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Home » Vol. 46 No. 43

Tag: Vol. 46 No. 43

Issue of Aug. 3 – 9, 2017

Posted inBlogs

Watch chef Ashlee Aubin make salad with ‘gray fish meatballs’

by Julia Thiel August 9, 2017August 18, 2021

Challenged to create a dish with Manischewitz gefilte fish in gelled broth, chef Ashlee Aubin tries hot applications—with disastrous results.

Posted inBlogs

Trumpet player shows how to ‘kick it up’ like a rock star

by Isa Giallorenzo August 7, 2017August 18, 2021

Environmental Encroachment’s trumpeter never leaves home without an animal pelt.

Posted inArts & Culture

Take a little trip to Pilsen for the Slow&Low: Community Lowrider Festival

by Lisa Predko and Emily Wasielewski August 4, 2017August 18, 2021

The dazzling custom vehicles on display are “driving works of art.”

Posted inReader

Print Issue of August 3, 2017

by Chicago Reader August 3, 2017August 18, 2021

Volume 46, Number 43

Posted inBlogs

Emanuel: Rauner is ‘governing through anger’ by vetoing CPS funding, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd August 3, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, a Northwestern professor and an Oxford University employee are wanted for murder in connection with a stabbing death in River North.

Posted inFilm

What kind of movie is Detroit trying to be?

by Tal Rosenberg August 2, 2017August 18, 2021

The latest from director Kathryn Bigelow and writer Mark Boal is ambitious but uneven.

Posted inArts & Culture

How Amanda Williams draws attention to the valuation of black neighborhoods

by Kerry Cardoza August 2, 2017August 18, 2021

The local artist is the subject of a new exhibit at the MCA.

Posted inArts & Culture

Brave Like Them, The Bricklayers of Oz, and ten more new stage shows for the dog days

by Chicago Reader August 2, 2017August 18, 2021

A “queer as f**k riot grrrl musical” and Chicago Dance Crash’s latest story-length hip-hop showcase are among this week’s best bets.

Posted inBlogs

In their words: How the folks at Fed Up Fest help keep queer punk a ‘community of care’

by Ashley Ray-Harris August 2, 2017August 18, 2021

Everything about this year’s Fed Up Fest—the bystander intervention training, the panel discussions on aging in punk, the frenzied yet thoughtful music—manifested the spirit of resistance, hope, and direct action.

Posted inArts & Culture

When Closed Casket closes it’s closed for good

by Tony Adler August 2, 2017August 18, 2021

Theater Oobleck puts the lid on Baudelaire in a Box with a final installment and a marathon staging of the whole shebang.

Posted inArts & Culture

Asperger’s Are Us don’t need to mine autism for comedy gold

by Steve Heisler August 2, 2017August 18, 2021

The Boston troupe, who are the subject of a Netflix documentary, aren’t defined by their condition.

Posted inArts & Culture

Definition Theatre’s An Octoroon boldly subverts, in white-, red-, and blackface

by Dan Jakes August 2, 2017August 18, 2021

Playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins resurrects a wildly popular—and wildly racist—19th-century melodrama.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

The Chicago Picasso isn’t the only public artwork worth celebrating

by Deanna Isaacs August 2, 2017August 18, 2021

The Wall of Respect is gone, but its impact shouldn’t be forgotten.

Posted inBlogs

Late-night truckin’ on the gig poster of the week

by Luca Cimarusti August 2, 2017August 18, 2021

This week’s featured gig poster was designed by local artist Dan Black of Landland.

Posted inBlogs

Rauner vetoes school funding bill, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd August 2, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, the number of homicides in Chicago in 2017 is now on pace to exceed 2016 levels.

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