Palehound at a florist’s shop, Drab Majesty at the Museum of Surgical Science, Lume at the Damen Silos—Audiotree’s Far Out series makes its performances part of Chicago’s cityscape.
Tag: Vol. 47 No. 17
Issue of Feb. 1 – 7, 2018
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The Chicago Musical Theatre Festival is like an in-person Netflix binge
See the world premieres of eight new musicals.
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Pioneering Chicago rapper Sugar Ray Dinke speaks on the legacy of ‘Cabrini Green Rap’
Sugar Ray Dinke performs “Cabrini Green Rap” Tuesday at the Promontory at the book-release party for Ben Austen’s High-Risers: Cabrini-Green and the Fate of American Public Housing.
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Reader critic uncovers the secret purpose of Teletubbies
The British children’s show, wrote Lee Sandlin, “is the most blatant piece of prodrug propaganda since Aldous Huxley’s The Doors of Perception.”
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The Insult explores tensions in Lebanon before turning into yet another courtroom drama
Ziad Doueiri wrote and directed this tale of an irate Christian clashing with a Palestinian refugee.
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Rauner delivers his final State of the State address with an eye to November elections, and other Chicago news
Also, a new poll shows that more than a third of likely Democratic primary voters are undecided on the race for governor.
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Cubs co-owner Todd Ricketts to replace a Republican casino tycoon accused of sexual misconduct. No, not Trump. Another one.
Cubs co-owner Todd Ricketts replaces Steve Wynn as the lead fund-raiser for the RNC because of course.
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Now you, too, can experience Stuart V. Goldberg’s The Snake Charmer
Chicago’s flashiest criminal defense attorney drops his novel with an Instagram invitation: “Is it fact or fiction?”
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In praise of the acting in Paddington 2
The successful children’s film also happens to be a better movie than The Shape of Water.
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Pulitzer winner Mark Konkol to lead Chicago Reader
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Mark Konkol is named executive editor of the Chicago Reader.
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New report spotlights debt afflicting women in low-income black and Latino communities
Parent organizers have conducted a survey on the causes and solutions to debt spirals that affect them and their neighbors.
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The time Ben Joravsky got Bill Ayers to admit he was an asshole
A classic profile of a very complicated subject.
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Fumigate your third eye with the gig poster of the week
This week’s featured gig poster was created by Josh Davis of Dead Meat Design.
Posted inArts & Culture
With 100 Acts of Resistance, MPAACT explores ways to keep America great
Over two months of performances, artists demonstrate different means of fighting oppression.
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Chinese billionaire puts the Vista Tower up for sale, and other Chicago news
Also, Afghan war veteran Miguel Perez Jr. could be deported this week.