Visual manager Chelsea Perryman talks about the coming season in clothing.
Tag: Vol. 45 No. 20
Issue of Feb. 25 – Mar. 2, 2016
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European Union Film Festival kicks off Friday, plus more new reviews and notable screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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Boogie over to the Texas Tiki Disco at Lost Lake before it’s gone
The 1970s-inspired takeover of Lost Lake by Houston’s Anvil Bar & Refuge runs through Friday.
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New Country, Schoolhouse Rock Live!, and eight more notable new stage shows
Actor/stand-up/TV writer Mark Roberts brings a wild-and-crazy new comedy to town.
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Family dynamics get all squirrelly in Elizabeth McKenzie’s novel
The unpredictable The Portable Veblen is part comedy, part philosophy, and part talking squirrel.
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Struggling Chicago State is the most visible pawn in Illinois’s budget standoff
And an unlikely leader in the debate over higher-education funding.
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The Field Museum and Off Color Brewing have made a beer using ‘fancy science shit’ and a thousand-year-old recipe
You can try Off Color’s new Wari Ale at the Field Museum on March 3.
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Tacos and burgers? Albany Park’s T&B Grill makes the menu mash-up work
A Mexican-American fusion restaurant serves tacos, burgers, and not much else—good thing they’re top-notch.
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Chicago rapper Goody wrestles with hip-hop’s ‘backpacker/thug’ dichotomy on his debut mixtape
On the new 21 (to Anyone), Goody captures hard-to-define emotions and avoids pigeonholes.
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Bruce Dold now publisher as well as editor of the Chicago Tribune
Will the firewall between business and editorial be affected?
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Ancient Chinese warriors invade the Field Museum
Terracotta soldiers and other artifacts from the first emperor’s tomb complex arrive in Chicago for a yearlong exhibition.
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Mr. Fingers’s new 12-inch makes a good warm-up for the Old Town School’s house history panel
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.
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Sons of the Silent Age drummer Matt Walker talks Bowie, Ava Cherry, and playing for a cause
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.
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Zach Galifianakis turns that clown upside down in Baskets
The FX series, cocreated by Louis C.K., is about a clown, but only on the surface.
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Christian Scott is seeing red on the gig poster of the week
This week’s gig poster was designed by Frances Taylor.