The abilities of HQ Howard Quintero’s chef extend beyond grilling hunks of meat.
Tag: Vol. 45 No. 16
Issue of Jan. 28 – Feb. 3, 2016
Posted inArts & Culture
Le Switch, The Mutilated, and nine more new reviews worth your notice
On the off-Loop scene: the latest from local playwright Philip Dawkins, an obscure Tennessee Williams one-act, and a Neil LaBute funfest
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Early gunpowder was made from the ‘pisse’ of church ladies, and other historical tidbits
Here’s a rule of thumb that will never let you down: if you come across a magazine more than 20 years old, pick it up.
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Son of Saul opens at Music Box, plus more new reviews and notable screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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Rahm lays into Rauner, Jonathan Toews to sit out NHL All-Star Game, and other Chicago news
Also, Binny’s starts alcohol home delivery, and 1985 Bear Jim McMahon swears by medical marijuana.
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Fed up with sexual harassment, Chicago’s female comics call for industry blackout
Local nonprofit Women in Comedy encourages comics to boycott theaters, classes, and shows where they have felt unsafe.
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The Rip Van Rauner State of the State
In his State of the State speech, Governor Rauner acted as though the year 2015 never existed.
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Chicago cops purposely blocked audio on dash-cam videos, Homan Square scandal gets even more interesting, and other Chicago news
Also, Mavis Staples enlists interesting new collaborators, and the media wonders whether Governor Rauner has a state e-mail address.
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The rules have changed at Rhinofest
Has Chicago’s longest-running fringe theater festival abandoned the fringe?
Posted inFilm
In Son of Saul, a Jew in Auschwitz readies his fellow prisoners for the gas chamber
László Nemes’s acclaimed debut feature re-creates the awful plight of the Sonderkommandos.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Sounding for beginners
If that’s what you’re into, here’s how to do it safely. Plus: racially charged fantasies lead to a dilemma
Posted inArts & Culture
The Museum of Contemporary Photography in the age of Instagram
How the museum has, and will, survive the next photographic revolution
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Outdoor ice skating is hell frozen over
Why in the name of Michelle Kwan would anyone participate in this painfully tedious winter pastime?