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Home » Vol. 47 No. 20

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Vol. 47, No. 20

Issue of Feb. 22 – 28, 2018

Posted inBlogs

What caused the melee outside a Public Enemy and Sonic Youth show at the Aragon in 1990?

by Leor Galil February 23, 2018August 18, 2021

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.

Posted inReader

Print Issue of February 22, 2018

by Chicago Reader February 22, 2018August 18, 2021

Cover: The world catches up to Julius Eastman

Posted inBlogs

Before hipster coffee ruined your neighborhood

by Maya Dukmasova February 22, 2018August 18, 2021

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

by J.R. Jones February 22, 2018August 18, 2021

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

by J.R. Jones February 22, 2018August 18, 2021

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?

by Isa Giallorenzo February 21, 2018August 18, 2021

Fashion maximalist Heather Thorgaard considers rainbows and sparkles neutrals.

Posted inBlogs

Low-income tenants say luxury developer is treating them like ‘bald-headed stepchildren’

by Maya Dukmasova February 21, 2018August 18, 2021

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

by Adeshina Emmanuel February 21, 2018January 31, 2023

Sun-Times Media CEO says, “We’re stabilizing.”

Posted inColumns & Opinion

Chicagoans to Wisconsin: Thanks but no thanks—we’ll take the train

by John Greenfield February 21, 2018August 18, 2021

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

by Ben Joravsky February 21, 2018August 18, 2021

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?

by Mike Sula February 21, 2018August 18, 2021

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

by Philip Montoro February 21, 2018August 18, 2021

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

by Luca Cimarusti February 21, 2018August 18, 2021

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

by Kerry O'Brien February 21, 2018August 18, 2021

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

by Deanna Isaacs February 21, 2018August 18, 2021

The ostensible subject is women’s constancy, but the real subject has always been the full scope of human nature—and the music.

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