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Home » Vol. 47 No. 47

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Vol. 47, No. 47

Issue of Aug. 30 – Sep. 5, 2018

Posted inBlogs

Riot Fest finalizes its daily lineups—though the big new acts were announced yesterday

by Leor Galil September 7, 2018August 18, 2021

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.

Posted inBlogs

Pretty Cool Ice Cream is the anti-Happy Place

by Mike Sula September 4, 2018August 18, 2021

Pastry chef Dana Salls Cree’s novelty ice cream shop is a genuine antidote for end-time anxiety.

Posted inReader

Print issue of August 30, 2018

by Chicago Reader August 30, 2018August 18, 2021

Volume 47, Number 47

Posted inFood & Drink

San Soo Korean BBQ is next generation

by Mike Sula August 30, 2018August 18, 2021

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?

by Justin Hayford August 29, 2018August 18, 2021

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

by Patrick Friel August 29, 2018August 18, 2021

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 inBlogs

You might want to avoid the shallow end on the gig poster of the week

by Luca Cimarusti August 29, 2018August 18, 2021

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

by Deanna Isaacs August 29, 2018August 18, 2021

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

by Dan Jakes August 29, 2018August 18, 2021

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’

by Isa Giallorenzo August 29, 2018August 18, 2021

The 41-year-old’s style combines Afrofuturism, house, and more.

Posted inArts & Culture

Writers Theatre’s Vietgone brings the war home to Glencoe

by Tony Adler August 29, 2018August 18, 2021

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

by Dan Savage August 29, 2018August 18, 2021

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

by Patrick T. Reardon August 29, 2018August 18, 2021

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

by Ben Sachs August 29, 2018August 18, 2021

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 inArts & Culture

‘Correlated Mediums’ aims to investigate the effect of music on movement

by Oliver Sava August 29, 2018August 18, 2021

Esoteric Dance Project’s new program explores what makes us move the way we do.

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