“Broken Journey” is a new exhibit of Art Fox’s snapshots of flying animals indirectly felled by Chicago’s citizens.
Tag: Vol. 45 No. 26
Issue of Apr. 7 – 13, 2016
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Lakeview microdeli Snaggletooth is easy to get hooked on
Former C Chicago chef Bill Montagne makes a big comeback with cured fish in a tiny Lakeview deli.
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Check out our photos of Cheap Trick’s Metro show
Cheap Trick performed at the Metro, one week ahead of their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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The Hypocrites’ Adding Machine, Factory’s The Last Big Mistake, and eight more stage shows to see now
Ten new reviews of notable stage shows, among them a musical based on Elmer Rice’s expressionist 1923 satire.
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What’s screening at the Chicago Latino Film Festival
More than a hundred new shorts and features make their Chicago debut at the 32nd edition.
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From Rockford to you: An oral history of Cheap Trick’s early years
Robin Zander, Rick Nielsen, and many more recall Cheap Trick’s scrappy beginnings on the midwest club circuit of the 1970s.
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For Ecuadoran writer-director Joe Houlberg, a thriller is a riddle wrapped inside an enigma
Joe Houlberg’s Thirst tells an ambiguous tale of sex, blindness, and deception.
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Queer women are shaping Chicago’s Black Lives Matter movement
They’re stepping to the forefront in a struggle once dominated by charismatic men.
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‘Lincoln’s Undying Words’ shows how a president changed his mind about slavery
A Chicago History Museum exhibit examines Lincoln’s speeches for clues about how he changed from political moderate to the Great Emancipator.
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Will Warm Belly Bakery’s cookies overtake the doughnut as Chicago’s pastry of choice?
That depends on if by “cookie,” you actually mean “barely baked cookie dough.”
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Chicago rapper Adamn Killa finds his voice on the new Back 2 Ballin mixtape
Adamn Killa’s debut full-length borrows from the somber aesthetic popularized by Yung Lean, but the Chicago MC twists it into his own image.
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Still Music founder Jerome Derradji launches a late-night loft series at Elastic
Prepare for this Saturday’s inaugural Church of Black Gold loft party with Jerome Derradji’s trance-inducing “Acid Nothing.”
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I don’t miss Hot Doug’s
The unending hype surrounding Doug Sohn’s shuttered sausage emporium is ludicrous.
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Chairlift’s moth-filled night on the gig poster of the week
This week’s gig poster was designed by local illustrator Walker Tkl.