“Should I be concerned about my celibacy?,” and more questions from Uncle Dan’s grab bag.
Tag: Vol. 47 No. 30
Issue of May. 3 – 9, 2018
Posted inBlogs
Everything you ever needed to know about the Chicago common brick
Tori Marlan explores the people and profiteering in the city’s brick salvage industry.
Posted inArts & Culture
Memphis makes the birth of rock all about the white dude
Porchlight’s production is fun, but lacks depth.
Posted inMusic
Oldest black-owned nightclub in city faces uncertain future
Harold Washington, Muhammad Ali, and Rick James all dropped in at Taste, the oldest black-owned nightclub in the city.
Posted inFilm
The documentary Summer in the Forest is mediocre—and a must-see
Randall Wright’s film provides a welcome introduction to author, philosopher, and social worker Jean Vanier.
Posted inArts & Culture
Dael Orlandersmith channels the voices of Ferguson in Until the Flood
Derived from dozens of interviews, a series of eight monologues shows a wide range of perspectives.
Posted inBlogs
Rich dudes rejoice: The ‘Fair Tax’ is all but dead in Illinois
A progressive income tax requiring folks like Kanye, Rauner and Pritzker to pay more won’t be on the ballot this fall.
Posted inMusic
Hogg drop a new LP of tense, ritualistic throb ’n’ roll
Hogg drop a new LP of tense, ritualistic throb ’n’ roll, Elastic Arts hosts the 15th annual Sonic Celluloid multimedia mashup, and more.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
New ‘free-floating’ bike share rolls out on south side
You don’t need to find a dock to rent these bikes, which you find and rent using an app.
Posted inBlogs
The weird world of Guy Maddin
Five great films by Canadian indie Guy Maddin, whose latest, The Green Fog, screens this week at Gene Siskel Film Center.
Posted inArts & Culture
Lyric’s Jesus Christ is, indeed, a superstar
He causeth the amplifiers to thunder and glitter to rain down upon the stage.
Posted inArts & Culture
Zephyr Dance’s new venue Site/Less makes its debut with a performance filled with potent images
Michelle Kranicke and company thread their way through Shadows Across Our Eyes.
Posted inBlogs
Remembering the Haymarket Affair and the city’s attempts to forget it
Chicago has been strangely reluctant to commemorate one of the most important events in labor history—even though it happened right here.
Posted inBlogs
The new Chicago Style cocktail conference emphasizes thinking as much as drinking
Chicago Style, a cocktail conference taking place from May 7th to 10th at the Ace Hotel, hopes to start a conversation about long-overlooked issues in the beverage industry.
Posted inBlogs
Lawmakers push for better training for cops in schools
A Reader and City Bureau investigation last year found the cops in Chicago Public Schools acted with little oversight.