The owners of Pilsen Community Books now have a second store downtown.
Tag: Vol. 47 No. 9
Issue of Nov. 30 – Dec. 6, 2017
Posted inBlogs
Tasting Collective aims to bring a ‘human connection’ to restaurant dining in Chicago
The New York-based Tasting Collective brings its communal “chef-led dining events” to Chicago in December.
Posted inFood & Drink
Country clubs aren’t cool, but the food at Somerset is
Chef Lee Wolen opens the season in the Gold Coast at Boka Restaurant Group’s latest.
Posted inNews & Politics
Who loves Chicago’s most unlovable losers, the Bears?
Perhaps no local fan base is more loyal than that of the Bears. But what has the so-called pride and joy of Illinois done in three decades to deserve such devotion?
Posted inNews & Politics
The lost Harold Washington files
Thirty years after Harold Washington’s death, a newly unearthed trove of documents reveals the early stages of his transformation into the insurgent who’d become the first (and still only) black man elected mayor of Chicago.
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Horace Mann Elementary’s Marching Mustangs don’t need 76 trombones, just three trumpets (and a few other instruments too)
South-side school Horace Mann Elementary is holding a fund-raiser to supplement its small budget and keep its band marching.
Posted inBlogs
Emanuel blames the CTA fare hike on state funding cuts, and other Chicago news
Also, how Mayor Rahm Emanuel benefits from Luis Gutierrez stepping down as congressman.
Posted inMusic
Gifts that sing—are you listening?
The best best box sets of 2017 include 11 CDs from David Bowie’s Berlin period, 529 tracks of live vintage country from Louisiana Hayride, Roland Kayn’s 14-hour electronic masterwork, and the most complete portrait yet of Hüsker Dü’s early years.
Posted inFilm
Watch The Disaster Artist and you’ll never enjoy The Room again
James Franco spoils the magical ineptitude of Tommy Wiseau’s enduring cult movie.
Posted inFilm
Greta Gerwig: A new voice in cinema, or an old voice just speaking up?
The writer-director of Lady Bird was hiding in plain sight.
Posted inBlogs
Links Hall turns trading post for a festival of artistic exchange
Five Chicago-based artists have invited out-of-town guests for a series of joint performances.
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The Old Town School turns 60 and celebrates with a podcast
The venerable folk-music school shares stories from its own colorful history.
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How Gene Siskel Film Center will screen movies while they’re closed for renovations
The local film organization will present four site-specific screenings in December as changes are made to their State Street location.
Posted inArts & Culture
Dave Kehr returns with another indispensable collection of film criticism
University of Chicago Press issues Movies That Mattered, a follow-up to the longtime Reader staffer’s 2011 book When Movies Mattered.