On the cover: We need the Reader/Write Library now more than ever.
Tag: Vol. 46 No. 14
Issue of Jan. 12 – 18, 2017
Posted inBlogs
What a Joke festival comes to the Hideout on inauguration day
Liz Maupin and Meredith Kachel organize the local edition of the national comedy festival.
Posted inBlogs
RedEye goes, weakly
The Tribune-published tabloid is becoming a weekly entertainment guide.
Posted inCity Life
For the visionary owners of VAM Studio, home is where the art is
Tour the whimsical Logan Square apartment of Vincent Martell and Jordan Phelps.
Posted inBlogs
Mark Speltz’s North of Dixie is a powerful book about civil rights photography
The author appears tonight for a book signing and reading at the DuSable Museum of African American History.
Posted inBlogs
The World Series-winning Cubs will be the last team Obama hosts in the White House, and other Chicago news
Also, the Department of Justice will reportedly release the findings of its Chicago police probe Friday.
Posted inFilm
Live by Night is a period piece, but the period is right now
Ben Affleck’s new drama about 1920s bootleggers has a remarkably modern mindset.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Caged up and ready for a lap dance
Is that OK? Plus: the deal with shaved pubes, the use of “faggot,” and more
Posted inFood & Drink
For a small steak house, Knife is big on showmanship
Fork chef Timothy Cottini’s new North Center spot has a predilection for tableside preparation—and obvious potential despite some elemental issues.
Posted inArts & Culture
Is Trap Door Chicago’s greatest theater success of the last quarter century?
An arresting new production of Racine’s Phèdre furthers the case for the 22-year-old company.
Posted inBlogs
The media is itching for a fight with Trump
Journalists preparing to enter the age of Trump are rolling up their sleeves.
Posted inArts & Culture
In Humboldt Park, a mural to combat the Republican agenda
Jeff Zimmerman goes political with The Party.
Posted inArts & Culture
We need the Read/Write Library now more than ever
The Humboldt Park institution has taken an unconventional approach to being a “city library,” and it’s only growing more ambitious.
Posted inBlogs
The best photos from #ObamaFarewell
Photos from #ObamaFarewell at McCormick Place Tuesday night
Posted inBlogs
The Black Madonna returns to Smart Bar behind her new single, ‘He Is the Voice I Hear’
Chicago dance-music phenom the Black Madonna is sure to play one of the best sets of this year’s Tomorrow Never Knows festival.