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, […]
Tag: Vol. 48 No. 3
Issue of Oct. 18 – 24, 2018
Posted inNews & Politics
Raised Voices
Anya Davidson delivers a comics report from the Women’s March to the Polls.
Posted inBlogs
Staffer Ryan Smith says goodbye to the Reader
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
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
Will Illinois’s candidates for governor ever practice what they preach?
Posted inFilm
Ike Barinholtz’s political satire The Oath is, above all, a provocation
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
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
Taste of Havana restores a Cuban presence to Logan Square
Posted inArts & Culture
Fun Harmless Warmachine explores the soul of the Trumpian white male
The New Colony’s show plumbs unsettling depths.
Posted inNews & Politics
The long death of Jean Lalime
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
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
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
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
Two African-American cops deal with life on the force in the aftermath of the Laquan McDonald video.
Posted inArts & Culture
Danai Gurira’s Eclipsed is a powerful declaration of hope
Four women band together to survive the Libyan civil war.