In 1991, Reader critic Bill Wyman hit the pavement to figure out how one of the biggest shows of the previous year ended in a brawl that resulted in 18 concertgoers behind bars.
Tag: Vol. 47 No. 20
Issue of Feb. 22 – 28, 2018
Posted inBlogs
Before hipster coffee ruined your neighborhood
Before Bow Truss and Dollop there was Don’s Coffee Club, a Rogers Park haunt where it didn’t matter what you wanted.
Posted inFilm
Patricia Clarkson lays down the law in The Party
Friends gather for dinner, then drama, in Sally Potter’s witty drawing room comedy.
Posted inFilm
An interview with Laura Checkoway, director of the Oscar-nominated Edith+Eddie
The Kartemquin Films release profiles nonagenarian newlyweds who were torn apart.
Posted inBlogs
Why wear basic black when there’s such a thing as faux fur?
Fashion maximalist Heather Thorgaard considers rainbows and sparkles neutrals.
Posted inBlogs
Low-income tenants say luxury developer is treating them like ‘bald-headed stepchildren’
Plans for redeveloping Atrium Village now call for segregating affordable housing into a separate, aging building
Posted inNews & Politics
Edwin Eisendrath discusses the offensive Reader cover, staff diversity, and the paper’s future
Sun-Times Media CEO says, “We’re stabilizing.”
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Chicagoans to Wisconsin: Thanks but no thanks—we’ll take the train
CTA commuters weigh in on the ad campaign urging passengers to ditch the hassles of public transit and move to the Badger State
Posted inNews & Politics
Rahm’s dream of an express train to O’Hare is like a nightmare from Trump
Is a 20-minute ride to the airport really worth $30 and millions of dollars of taxpayer money?
Posted inFood & Drink
Is Matthias Merges and Graham Elliot’s Gideon Sweet the second coming of Yusho?
The Randolph Street restaurant is a reunion of sorts for the celebrity chefs, but it’s in some ways also a rebirth.
Posted inMusic
Singer and poet Tasha on She Shreds and the missing legacy of black women guitarists
Current musical obsessions of singer and poet Tasha, musician and producer Kamaria Woods, and Reader music editor Philip Montoro
Posted inBlogs
Eyeballs go in the wrong holes on the gig poster of the week
This week’s gig poster was created by local comedian Sarah Squirm, ringleader of the live variety show Helltrap Nightmare.
Posted inMusic
The world catches up to iconoclastic composer Julius Eastman
Iconoclastic composer Julius Eastman died homeless almost three decades ago, and his work was nearly lost. But classical music finally has room for a queer black voice in the minimalist pantheon.
Posted inBlogs
Even in the age of of #MeToo, Lyric‘s Così Fan Tutte is still a thing of beauty
The ostensible subject is women’s constancy, but the real subject has always been the full scope of human nature—and the music.