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Home » Vol. 48 No. 3

Tag: Vol. 48 No. 3

Issue of Oct. 18 – 24, 2018

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Posted inColumns & Opinion

A note from the editor

by Anne Elizabeth Moore October 19, 2018August 18, 2021

It just feels like whiplash most days, doesn’t it? We’ve barely wrapped our heads around how Brett Kavanaugh’s moving soliloquy on drinkin’ won him a seat on the Supreme Court and then Elizabeth Warren takes a seat at the table for President Trump’s weird new birtherism game. It’s sunny and frigid and autumn in Chicago, […]

Posted inNews & Politics

Raised Voices

by Anya Davidson October 19, 2018August 18, 2021

Anya Davidson delivers a comics report from the Women’s March to the Polls.

Posted inBlogs

Staffer Ryan Smith says goodbye to the Reader

by Ryan Smith October 18, 2018August 18, 2021

Social media editor Ryan Smith has some parting words about politics and his three-and-a-half-year tenure at the Chicago Reader.

Posted inBlogs

Cave return with their first new music in five years, and it’s worth the wait

by Luca Cimarusti October 18, 2018August 18, 2021

Chicago five-piece Cave release the funky Allways on Friday and play two Hideout shows to celebrate.

Posted inBlogs

Rauner and Pritzker tout government transparency while blocking access to records

by Mick Dumke October 18, 2018August 18, 2021

Will Illinois’s candidates for governor ever practice what they preach?

Posted inArts & Culture

Danai Gurira’s Eclipsed is a powerful declaration of hope

by Sheri Flanders October 18, 2018August 18, 2021

Four women band together to survive the Libyan civil war.

Posted inFilm

Ike Barinholtz’s political satire The Oath is, above all, a provocation

by Ben Sachs October 18, 2018August 18, 2021

A family is divided when the American president demands every citizen pledge their loyalty to him.

Posted inBlogs

Peter Bogdanovich explains why Buster Keaton still matters

by Andrea Gronvall October 18, 2018August 18, 2021

The director discusses his new documentary The Great Buster showing this weekend at the Chicago International Film Festival.

Posted inFood & Drink

Taste of Havana restores a Cuban presence to Logan Square

by Mike Sula October 18, 2018August 18, 2021

Taste of Havana restores a Cuban presence to Logan Square

Posted inArts & Culture

Fun Harmless Warmachine explores the soul of the Trumpian white male

by Justin Hayford October 18, 2018August 18, 2021

The New Colony’s show plumbs unsettling depths.

Posted inNews & Politics

The long death of Jean Lalime

by Paul Dailing October 18, 2018August 18, 2021

A classic tale of Chicago corruption, and also of rabbinical law, frontier justice, and the city’s first murder

Posted inArts & Culture

There may be a compelling play about the 1897 concert in the Paris Catacombs, but Les Innocents is not it

by Dan Jakes October 18, 2018August 18, 2021

Instead you’ll find yourself killing time with a Belle Epoque Orpheus.

Posted inArts & Culture

The puppets are the best reason to venture within The Walls of Harrow House

by Dan Jakes October 18, 2018August 18, 2021

Rough House’s latest production is a worthy addition to the Chopin’s tradition of interactive performances.

Posted inArts & Culture

Serenity Now! creates a sober space for performers in a booze-filled industry

by Brianna Wellen October 18, 2018August 18, 2021

Stand-up Whitney Wasson wanted to create a healthier environment for people in recovery from alcoholism and drug addiction.

Posted inArts & Culture

Shepsu Aakhu’s words transcend a prosaic staging of Black and Blue

by Justin Hayford October 18, 2018August 18, 2021

Two African-American cops deal with life on the force in the aftermath of the Laquan McDonald video.

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