And, in the process, gives the entire ending away.
Tag: Vol. 47 No. 43
Issue of Aug. 2 – 8, 2018
Posted inNews & Politics
Caught between black and blue
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
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
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
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
Babes With Blades takes on Restoration farce.
Posted inArts & Culture
Despite the tiny cast of Murder for Two, there’s a multiplicity of suspects
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?
And why did Trump want to invade?
Posted inArts & Culture
Silk Road Rising’s New China Festival introduces American audiences to Chinese playwrights
“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
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
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
“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
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
And it’s too cute by exactly half.