Chicago hosts another week of alfresco entertainment.
Tag: Vol. 45 No. 39
Issue of Jul. 7 – 13, 2016
Posted inBlogs
Chicago prog weirdos Lovely Little Girls premiere the gorgeous monstrosity Glistening Vivid Splash
Fronted by artist Gregory Jacobsen, Lovely Little Girls combine alien prog from the likes of Magma and Art Bears with abject histrionics and body horror.
Posted inBlogs
New school construction could further city’s segregation and other Chicago news
Also, City Council considers new measures on police reform.
Posted inFilm
The Purge: Election Year comes on like a dystopian thriller, then hoists the Stars and Stripes
Street rebels battle a white government as voters head for the polls in the third installment of the suspense franchise.
Posted inBlogs
Photos of Chance the Rapper, Donnie Trumpet, and the Roots at Taste of Chicago
Chicago’s own Chance the Rapper dropped by the first day of the Taste of Chicago, joining Donnie Trumpet & the Social Experiment before the headlining set by the Roots.
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A Chicago fashion designer reps her Bronzeville roots with a fresh hat line called Bronze
Dimress Dunnigan debuted her new line in June.
Posted inArts & Culture
A major mural in Pilsen gets a few more years in the sun
Prevent World War III, an 18th Street artwork that dates to the early 1980s, gets a new life thanks to a generous endowment.
Posted inFilm
Frank Zappa was so left, he was right
A documentary profile of the avant-garage musician reveals his political conservatism.
Posted inBlogs
Late legal luminary Abner Mikva urged Illinois to seek justice, not revenge
Listening to the former state congressman unpack his personal evolution around the topic of criminal justice was captivating.
Posted inArts & Culture
Dave Helem and Felonious Munk’s so-called Blipster Life
The comedians kick back in The Green Room at the Revival in Hyde Park.
Posted inArts & Culture
The Book of Mormon, RejecTED Talks, Man of LaMancha, and five more new stage shows
It’s the season of musical theater and comedy in Chicago.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
My wife, the serial cheater
Can this marriage be saved? Plus; tentative Tindering and other modern trials
Posted inBlogs
Save Money rapper Brian Fresco realizes his ambition with Casanova
Save Money Summer continues with the release of Brian Fresco’s Casanova, whose best moments don’t come from the collective’s best-known members.
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Proposed law would classify attacks on police as “hate crimes,” and other Chicago news
Plus, drug maker Pfizer agrees to truth in opioid advertising.