Movement studies of a woman with multiple sclerosis.
Tag: Vol. 48 No. 11
Issue of Dec. 13 – 19, 2018
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Celebrating Acero’s successful teachers’ strike—and the belated victory for Karen Lewis
Chicago’s City Council hates taking from the schools and giving to the rich but sometimes they do it anyway.
Posted inBlogs
Looks like Karen Lewis may have defeated Rahm after all
As I watched jubilant teachers, wearing union red, from the Acero charter school network celebrate the new contract they’d won after a four-day strike, I had a flashback to the way things used to be. The Chicago Teachers Unions were in the midst of their 2012 strike, which had shuttered all the public schools in […]
Posted inArts & Culture
Lit recs to dismantle violence, both the personal and systemic
The current book obsessions of Reader staff writer Maya Dukmasova and activist Mariame Kaba.
Posted inArts & Culture
The Second City’s Algorithm Nation or, The Static Quo feels stuck in the system
The 107th mainstage revue features talented performers, but it’s strictly by the numbers.
Posted inFood & Drink
Filipino meets Cuban at Bayan Ko
A snug Ravenswood mom-and-pop with postcolonial synergy.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
A note from the editor
Boy howdy did it get exciting ’round these parts last week! Our Public Newsroom with City Bureau kicked off last Thursday with a toast in our new Bronzeville office—which then led to some of the smartest discussions I’ve had in this city about how we can hold public office-seekers publicly accountable. I don’t mean “we” […]
Posted inFilm
In Shoplifters, the sharpest insights are blurred by sentimentality
Hirokazu Kore-eda’s film about an impoverished makeshift family won the Palme d’Or at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.
Posted inMusic
Racetraitor guitarist Dan Traitor on connecting hardcore and union organizing
Current musical obsessions of Racetraitor guitarist Dan Traitor, Decline front man Fern X Decline, and Reader associate editor Jamie Ludwig
Posted inArts & Culture
Isaac Gomez wanted to know more about the women who were abducted on their way to work in Juarez. So he wrote La Ruta.
The El Paso-born playwright’s newest work premieres this week at Steppenwolf.
Posted inMusic
Honoring the vanishing musical culture of Wicker Park
In some ways, Dorian’s is just one more boutiquey bar and restaurant. But its record store and music bookings connect it to Wicker Park’s 1990s arts community.
Posted inNews & Politics
Overlooked mayoral hopefuls share bold visions for Chicago
They may have little name recognition and no campaign funds, but the regular people running for mayor are committed to making the city thrive.
Posted inFilm
This year’s Animation Show of Shows amuses more than astonishes
The 15 international selections use a variety of forms, from pencil to clay animation.
Posted inArts & Culture
Hellcab’s appeal remains just as mystifying now as it was in 1992
Despite the update to a female cabdriver, the script’s fundamental flaws remain unaddressed.