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Home » Vol. 46 No. 17

Tag: Vol. 46 No. 17

Issue of Feb. 2 – 8, 2017

Posted inBlogs

Kizuki Ramen & Izakaya is the dependably good bowl Wicker Park doesn’t need

by Mike Sula February 16, 2017August 18, 2021

Another Japanese chain shows how it’s done.

Posted inBlogs

The heartbreaking tale of the Visions was the best comic of 2016

by Luca Cimarusti February 13, 2017August 18, 2021

Tom King’s crushing series shows the synthezoid trying to become a normal man.

Posted inBlogs

After Sundance, the impact of the Chicago Media Project’s films continues

by Leah Pickett February 10, 2017August 18, 2021

After backing seven films at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival, CMP focuses on the future.

Posted inFood & Drink

Whiner Beer’s taproom inside the Plant serves beer that’s wild, sour—and not at all scary

by Julia Thiel February 6, 2017August 18, 2021

The Back of the Yards brewery is making very approachable beer.

Posted inBlogs

No one makes the case against Trump better than Trump himself

by Michael Miner February 6, 2017August 18, 2021

The president’s every utterance is further evidence of his unfitness for office.

Posted inBlogs

Report: Rahm has spoken with Trump chief of staff about help fighting violence, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd February 3, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, a bipartisan Rauner commission finds that Illinois needs to spend billions more on schools over the next decade.

Posted inBlogs

Noname at the House of Vans opening, Anti-Super Bowl House Party, and more things to do this weekend in Chicago

by Brianna Wellen February 3, 2017August 18, 2021

Funny Grabs Back, the Pilsen Art Expo, and more happenings from February 3-5

Posted inBlogs

Chicago-area Holocaust survivors speak out against immigration ban

by Aimee Levitt February 2, 2017August 18, 2021

Eighteen survivors came to Skokie’s Illinois Holocaust Museum Thursday to express solidarity with the refugees and nationals of seven primarily-Muslim countries who have been forbidden entry into the U.S.

Posted inReader

Print Issue of February 2, 2017

by Chicago Reader February 2, 2017August 18, 2021

On the cover: POLICE in the ACADEMY

Posted inBlogs

Mick Jenkins’s DJ, Green Sllime, takes a break from the turntables to host a talk show

by Leor Galil February 2, 2017August 18, 2021

The newish YouTube series Sllime’s Broke Ass Low Budget Show caters to Chicago hip-hop fanatics.

Posted inBlogs

Marketplace reporter is fired for writing ‘objectivity is dead’

by Michael Miner February 2, 2017August 18, 2021

“Obviously, I can’t be neutral or centrist in a debate over my own humanity,” wrote Wallace, who is transgender.

Posted inBlogs

Ta-Nehisi Coates didn’t come here to give you any answers

by Maya Dukmasova February 2, 2017August 18, 2021

The writer and public intellectual fielded questions from a packed audience in Evanston Tuesday night, but said he had few answers to offer about journalism in the age of Trump.

Posted inBlogs

Chicago music resists Trump: Static Switch Records, Lillerne Tapes, M. Sage, and more

by Leor Galil February 2, 2017August 18, 2021

A roundup of releases by Chicago artists and labels who are donating the proceeds of their music to nonprofits fighting the Trump administration

Posted inBlogs

Trump says meeting with Chicago gang leaders would be a ‘great idea,’ and other news

by Kate Shepherd February 2, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, the owner of the Willis Tower is investing in a $500 million renovation.

Posted inFilm

James Baldwin: Voice of a preacher, heart of a nomad

by J.R. Jones February 2, 2017August 18, 2021

Raoul Peck’s documentary I Am Not Your Negro looks at the writer who brought his own religious issues to the civil rights movement.

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