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Home » Vol. 46 No. 12

Tag: Vol. 46 No. 12

Issue of Dec. 22, 2016 – Jan. 4, 2017

Posted inBlogs

Bicolor hair channels a songwriter’s single about split personalities

by Isa Giallorenzo February 28, 2017August 18, 2021

Singer-songwriter Tatiana Hazel shows off her eclectic style and bicolor hair.

Posted inBlogs

Y: The Last Man is given the Absolute Edition treatment—is it worth $125?

by Luca Cimarusti January 23, 2017August 18, 2021

Brian K. Vaughan’s dystopian masterpiece is given DC’s highest honor.

Posted inBlogs

A True/False Film Fest event at the Music Box will incorporate live, local music

by Leah Pickett January 3, 2017August 18, 2021

A performance by the instrumental band Mar Caribe will precede screenings of the short Balloonfest and the documentary feature Thy Father’s Chair.

Posted inBlogs

Bathsheba Nemerovski’s style reflects the spirit of the times

by Isa Giallorenzo January 3, 2017August 18, 2021

The Logan Square hairstylist and keyboardist made an appearance at a screening of a documentary about Rick Owens, along with a few other fashionable attendees.

Posted inBlogs

Seeking meaning in the Poem of the Day

by Aimee Levitt January 3, 2017August 18, 2021

Maybe poetry can’t help but protest.

Posted inBlogs

A former Chicago bartender returns from Cambodia to mix cocktails from her Phnom Penh bar

by Julia Thiel December 30, 2016August 18, 2021

Annemarie Sagoi brings drinks from Le Boutier, her craft cocktail bar that celebrates Cambodia’s “golden age” of rock, to Bar DeVille for one night only.

Posted inBlogs

A Q&A with Fences costars Stephen McKinley Henderson and Jovan Adepo

by Leah Pickett December 30, 2016August 18, 2021

Henderson and Adepo join Denzel Washington and Viola Davis in the film adaptation of August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play, directed by Washington.

Posted inBlogs

Stuff we read—and liked!—in 2016

by Aimee Levitt December 29, 2016August 18, 2021

A list of the books that surprised, enlightened, and delighted Reader reviewers

Posted inBlogs

The Chicago Police Department is recruiting black and Hispanic candidates, and other news

by Kate Shepherd December 29, 2016August 18, 2021

Also, a study of local high school students shows that studying music changes the teenage brain.

Posted inArts & Culture

Where progress was made in 2016: In Chicago’s museums

by Tal Rosenberg December 28, 2016August 18, 2021

During the past year, the city’s biggest institutions exhibited more overtly political work.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

By helping young black fathers, Sheldon Smith has become a ‘hero’

by Derrick Clifton December 28, 2016August 18, 2021

The founder of the Bronzeville-based Dovetail Project is honored by CNN Heroes.

Posted inBlogs

WCIU premieres Chicago’s One Night Stand-Up on New Year’s Eve

by Brianna Wellen December 28, 2016August 18, 2021

Rebecca O’Neal hosts the local televised stand-up showcase.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

How common is it for women to squirt? and other burning questions

by Dan Savage December 28, 2016August 18, 2021

More from the live Savage Lovecast Christmas Spectacular

Posted inArts & Culture

For a former heretic, Steppenwolf’s The Christians is a stunning reminder of a crisis of faith

by Ryan Smith December 28, 2016August 18, 2021

A former Christian missionary reflects on the kind of crises of faith portrayed in The Christians.

Posted inArts & Culture

The year in Reader photos

by Danielle A. Scruggs December 28, 2016August 18, 2021

The best photos that ran in the Reader in 2016.

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