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Home » Vol. 47 No. 43

Tag: Vol. 47 No. 43

Issue of Aug. 2 – 8, 2018

Posted inArts & Culture

Leave Me Alone! turns Chekhov into a public service announcement

by Tony Adler August 3, 2018August 18, 2021

And, in the process, gives the entire ending away.

Posted inReader

Print issue of August 2, 2018

by Chicago Reader August 2, 2018August 18, 2021

Volume 47, Number 43

Posted inNews & Politics

Caught between black and blue

by Evan F. Moore August 2, 2018August 18, 2021

Was the police shooting of Harith Augustus justified? Is Blue Lives Matter for white cops only? Three black Chicago-area officers talk about what things look like from where they stand.

Posted inBlogs

Taylor Bennett at Lollapalooza and more of the best things to do in Chicago this weekend

by Katie Powers August 2, 2018August 18, 2021

Silk Road Rising’s New China Festival and more goings on 8/3-8/5.

Posted inArts & Culture

Defacing Michael Jackson uses a pop star and his fans as a metaphor for modern America

by Dmitry Samarov August 2, 2018August 18, 2021

Five young people try their best to find a measure of grace in a society temperamentally unsuited to it.

Posted inFilm

Black Harvest Film Festival fights to redefine Chicago’s south and west sides

by Andrea Gronvall August 2, 2018August 18, 2021

Three locally shot documentaries showcase resolute, civic-minded personalities in Englewood and East Garfield Park.

Posted inArts & Culture

The Lady Demands Satisfaction is good swashbuckling fun

by Albert Williams August 2, 2018August 18, 2021

Babes With Blades takes on Restoration farce.

Posted inArts & Culture

Despite the tiny cast of Murder for Two, there’s a multiplicity of suspects

by Jack Helbig August 1, 2018August 18, 2021

Marriott’s two-man musical murder mystery is lots of fun, until it runs out of plot.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

Was it socialism or a capitalist conspiracy that tanked Venezuela’s economy?

by Deanna Isaacs August 1, 2018August 18, 2021

And why did Trump want to invade?

Posted inArts & Culture

Silk Road Rising’s New China Festival introduces American audiences to Chinese playwrights

by Dan Jakes August 1, 2018August 18, 2021

“It’s interesting to be able to work on stuff that is clearly not rooted in an American perspective.”

Posted inArts & Culture

Chicago Shakespeare presents an amped-up Midsummer Night’s Dream in the parks, the way it was sort of meant to be

by Tony Adler August 1, 2018August 18, 2021

Barbara Gaines’s adaptation includes hip-hop faeries, a cute lion, and abundant Chicagoiana.

Posted inMusic

Chicago soul man Marvin Smith hit big with the Artistics, but couldn’t break out on his own

by Steve Krakow August 1, 2018August 18, 2021

Despite his arresting falsetto on “Time Stopped” (and a cosign from Curtis Mayfield), Marvin Smith’s solo records never did better than his 1966 Artistics single “I’m Gonna Miss You.”

Posted inBlogs

Urban Renewal Brewing’s cofounder says the controversial name ‘has nothing to do with urban redevelopment’ policies

by Ryan Smith August 1, 2018August 18, 2021

“It has nothing to with urban redevelopment, necessarily. Hopefully, people can see the bright side of what we’re trying to do, and not harp on the past.”

Posted inBlogs

Unsafe sex on the gig poster of the week

by Luca Cimarusti August 1, 2018August 18, 2021

This week’s featured gig poster was created by local artist Josh Davis of Dead Meat Design.

Posted inArts & Culture

Bliss transports Greek tragedy to midcentury suburban America

by Justin Hayford August 1, 2018August 18, 2021

And it’s too cute by exactly half.

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