The four-day-long festival explores the links between racial injustice and language.
Tag: Vol. 47 No. 16
Issue of Jan. 25 – 31, 2018
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Watch a Beacon Tavern chef make eggplant cake for a sweet-savory dessert
Challenged to create a dessert with eggplant, chef Kevin McCormick of Beacon Tavern goes both sweet and savory.
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The local divorce attorney who fights for fair treatment for housewives
This 1988 Reader feature recounts how divorce attorney Michael H. Minton established a new legal precedent benefitting those without deep pockets.
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Phil Minton and Audrey Chen plumb the pre- and post-language possibilities of the human voice
Phil Minton—one of world’s greatest vocal improvisers—performs with duo partner Audrey Chen for the first time in Chicago.
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Metropolitan Brewing’s long-awaited Avondale taproom pairs beer with river views
The taproom is a little tricky to get to at the moment, but coffee-infused lager awaits those who make the journey.
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Chicago Data Collaborative launches criminal justice data portal
The cooperative connects the dots between data sets about the same person or case buried among various city and county agencies.
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This guy loved Mark E. Smith more than you ever did because he got a Mark E. Smith tattoo
And he lived in Berwyn.
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With her new single, Lin-Z proves she’s one of the best emerging rappers in Chicago
On the new “Grown,” queer rapper Lin-Z makes her peace with the physical and mental fatigue that comes with holding together an adult life.
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Autumn and Brian Merritt of Sir & Madame
Autumn and Brian Merritt of Sir & Madame – sponsored advertisement
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Department of Justice threatens to subpoena sanctuary cities including Chicago, and other news
Also, the Chicago Teachers Union is not happy that CPS might relax its ethics code.
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Mark E. Smith, the acerbic voice of influential Manchester postpunks the Fall, dead at 60
Mark E. Smith’s inimitable sneer was a lacerating antidote to mediocrity for more than four decades.
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Mark Grusane has forgotten more about dance music than you’ll ever know
DJ and collector Mark Grusane, cofounder of defunct south-side shop Mr. Peabody Records, talks about the insanely rare and sought-after tracks he’s sharing on his new compilation.
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Boy shows the consequences of a gender experiment gone wrong
Anna Ziegler’s 2016 play fictionalizes the story of David Reimer, the boy who was raised as a girl after a botched circumcision.
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Via Rosa of Drama on an Egyptian hit that transcends language barriers
Current musical obsessions of AMFM gallery founder Ciera Mckissick, Drama singer Via Rosa, and Reader writer Leor Galil