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Home » Vol. 46 No. 20

Tag: Vol. 46 No. 20

Issue of Feb. 23 – Mar. 1, 2017

Posted inBlogs

A couple embraces their identity through fashion

by Isa Giallorenzo March 11, 2017August 18, 2021

Street View featuring Ghanaian entrepreneur John Williams and his girlfriend, Lesan Mattis.

Posted inBlogs

A tiny takeout joint in a Wilmette strip mall serves some of the most lovingly made Pakistani food in the Chicago area

by Mike Sula February 27, 2017August 18, 2021

Thali Bites is worth a journey to the North Shore.

Posted inBlogs

Rhiannon Giddens, Ron Trent, D.C. blues, and blockchain: music stories from around the Web

by Austin Brown February 27, 2017August 18, 2021

The Reader‘s weekly roundup of music journalism that didn’t happen here

Posted inBlogs

Mayor Rahm and Alderman Lopez cut a deal on the property tax rebate

by Ben Joravsky February 24, 2017August 18, 2021

The mayor promised to raise $45 million in donations to fund job training and violence intervention.

Posted inBlogs

Transgender CPS students will still be allowed to use the bathrooms and locker rooms of their choice, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd February 24, 2017August 18, 2021

The federal government is reportedly paying former congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. $138,400 a year.

Posted inBlogs

An Internet-free ‘bookbar’ in Lincoln Park has banned laptops in favor of books and conversation

by Aimee Levitt February 23, 2017August 18, 2021

Kibbitznest Books, Brews & Blarney attempts a return to old-fashioned coffeehouse culture.

Posted inBlogs

Ruth Ratny, chronicler of Chicago’s film industry, dies

by Michael Miner February 23, 2017August 18, 2021

Ratney founded Screen and ReelChicago.com.

Posted inReader

Print Issue of February 23, 2017

by Chicago Reader February 23, 2017August 18, 2021

Cover: The education of George Saunders

Posted inBlogs

Columbia College prof Michael Fry says he quit after being used and disrespected

by Deanna Isaacs February 23, 2017August 18, 2021

High-profile Columbia College professor Michael Fry walked away from his tenured job in the school’s television department last month, blaming racial discrimination.

Posted inBlogs

The newly renovated Davis Theater is a vaudeville house for the 21st century

by Leah Pickett February 23, 2017August 18, 2021

More than a movie theater, the newly renovated “entertainment complex” will host a series of community events, including a live Oscar viewing party in support of Common Threads.

Posted inBlogs

Opposition to affordable housing in Jefferson Park is nothing new for Chicago

by Maya Dukmasova February 23, 2017August 18, 2021

The city has a long history of opposition to real estate developments perceived as a conduit for African-American families, especially poor ones, to move into white neighborhoods.

Posted inBlogs

CPS won’t let federal immigration agents into schools without a criminal warrant, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd February 23, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, Puerto Rican nationalist Oscar Lopez Rivera is getting an honorary street sign in Humboldt Park.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

The key to actualizing sexual fantasies? Acknowledging them.

by Dan Savage February 23, 2017August 18, 2021

Plus: An underwear-foot fetish, and a woman wants more from her prudish husband.

Posted inBlogs

Nintendo’s new console Switch works best when it takes the video out of video games

by Ryan Smith February 22, 2017August 18, 2021

The greatest trick of Nintendo’s new console is 1-2-Switch, a game that minimizes screens and focuses on face-to-face human interaction.

Posted inArts & Culture

The Invention of Morel, Monster, and 13 more new stage shows

by Chicago Reader February 22, 2017August 18, 2021

A world-premiere opera by Stewart Copeland and a Steppenwolf for Young Adults production are among this week’s best bets.

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