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Home » Vol. 47 No. 11

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Vol. 47, No. 11

Issue of Dec. 14 – 20, 2017

Posted inBlogs

Two new guides to Chicago breweries try to get a handle on the thriving local craft beer scene

by Julia Thiel December 20, 2017August 18, 2021

The Beermiscuous Field Guide and Beer Lover’s Chicago approach the task of providing a guidebook to Chicagoland breweries in different ways.

Posted inReader

Print Issue of December 14, 2017

by Chicago Reader December 14, 2017August 18, 2021

Volume 47, Number 11

Posted inFilm

The Shape of Water is wondrous, but woefully narrow-minded

by Ben Sachs December 14, 2017August 18, 2021

The visual achievement of Guillermo del Toro’s new fantasy can’t alleviate its reductive worldview.

Posted inArts & Culture

Beautiful, Bad Hombres, and nine more holiday stage shows to see

by Chicago Reader December 13, 2017August 18, 2021

An Equity touring production of the Carole King musical and an evening of Latinx sketch comedy are among this week’s best bets.

Posted inBlogs

Journalist Jamie Kalven won’t be forced to identify his Laquan McDonald story sources, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd December 13, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, a judge has banned Dennis Hastert from unsupervised contact with minors and porn.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

On the spectrum, and giving off the wrong signals

by Dan Savage December 13, 2017August 18, 2021

Dan Savage advises a letter writer in search of sex advice for those on the spectrum, and more.

Posted inFood & Drink

With Marisol inside the MCA, Jason Hammel paints a new canvas

by Mike Sula December 13, 2017August 18, 2021

The Lula Cafe chef’s menu is its own form of contemporary art.

Posted inBlogs

Chicago’s only brewery-distillery gets into the bar business with Maplewood Lounge

by Julia Thiel December 13, 2017August 18, 2021

Maplewood Brewery & Distillery is finally releasing its spirits to the public with the opening of its new Logan Square tasting room.

Posted inBlogs

Ayako Kato’s three-month movement workshop Art of Now III culminates with an experimental performance concert

by Irene Hsiao December 13, 2017August 18, 2021

Facilitator Ayako Kato says she started her workshop to “offer an opportunity to overcome loneliness.”

Posted inColumns & Opinion

The latest plans for the O’Hare Express: boon or boondoggle?

by John Greenfield December 13, 2017August 18, 2021

Transportation experts and advocates weigh in.

Posted inNews & Politics

The new public face of Rahm Emanuel’s school closing policies

by Ben Joravsky December 13, 2017August 18, 2021

The mayor brings in a new CPS CEO, Janice Jackson, just in time to shutter more schools.

Posted inBlogs

Chicago music-scene photographer Tim Nagle talks about his first book, Take It Outside

by Leor Galil December 13, 2017March 22, 2023

Tim Nagle has embedded himself in the city’s young rock and hip-hop scenes, and he draws on his friends there for a book-release party on Tuesday at Schubas.

Posted inNews & Politics

Suicide along the el

by John Greenfield December 13, 2017August 18, 2021

Heartbreak, trauma, economics, and the CTA’s new prevention effort

Posted inArts & Culture

Turandot isn’t just problematic—it’s complicated

by Robin Amer December 13, 2017August 18, 2021

Puccini’s opera returns to the Lyric, and so does its troubling Orientalism.

Posted inArts & Culture

Red Velvet is a singular anti-achievement

by Justin Hayford December 13, 2017August 18, 2021

Lolita Chakrabarti’s biodrama about the first black actor to play Othello on the London stage gets the story wrong for all the wrong reasons.

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