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Tag: Vol. 48 No. 33
Issue of May. 23 – 29, 2019
Non-Fiction and The Souvenir question how well their characters really know one another—and themselves
In two new films, Olivier Assayas and Joanna Hogg withhold information to poke and provoke viewers.
Small town government, Chicago-style politics
Lyons’s mayor, son of the former town boss who went to prison, is building clout in the western suburbs amid claims of cozy deals, including the purchase of his own house.
Civic engagement doesn’t die in prison
A state bill outlines an education program for those about to be released.
El Sabor Poblano smells like home
. . . and tastes of a single village in Puebla.
Miss Teen Wordpower
The story of forgotten Chicago vaudevillian and superfast typist Birdie Reeve
Why we can’t abandon Kim Foxx
Reformers across the nation are learning to be afraid.
Drowning in each other’s feelings
Advice on what to do when your friendship is more like a psychodrama
Ready for reform, Chicago?
Mayor Lightfoot vows to change the city from the ways of Rahm.
Get hell bent for leather history
Leather Archives and Museum offers free admission through Memorial Day weekend
Miracle is the theatrical equivalent of a no-stakes late-season game
We waited 108 years for this?
Storefront Theater Musical is a bad-faith disaster
It commits the great satirical sin of punching down.
The Winter’s Tale of our discontent
But at least “Exit, pursued by a bear” finally makes sense.
La Havana Madrid returns, bringing cha cha, salsa, and love
Sandra Delgado’s immersive musical about a legendary 1960s Latinx nightclub is as heartfelt as ever.