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Home » Vol. 48 No. 18

Tag: Vol. 48 No. 18

Issue of Feb. 7 – 13, 2019

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Posted inCity Life

The mayor’s assassin

by Joe Mason February 12, 2019August 18, 2021

Revisiting a murder in the White City.

Posted inFilm

Just My Luck teaches us that a kiss is the best way to change your fortunes.

by Brianna Wellen February 12, 2019May 10, 2022

Lindsay Lohan and Chris Pine totally swapped career trajectories, so we know it’s true.

Posted inArts & Culture

The Joffrey premieres a brand-new Anna Karenina

by Irene Hsiao February 12, 2019August 18, 2021

The ballet company built its Tolstoy adaptation from the ground up.

Posted inNews & Politics

No one is running: the 42nd Ward

by Maya Dukmasova and Ben Joravsky February 12, 2019August 18, 2021

The race in the ward that economically drives the entire city of Chicago is totally uncontested, and Ben and Maya look at why.

Posted inCity Life

Digging out gems from the city’s dumpsters

by Isa Giallorenzo February 12, 2019August 18, 2021

One man’s treasure . . .

Posted inArts & Culture

Cecil McDonald’s extraordinary photos of ordinary life

by Deanna Isaacs February 12, 2019August 18, 2021

“In the Company of Black” is now on view at the Chicago Cultural Center.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

Ida B. Wells Drive makes Chicago history

by John Greenfield February 11, 2019August 18, 2021

It’s the city’s first-ever downtown roadway to honor an African-American woman; the cost is that Balbo’s street name remains intact.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

Remembering industrial designer Charles Harrison

by Deanna Isaacs February 11, 2019August 18, 2021

A tribute to the designer of the View-Master, the Dial-O-Matic, and the plastic garbage can—and the first black executive at Sears.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

The many lives of Alderman Danny Solis

by Ben Joravsky February 11, 2019August 18, 2021

Solis swapped his loyalty to Daley and Rahm for sex, Viagra, and the council’s zoning chair.

Posted inNews & Politics

Not even trying to pretend: the 46th Ward

by Maya Dukmasova and Ben Joravsky February 11, 2019August 18, 2021

Ben and Maya look at the fight between low-income housing and neighborhood amenities in rapidly changing Uptown.

Posted inArts & Culture

Lit recs for the reader in search of adventure

by Aimee Levitt February 11, 2019August 18, 2021

The current book obsessions of Northwestern prof Bill Savage and Reader culture editor Aimee Levitt

Posted inNews & Politics

What can we expect from our elected officials: the 22nd Ward

by Maya Dukmasova and Ben Joravsky February 9, 2019August 18, 2021

Departing progressive alderman Rick Munoz faces personal trouble in advance of the election, placing successor Michael Rodriguez’s race in jeopardy, in staunchly independent Little Village.

Posted inNews & Politics

Ties to Kanye West and Michelle Obama: the Fifth Ward

by Maya Dukmasova and Ben Joravsky February 8, 2019August 18, 2021

The future site of the Obama Presidential Center and the home of the University of Chicago also encompasses parts of lower-income South Shore, which Ben and Maya think makes for a fascinating aldermanic race.

Posted inArts & Culture

ShawChicago turns a staged reading of Arms and the Man into a symphony

by Kerry Reid February 8, 2019August 18, 2021

It’s a perfect anti-romantic comedy, just in time for Valentine’s Day.

Posted inArts & Culture

Not even an injured knee can stop Nina Stemme’s powerful performance as Elektra

by Deanna Isaacs February 8, 2019August 18, 2021

The soprano makes an impressive Lyric debut.

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