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Home » Vol. 47 No. 33

Tag: Vol. 47 No. 33

Issue of May. 24 – 30, 2018

Posted inArts & Culture

Teacher of the Year earns low marks for both math and comedy

by Steve Heisler May 29, 2018August 18, 2021

The devil’s in the details.

Posted inNews & Politics

Last week’s Reader cover art was actually an intricate 3D paper cutout

by Vince Cerasani May 29, 2018August 18, 2021

Artist Yang Pulongbarit-Cuevo created this week’s elaborate cover.

Posted inNews & Politics

Why are different races correlated with two different types of earwax, and when did this divergence occur?

by Cecil Adams May 25, 2018August 18, 2021

A bold new era for earwax research has dawned.

Posted inBlogs

The Memorial Day Parade and more of the best things to do in Chicago this weekend

by Steve Heisler May 25, 2018August 18, 2021

Bike the Drive and more goings-on 5/25-5/28.

Posted inArts & Culture

Girl Found is still lost

by Irene Hsiao May 25, 2018August 18, 2021

Barbara Lhota’s new play raises questions it can’t answer.

Posted inFilm

L’Enfant Secret is so intimate it feels like a confession

by Ben Sachs May 25, 2018August 18, 2021

With this hard-to-see 1979 feature, French director Philippe Garrel moves past narrative to focus on intense emotion.

Posted inArts & Culture

Refrigerator is a chilling look into the near future

by Dmitry Samarov May 25, 2018August 18, 2021

Playwright Lucas Baisch imagines a world when we’ll all be fighting to be uploaded to the cloud.

Posted inBlogs

That time a Cook County judge ruled on the case of a man he himself put in prison when he was still a prosecutor

by Maya Dukmasova May 25, 2018August 18, 2021

In 2006 John Conroy reported an incredible story about how the Jon Burge torture scandal continues to reverberate in the judiciary

Posted inFood & Drink

Fisk & Co. flexes its mussels

by Mike Sula May 24, 2018August 18, 2021

But this seafood-focused spot in the Kimpton Hotel Monaco needs to work on its public-facing side.

Posted inReader

Print issue of May 24, 2018

by Chicago Reader May 24, 2018August 18, 2021

Volume 47, Number 33

Posted inArts & Culture

The Laramie Project charts an important moment in the struggle for LGBTQ rights in America

by Albert Williams May 24, 2018August 18, 2021

This is a docudrama with the soul of an epic.

Posted inFilm

Paul Schrader’s First Reformed finds pride at the root of despair

by J.R. Jones May 24, 2018August 18, 2021

Ethan Hawke stars in the director’s new spiritual drama, as a minister who can’t talk to his boss.

Posted inArts & Culture

Having Our Say is a fitting tribute to the indomitable Delany sisters

by Dan Jakes May 24, 2018August 18, 2021

Bessie and Sadie Delany celebrate more than a century of badassery.

Posted inBlogs

Dealing with slaughter in the schools, Congress should follow the example of John Wayne

by Michael Miner May 24, 2018August 18, 2021

Congress should tell killers of schoolchildren to pick on someone their own size.

Posted inArts & Culture

The Book of Maggie follows an epic quest to preserve Armageddon

by Max Maller May 24, 2018August 18, 2021

The fate of the day of rapture lies of the shoulders of Judas Iscariot.

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