Challenged to create a dish with Manischewitz gefilte fish in gelled broth, chef Ashlee Aubin tries hot applications—with disastrous results.
Tag: Vol. 46 No. 43
Issue of Aug. 3 – 9, 2017
Posted inBlogs
Trumpet player shows how to ‘kick it up’ like a rock star
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
The dazzling custom vehicles on display are “driving works of art.”
Posted inBlogs
Emanuel: Rauner is ‘governing through anger’ by vetoing CPS funding, and other Chicago news
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?
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
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
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’
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
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
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
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
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
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
Also, the number of homicides in Chicago in 2017 is now on pace to exceed 2016 levels.