Yesterday we learned that Weezer, Run the Jewels, and Taking Back Sunday were replacing Blink-182 at Riot Fest. Today organizers added seven more bands, and single-day tickets went on sale.
Tag: Vol. 47 No. 47
Issue of Aug. 30 – Sep. 5, 2018
Posted inBlogs
Pretty Cool Ice Cream is the anti-Happy Place
Pastry chef Dana Salls Cree’s novelty ice cream shop is a genuine antidote for end-time anxiety.
Posted inFood & Drink
San Soo Korean BBQ is next generation
The scion of Chicago’s oldest live-coal gogi jip (“beef house”) has set up shop in River West.
Posted inArts & Culture
The Chicago Fringe Festival pares back to one week—what does it mean?
Though the Chicago Fringe Festival has pared back to one week, several of its shows still look promising.
Posted inBlogs
Five opera films that hit the high notes
If the Gene Siskel FIlm Center’s screening of The Magic Flute has you longing for more opera films, here are five that hit the high notes.
Posted inArts & Culture
Writers Theatre’s Vietgone brings the war home to Glencoe
Writers Theatre’s Vietgone brings the war home to Glencoe.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
‘Why is this woman giving me blow jobs?’ and more from the mailbag
Dan Savage weighs in on a friend with benefits giving them without getting them, and more.
Posted inArts & Culture
Haki Madhubuti has lived his life as an act of defiance
And the 76-year-old Chicago educator, essayist, activist, and founder of Third World Press is as radical as ever.
Posted inFilm
Art gets in the way of Madeline’s Madeline
A story of a 16-year-old and her experimental theater troupe, Madeline’s Madeline is marred by the creative process of director Josephine Decker.
Posted inBlogs
You might want to avoid the shallow end on the gig poster of the week
This week’s featured gig poster was designed by local artist Ryan Duggan.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
The Chicago Architecture Foundation is now the Chicago Architecture Center
And it’s opening in its new digs on the Chicago River this weekend.
Posted inArts & Culture
You & Me masterfully bridges theater and improv comedy
Michael Patrick Thornton invites everyone from theater newbies to high-powered actors to play alongside him.
Posted inBlogs
DJ Duane Powell follows his ‘inner-gy’
The 41-year-old’s style combines Afrofuturism, house, and more.
Posted inArts & Culture
‘Correlated Mediums’ aims to investigate the effect of music on movement
Esoteric Dance Project’s new program explores what makes us move the way we do.