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Home » Vol. 46 No. 42

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Vol. 46, No. 42

Issue of Jul. 27 – Aug. 2, 2017

Posted inReader

Print Issue of July 27, 2017

by Chicago Reader July 27, 2017August 18, 2021

Volume 46, Number 42

Posted inBlogs

Chicago officials take a page from Trump playbook to justify Navy Pier TIF ‘shell game’

by Ben Joravsky July 27, 2017August 18, 2021

The Emanuel administration’s explanation for how $55 million wound up paying for Navy Pier renovations sounds like gobbledygook from the presidential administration.

Posted inFilm

Time is of the essence in David Lowery’s A Ghost Story

by Luke Hicks July 27, 2017August 18, 2021

Casey Affleck stars as a dead man watching and waiting for all eternity.

Posted inBlogs

Report: Trump ‘gets a kick out of personally needling’ Rahm Emanuel, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd July 27, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, in 2015 R. Kelly was reportedly kicked out of a local recording studio after “trashing” it.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

When a 16-year-old is getting sexted as her sister sulks

by Dan Savage July 26, 2017August 18, 2021

Dan Savage advises a mother whose teenage daughters are both interested in the same “older” boy, and more.

Posted inArts & Culture

Megan Stielstra, as seen through the people she admires

by Aimee Levitt July 26, 2017August 18, 2021

The author’s family and friends reflect on her work—and the gratifying (and sometimes thorny) experience of being a subject of her writing.

Posted inArts & Culture

Megan Stielstra interviewing Samantha Irby: The right way to meet in real life

by Aimee Levitt July 26, 2017August 18, 2021

Two rising literary stars talk shop on the occasion of their new books.

Posted inBlogs

Buena Park decides to welcome Haymarket Books to the neighborhood after all

by Aimee Levitt July 26, 2017August 18, 2021

Despite opposition, the publisher received its special use permit to move in.

Posted inArts & Culture

Triassic Parq: The Musical, A Fool’s Journey, and five more new stage shows to see (or avoid)

by Chicago Reader July 26, 2017August 18, 2021

A remounted spoof with singing dinosaurs and a Misfit Circus cabaret are among this week’s best bets.

Posted inBlogs

Aura Curiatlas Physical Theatre’s A Life With No Limits ranges from human caregivers to fundamental particles

by Matt de la Peña July 26, 2017August 18, 2021

A work about wheelchair-bound astrophysicist Stephen Hawking soars.

Posted inArts & Culture

Prepare to be dumbstruck by Cirque du Soleil’s Luzia

by Jack Helbig July 26, 2017August 18, 2021

The company’s latest spectacular is “a waking dream of Mexico” as mind-bestirring as it is surreal.

Posted inBlogs

Dunkirk and Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets are alive with the sound of money

by Ben Sachs July 26, 2017August 18, 2021

The latest from Christopher Nolan and Luc Besson are both weighed down by their sense of spectacle.

Posted inMusic

Reviewed: Twista’s disjointed but generous Crook County and 11 more new releases

by Peter Margasak, Leor Galil, Sasha Geffen, Jake Austen, Ben Handelman, Ed Blair and Bill Meyer July 26, 2017August 18, 2021

Seven Reader writers tackle a dozen records, including the long-gestating debut from footwork producer Jana Rush, lost recordings from 60s garage-rock oddballs the Monks, and a riveting solo set from unsung improvising pianist Pat Thomas.

Posted inBlogs

There’s a room with a view on the gig poster of the week

by Luca Cimarusti July 26, 2017August 18, 2021

This week’s featured gig poster was designed by local artist Ash Windbigler.

Posted inBlogs

Judge continues block of Cook County ‘pop tax’ until at least Friday, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd July 26, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, the EPA approved Chicago’s dry ice method of killing rats.

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