Pastor T.L. Barrett is beloved by music fanatics and rappers eager to sample throwback gospel; he also defrauded thousands, as the Reader reported in 1989.
Tag: Vol. 47 No. 15
Issue of Jan. 18 – 24, 2018
Posted inNews & Politics
Life is sweet for a Chicago candy maker
“When people hear about my job, they often ask me, ‘Is there really candy everywhere?’ And the reality is yes,” Stacey Espinosa says.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
All eyes on Art Design Chicago
The Terra Foundation for American Art kicks off the hugely ambitious, yearlong celebration of the city’s visual movements, from AfriCOBRA to the Hairy Who? and beyond.
Posted inNews & Politics
Women are forging a space of their own in Chicago’s manufacturing industry
Local programs are supporting women in their fight for greater representation in the male-dominated trades.
Posted inFilm
Jane Goodall and Hedy Lamarr: Bold, beautiful, and brilliantly unschooled
Two recent documentaries, Jane and Bombshell, profile women whose modest educations left them open to new ideas.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Putting the neighborhood watch on watch
A call for private security officers in Ukrainian Village spurs a neighborhood discussion of crime and racial profiling.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
If Mayor Rahm really wanted to stop poor people from leaving Chicago, he’d stop giving TIF handouts to corporations
Instead another TIF deal benefits benefits a downtown building instead of neighborhoods in need.
Posted inBlogs
From the archive: Remembering radio storyteller Joe Frank
His work inspired a generation of broadcasters, including Ira Glass.
Posted inBlogs
Kalak is a vodka that drinks like whiskey
Why bartender Julia Momose loves Kalak Vodka—and what she makes with it.
Posted inBlogs
Activists clash with aldermen over community benefits at Obama Presidential Center hearing, and other Chicago news
Also, city clerk Anna Valencia discusses her struggle to be taken seriously as a woman in politics.
Posted inBlogs
Fix Illinois by breaking the state apart? A gubernatorial candidate makes the case.
Robert Marshall has a plan to dissolve Illinois and create three new independent states.
Posted inArts & Culture
Pete Holmes on navigating pop culture post-Weinstein
“I’m interested in the conversation about if we’re allowed to laugh at people who’ve made mistakes,” the creator and star of HBO’s Crashing says.
Posted inBlogs
Cabaret star Charles Busch relives his youth in My Kinda 60s
The performer behind Die, Mommie, Die! abandons drag for nostalgia.