Street View, featuring some Icelandic style in Humboldt Park
Tag: Vol. 45 No. 12
Issue of Dec. 17 – 23, 2015
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Redmoon Theater closes shop
Behind Redmoon’s recent eclipse? A landlord lawsuit and a “restructuring.”
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Enter Kati Heck’s bedroom workshop at Corbett vs. Dempsey
“Ins Büro,” a new exhibit of the German-born, Antwerp-based artist’s work, features paintings, drawings, and sculpture.
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The longest night of the year, plus more new reviews and notable screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this weekl’s issue
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The only American right we can’t afford to lose, according to the GOP
Republican presidential candidates seem to think that First Amendment rights might have to go—so thank God for the Second.
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Diana Dávila exits Cantina 1910 due to ‘irreconcilable differences’ with restaurant ownership
The talented Mexican chef splits from the three-month-old Andersonville restaurant with her chef de cuisine and sous chef.
Posted inArts & Culture
The Naughty List: A Holiday Sketch Revue and ten more shows to see (or avoid)
The Naughty List: A Holiday Sketch Revue and ten more shows to see (or avoid)
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Did you read about Chance the Rapper, Beethoven, and Putin?
Also about Lolita, Zaha Hadid, and Martin Shkreli?
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Sam Gordon is Tig Notaro for a day
The local comedian takes over Notaro’s Twitter account.
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A physics teacher in Iraq, stereotyped ‘al-Qaeda’ as a refugee in Chicago
Since coming to the U.S. from Iraq, Othman Al Ani has been asked, “Are you related to Osama bin Laden?”
Posted inArts & Culture
Chicago Shakespeare’s The Heir Apparent is a forced farce
David Ives’s latest ‘transladaptation’ lacks the witty resourcefulness of his previous works.
Posted inMusic
Bringing back the sun for 25 years
An oral history of the ritual winter-solstice concerts that drummers Hamid Drake and Michael Zerang have been convening since 1990
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Illinois taxpayers will be picking up part of the tab for Chi-Raq
Spike Lee’s new film was funded in part by a state subsidy.
Posted inNews & Politics
Black, autistic, and killed by police
Stephon Watts was diagnosed with Asperger’s at age nine—and shot dead by Calumet City cops at age 15. Now his family is working to keep other kids with autism out of the line of fire.
Posted inFilm
The Big Short nails the culprits of the 2008 financial crisis—and you’re one of them
Brad Pitt, Ryan Gosling, Steve Carell, and Christian Bale star in this adaptation of the Michael Lewis best seller.