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Home » Vol. 46 No. 18

Tag: Vol. 46 No. 18

Issue of Feb. 9 – 15, 2017

Posted inBlogs

A Q&A with filmmaker Jamal Joseph on Chapter & Verse and the prison industrial complex

by Leah Pickett February 14, 2017August 18, 2021

Joseph’s first feature is a personal and multifaceted look at America’s broken prison system.

Posted inBlogs

Candlelight dinners, rom-coms, and more ways to celebrate Valentine’s Day in Chicago

by Rachel Hinton February 13, 2017August 18, 2021

An Anti-Valentine’s Day haunted house, a 20s-themed dinner, and more ways to celebrate Valentine’s Day

Posted inBlogs

Young M.A, a new series at Kusanya Cafe, Slo ’Mo’s fifth anniversary, and more music stories from around the Web

by Austin Brown February 13, 2017August 18, 2021

Over the past week the Reader has collected these music stories that are still worth your time today.

Posted inBlogs

Chef Ben Lustbader of Giant makes bread with the ‘bacon of the sea’

by Julia Thiel February 10, 2017August 18, 2021

Challenged to create a dish with dulse, Lustbader combines northern European and Asian flavors.

Posted inBlogs

CPD clears officers who stopped U.S. rep Bobby Rush, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd February 10, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, Obama’s endorsement has been lucrative for alderman Sophia King’s reelection campaign.

Posted inReader

Print Issue of February 9, 2017

by Chicago Reader February 9, 2017August 18, 2021

Musicians speak up about the Affordable Care Act

Posted inArts & Culture

Ballet, bad dates, and ‘The Bowman Brothers Radio Hour’: Notes from the fringe at Rhinofest

by Tony Adler February 9, 2017August 18, 2021

The 28th iteration of Curious Theatre Branch’s annual festival continues through February 26.

Posted inBlogs

Dissecting Sublime Frequencies with the folks behind a recent book on the label

by Peter Margasak February 9, 2017August 18, 2021

The editors and writers behind Punk Ethnography lead a reading and discussion Saturday afternoon at Corbett vs. Dempsey.

Posted inBlogs

Anti-Semitism in Chicago is nothing new

by Aimee Levitt February 9, 2017August 18, 2021

Irving Cutler, professor emeritus at Chicago State and author of The Jews of Chicago, looks back on local anti-Semitism

Posted inBlogs

Karen Finley strikes back against Trump and indifference—no chocolate smearing necessary

by Abbey Schubert February 9, 2017August 18, 2021

The performance artist has two one-woman shows at Steppenwolf’s 1700 Theatre: Written in Sand and Unicorn Gratitude Mystery.

Posted inBlogs

Eat Trump’s immigration ban: Ten Chicago restaurants that wouldn’t exist in a white nationalist America

by Mike Sula February 9, 2017August 18, 2021

Kebabs, fahsa, and ghormeh sabzi will make America great again.

Posted inFilm

Oscar-nominated short films arrive in Chicago this week

by Chicago Reader February 9, 2017August 18, 2021

Reader critics consider the year’s animated, documentary, and live-action nominees.

Posted inBlogs

RIP Chicago rapper-singer Dinner With John, cofounder of Pivot Gang

by Leor Galil February 9, 2017August 18, 2021

Dinner With John, born Walter Long Jr. and formerly known as John Walt, was stabbed to death yesterday at age 24.

Posted inBlogs

Rahm tells a few Trump-like whoppers in his Stanford talk

by Ben Joravsky February 9, 2017August 18, 2021

In his much-quoted talk to Stanford business students, Mayor Rahm Emanuel stretched the truth about his handling of Chicago’s public schools.

Posted inBlogs

‘Simple Pleasures’ places sexuality and desire at the forefront of our political conversation

by Abbey Schubert February 9, 2017August 18, 2021

Is there anything more human than sex? From the very first time we feel maternal bonds as infants, to the years we spend falling in and out of romantic love, intimacy, desire, and attraction wiggle their way into seemingly every aspect of our lives. Sex is crucial to the understanding of the human race because, […]

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