A self-styled evangelist takes fashion advice from the Bible.
Tag: Vol. 46 No. 19
Issue of Feb. 16 – 22, 2017
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The One-Minute Festival offers a takedown of the entire Trump administration in just 60 seconds
After a messy presidential election, the performances in this year’s edition target the political realm.
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Illinois’s only true meadery is riding the current wave of interest in the fermented honey beverage
At Wild Blossom Meadery & Winery in Beverly, business is booming for Greg Fischer, who grew up beekeeping before he began producing mead.
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Take the Trump survey and rate the perfidious media
The Trump media survey is good for a laugh.
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The horrors—real and imagined—of a weekend in Trump’s southern Illinois
Southern Illinois feels like a horror movie—and even more so under Trump, who pandered to rural areas for their votes.
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Activate:Chi aims to bring the music and nightlife biz into the resistance
New activist group Activate:Chi wants to make political engagement easy, and it’s getting started with a party at the Virgin Hotel.
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Former Obama adviser David Plouffe fined for illegally lobbying Rahm on behalf of Uber, and other Chicago news
Also, an 18,000-square-foot Rolling Stones exhibit will open at Navy Pier in April.
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With Puzder out, it’s Oprah to the rescue
Now that Oprah has helped save us from Andrew Puzder’s reign as secretary of labor, here’s hoping she might find some other tapes that might save us from the rest of the miscreants in Trump’s White House.
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Advice for the asexual
Is the only option to “take one for the team”? Plus: an autistic lesbian under the thumb of disapproving parents
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Rauner urges state legislators to pass the Illinois senate’s ‘grand bargain,’ and other Chicago news
Also, the list of Beard Award semifinalists is full of Chicagoans.
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Are some ideas too ‘dangerous’ for the University of Chicago?
A noisy faction at the University of Chicago didn’t want former Trump adviser Corey Lewandowski to speak there.
Posted inArts & Culture
The Driehaus Museum remembers a time when ads were art
“L’Affichomania” displays French posters from the belle epoque.
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The Red Turtle swims against the tide of children’s animation
Dutch artist Michael Dudok de Wit tells the simple story of a castaway humbled by nature.
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The Scottsboro Boys, The Ghoul Exhibition, and nine more new theater reviews
A Chicago premiere from Porchlight and a searing solo show on gun violence are among this week’s best bets.