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Home » Vol. 45 No. 20

Tag: Vol. 45 No. 20

Issue of Feb. 25 – Mar. 2, 2016

Posted inBlogs

Mod or rocker? A mocker discusses spring 2016 fashion trends

by Isa Giallorenzo March 12, 2016August 18, 2021

Visual manager Chelsea Perryman talks about the coming season in clothing.

Posted inBlogs

European Union Film Festival kicks off Friday, plus more new reviews and notable screenings

by J.R. Jones March 4, 2016August 18, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

Posted inBlogs

Boogie over to the Texas Tiki Disco at Lost Lake before it’s gone

by Jake Malooley March 3, 2016August 18, 2021

The 1970s-inspired takeover of Lost Lake by Houston’s Anvil Bar & Refuge runs through Friday.

Posted inArts & Culture

New Country, Schoolhouse Rock Live!, and eight more notable new stage shows

by Chicago Reader March 3, 2016August 18, 2021

Actor/stand-up/TV writer Mark Roberts brings a wild-and-crazy new comedy to town.

Posted inArts & Culture

Family dynamics get all squirrelly in Elizabeth McKenzie’s novel

by Aimee Levitt March 3, 2016August 18, 2021

The unpredictable The Portable Veblen is part comedy, part philosophy, and part talking squirrel.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

Struggling Chicago State is the most visible pawn in Illinois’s budget standoff

by Deanna Isaacs March 3, 2016August 18, 2021

And an unlikely leader in the debate over higher-education funding.

Posted inBlogs

The Field Museum and Off Color Brewing have made a beer using ‘fancy science shit’ and a thousand-year-old recipe

by Julia Thiel March 2, 2016August 18, 2021

You can try Off Color’s new Wari Ale at the Field Museum on March 3.

Posted inBlogs

Tacos and burgers? Albany Park’s T&B Grill makes the menu mash-up work

by Julia Thiel March 2, 2016August 18, 2021

A Mexican-American fusion restaurant serves tacos, burgers, and not much else—good thing they’re top-notch.

Posted inBlogs

Chicago rapper Goody wrestles with hip-hop’s ‘backpacker/thug’ dichotomy on his debut mixtape

by Leor Galil March 2, 2016August 18, 2021

On the new 21 (to Anyone), Goody captures hard-to-define emotions and avoids pigeonholes.

Posted inBlogs

Bruce Dold now publisher as well as editor of the Chicago Tribune

by Michael Miner March 2, 2016August 18, 2021

Will the firewall between business and editorial be affected?

Posted inBlogs

Ancient Chinese warriors invade the Field Museum

by Aimee Levitt March 2, 2016August 18, 2021

Terracotta soldiers and other artifacts from the first emperor’s tomb complex arrive in Chicago for a yearlong exhibition.

Posted inBlogs

Mr. Fingers’s new 12-inch makes a good warm-up for the Old Town School’s house history panel

by Leor Galil March 2, 2016August 18, 2021

Mr. Fingers is one of many musicians who’s worked with attorney Jay B. Ross, who appears on a panel about the business of house music tonight at the Old Town School.

Posted inBlogs

Sons of the Silent Age drummer Matt Walker talks Bowie, Ava Cherry, and playing for a cause

by Brianna Wellen March 2, 2016August 18, 2021

Local David Bowie cover band Sons of the Silent Age play a concert at Metro benefitting cancer research at the University of Chicago Medical Center.

Posted inBlogs

Zach Galifianakis turns that clown upside down in Baskets

by Dmitry Samarov March 2, 2016August 18, 2021

The FX series, cocreated by Louis C.K., is about a clown, but only on the surface.

Posted inBlogs

Christian Scott is seeing red on the gig poster of the week

by Luca Cimarusti March 2, 2016August 18, 2021

This week’s gig poster was designed by Frances Taylor.

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