Five must-do happenings during Chicago Design Week from October 20-27
Tag: Vol. 47 No. 2
Issue of Oct. 19 – 25, 2017
Posted inBlogs
How Chicago’s Section 8 voucher voting bloc could sway local elections
Households in the rental assistance program are a significant (and significantly overlooked) constituency in Chicago.
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Rauner is fighting to keep details of a lawsuit filed by former business partner under wraps, and other Chicago news
Also, the long-awaited Apple flagship on the Chicago River is opening Friday.
Posted inReader
Print Issue of October 19, 2017
The CHA’s sleeping giant: cover illustration by Pam Wishbow
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The Donald J. Trump Presidential Twitter Library is SAD!
A pop-up gallery by The Daily Show enshrines the propaganda of the world’s most dangerous man.
Posted inFood & Drink
North Shore Distillery’s new rum is unlike anything else being made in Illinois
The spirit is an anomaly in a state where most distilleries are focused on whiskey, gin, and vodka.
Posted inFood & Drink
Katana plunges its glittering blade into River North
A massive robatayaki parachutes in from Hollywood.
Posted inFilm
Goodbye Christopher Robin reveals the unhappy boy behind Winnie-the-Pooh
Domhnall Gleeson is author A.A. Milne in this tale of a childhood scarred by fame.
Posted inFilm
Loving Vincent looks at the real Van Gogh—and the one we want to remember
More than 100 painters contributed to this extraordinary animated feature about the genius’s last days.
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The Hypocrites’ Dracula is a victim of mistaken locality
What might be gory fun as a late-night show to be viewed drink in hand just ain’t so from the seats at the Mercury.
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Biss, Kennedy, Pritzker support legalizing marijuana in Illinois, and other Chicago news
Also, Durbin confronts Jeff Sessions on his failure to solve Chicago’s gun violence issues.
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For MCA 50, ambient musician Lykanthea explores culture, history, and identity with her dream ensemble
Lakshmi Ramgopal, who usually performs solo as Lykanthea, bids farewell to the songs on her Migration EP this Saturday with a nine-member multidisciplinary group.
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On her solo debut, Heather Trost sets aside A Hawk and a Hacksaw’s Roma influence for dreamy pop
Heather Trost’s first record is sophisticated keyboard-driven pop that nods to Stereolab, bossa nova, Italian horror soundtracks, and more.
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Pamela Bannos’s Vivian Maier: A Photographer’s Life and Afterlife, reviewed
Northwestern University professor Pamela Bannos’s new book, Vivian Maier: A Photographer’s Life and Afterlife, takes on the myth of the now-famous street photographer.
Posted inArts & Culture
‘Between States’ is for the community but forgets the community
A new exhibit at the Chicago Architecture Foundation has lofty ambitions but could use some gravity.