcissist

by J.R. Jones September 3, 2015August 18, 2021

Alex Gibney’s latest feature treats the Apple founder with all the reverence he expected.

Posted inBlogs

Did you read about the Red Sox-Yankees rivalry, McDonald’s breakfast, and Taco Bell?

by Reader staff September 3, 2015August 18, 2021

Also a failed gerrymander, a state’s “official word,” and Brendan Sodikoff?

Posted inBlogs

Mayor Rahm runs out on his own budget hearing

by Ben Joravsky September 3, 2015August 18, 2021

As last night’s hearing at the South Shore Cultural Center showed, the Mayor was going through the motions when he solicited budget ideas and suggestions from Chicago’s citizens.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

All aboard! Claypool transfers CTA pals to CPS

by Ben Joravsky September 3, 2015August 18, 2021

Rahm’s schools CEO is putting a new spin on an old Chicago budget trick.

Posted inArts & Culture

Strawdog’s After Miss Julie reconceives Strindberg’s ‘man hater’

by Justin Hayford September 3, 2015August 18, 2021

But there’s no escaping the seductress’s tragic end.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

Introducing . . . the T-type asexual

by Dan Savage September 3, 2015August 18, 2021

Dan Savage advises a young woman convinced she’s an asexual dom. Plus: a foot fetishist fearful of an all-vanilla future, another type of Ashley Madison victim

Posted inArts & Culture

Making art out of Hurricane Katrina’s suffering

by Zac Thompson September 2, 2015August 18, 2021

Ten years after the disaster in New Orleans, true stories of survival fill a pair of Chicago productions.

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