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Home » Vol. 47 No. 19

Tag: Vol. 47 No. 19

Vol. 47, No. 19

Issue of Feb. 15 – 21, 2018

Posted inBlogs

Webseries Super Narcoleptic Girl introduces a superhero who fights off crime and sleep

by Steve Heisler February 22, 2018August 18, 2021

Get woke to narcolepsy via comedians Sarah Albritton and Catherine “Povs” Povinelli.

Posted inReader partners

Rob McMillan and Kaleb Sullivan of Dearborn Denim & Apparel

by Chicago Reader February 20, 2018August 18, 2021

Rob McMillan and Kaleb Sullivan – sponsored advertisement

Posted inNews & Politics

For Chelsea Rectanus, 30, owning a used bookstore is ‘as great as the romance would lead you to believe’

by Anne Ford February 20, 2018August 18, 2021

“It’s not all roses and garlands and angels singing from the rooftops or anything like that, but it’s good as it’s cracked up to be.”

Posted inBlogs

A Gilda Radner play and more of the best things to do in Chicago this week

by Rachel Yang February 19, 2018August 18, 2021

The Wound and other goings-on February 19-22

Posted inBlogs

Pow Wow is a wry documentary about Americans’ distance from their own history

by Ben Sachs February 16, 2018August 18, 2021

The latest from Zoo director Robinson Devor screens all week at Facets.

Posted inBlogs

Atomic’s Ingebrigt Håker Flaten and Håvard Wiik explore folk hymns and elastic improvisation on their own albums

by Peter Margasak February 16, 2018August 18, 2021

Stellar Scandinavian quintet Atomic plays two Chicago shows this weekend, and its bassist and pianist have even more music to offer on their own.

Posted inBlogs

Music Frozen Dancing is the only festival where you can see Oh Sees in the snow

by Leor Galil February 16, 2018August 18, 2021

The Empty Bottle’s fifth annual free winter festival will pit fans’ love of live music against their tolerance for cold.

Posted inBlogs

CSO’s Chinese New Year concert and more of the best things to do in Chicago this weekend

by Rachel Yang February 16, 2018August 18, 2021

A Galentine’s Day brunch and more goings-on February 16-18

Posted inBlogs

‘Convert them, co-opt them, or kill them‘: The ugly fight to pass the LGBTQ-inclusive Chicago Human Rights Ordinance

by Albert Williams February 16, 2018August 18, 2021

This year marks the 30th anniversary of the dramatic battle in the Chicago City Council.

Posted inBlogs

Steppenwolf Theatre Company adds two new ensemble members—but what does that mean?

by Rachel Yang February 16, 2018August 18, 2021

Celeste M. Cooper and Cliff Chamberlain join the chosen 50.

Posted inBlogs

This Week on Filmstruck: Jacques Demy

by Patrick Friel February 16, 2018August 18, 2021

Filmstruck presents the musical films of French master Jacques Demy.

Posted inBlogs

Muslim blogger Hoda Katebi says WGN ‘didn’t trust her’ to do a follow-up interview

by Ryan Smith February 15, 2018August 18, 2021

Iranian-American Muslim fashion blogger Hoda Katebi says WGN News offered her a second interview to make amends for an Islamophobic gaffe, then withdrew the opportunity.

Posted inReader

Print Issue of February 15, 2018

by Chicago Reader February 15, 2018August 18, 2021

Volume 47, Number 19

Posted inBlogs

Assault weapons used to be illegal. What happened?

by Deanna Isaacs February 15, 2018August 18, 2021

Why did the U.S. government remove its ban on assault rifles?

Posted inBlogs

J.B. Pritzker decries this week’s Reader cover as ‘not the right approach’

by Ryan Smith February 15, 2018August 18, 2021

Democratic governor candidate J.B. Pritzker called out the cover of this week’s Reader as “not the right approach,” while Roderick Sawyer decried it as “race-baiting.”

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