Volume 48, Number 35
Tag: Vol. 48 No. 35
Issue of Jun. 6 – 12, 2019
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Defending the indefensible
The Ed Burke question: If the city’s going to waste millions on downtown TIF deals, why shouldn’t he get a little piece of that pie?
Posted inFilm
In Asako I & II Ryûsuke Hamaguchi wonders if human longing is innate or instilled by something beyond us
Who hasn’t experienced heightened emotional states at moments of crisis or epiphany?
Posted inFood & Drink
A (brief) guide to the food of Kerala
A selection of the southwestern Indian state’s greatest hits from Glenview’s Kairali Foods
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Baby want candy
An adult diaper lover wants to come out with his kink. Plus: Does mom know best when it comes to Daddy Dom?
Posted inArts & Culture
Shannon Noll uses comedy to defy expectations and define themself
Comedian Shannon Noll is using their new webseries and photo project to subvert expectations of gender and sexuality.
Posted inArts & Culture
Essential listening for Pride Month
From Stravinsky to Wendy Carlos, six instances where music has shaped our conception of queerness, whether we’re aware of it or not.
Posted inArts & Culture
Take Me is undermined by its own whimsy
Guilt and grief lead a woman to imagine she’s been contacted by aliens.
Posted inMusic
This sheet mask sucks on the gig poster of the week
This week’s featured gig poster was created by local artist Lupe Garza-Martinez.
Posted inFood & Drink
Understanding Mezcal by Jay Schroeder is a witty distillation of the world of agave spirits
Get a grip on agave with this slim volume from Quiote’s beverage director.
Posted inArts & Culture
The Killer needs a little less conversation and a little more action, please
Trap Door’s production of Ionesco’s absurdist farce works best when no one is talking.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Should a CBD user be worried about drug tests at work?
Our expert says: it depends.
Posted inArts & Culture
Queen of the Mist somehow manages to make the story of the woman who went over Niagara Falls in a barrel “tedious, monotonous, repetitive, and not fun.”
Firebrand’s production can’t rise over the limits of the script.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Time for a sustainable revolution
Chicago’s new wave of aldermen discuss transportation goals.
Posted inArts & Culture
Four Places hovers brilliantly between public pleasantries and private dysfunction
Adult children confront the past and future lives of their aging parents over lunch.