Not in Our House reports back on the first year of its code of conduct, now called the Chicago Theatre Standards.
Tag: Vol. 46 No. 22
Issue of Mar. 9 – 15, 2017
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Murasaki Sake Lounge is a fountain of Japanese whiskey
This chill Streeterville izakaya is a go-to for all manner of Japanese libations.
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From Chicago headlines to a London lockup—the journey of David Bright
Years after leaving Chicago, David Bright achieves notoriety in London
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Illinois Film Tour will bring independent films, resources to communities statewide
The new initiative, cocurated by IFP Chicago and Full Spectrum Features through a grant from Illinois Humanities, is committed to starting conversations about social issues and elevating diverse filmmakers.
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Toronto’s rave ban, Mexico’s surf scene, Juliana Hatfield on Lorde, and more: music reading from around the Web
The Reader cherry-picks some favorite music stories from the past week of the Internet.
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Print Issue of March 9, 2017
On the cover and in this issue, the ultimate guide to Brewery Tours
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Patty Carroll’s “Anonymous Women” explores the relationship between domesticity and invisibility
Growing up in the Chicago suburbs in the 1950s and 60s, photographer Patty Carroll spent some of the most formative years of her life in a homogenous, harmonious bubble. By way of cookie-cutter houses, rigid gender norms, and notions of perfectionism and civility, Carroll came to know the suburbs as “fabricated places of solace,” as […]
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White Mystery share the first track from their latest reason to look forward to spring
This weekend Chicago garage rockers White Mystery debut the title track of their eighth annual 4/20 release—and play the Burger Revolution at 1st Ward.
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Illinois senate committee approves longer sentences for repeat gun offenders, and other Chicago news
Also, Jay Cutler and the Chicago Bears part ways after a tumultuous eight years.
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Chicago teaching artist Matt Muse makes music that might as well be designed to inspire his students
Like Chance the Rapper, Matt Muse is affiliated with the after-school program Young Chicago Authors—and like Chance, he teaches by example with his own music, including the new Sikk Tape.
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Lay’s tries (and fails) to make the American potato chip great again
The “revolting” new experimental chip flavors from Lay’s include Beer ‘n Brats.
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‘Trumpcare’ would make a bad situation even worse
Obamacare isn’t perfect—it’s less desirable than a single-payer system—but it’s not as awful as the GOP’s health-care proposal.
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Nothing to worry about—you’re just on your ‘cumspringa’
Dan Savage offers advice on oral sex and yeast infections, marital mementos, a period of promiscuity, and more.
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The ultimate guide to Chicago brewery tours
The best brewery tours for beer geeks who’re also cat lovers, home brewers with a dream, gluten-intolerant cyclists, experts who think they’ve seen it all, and more
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Rahm and Rauner’s personal war of words: ‘Napoleon complex’ and ‘the emperor wears no clothes,’ and other Chicago news
Also, independent journalist Jamie Kalven sues the CPD for refusing to release the Laquan McDonald police misconduct records.