Tag: Vol. 48 No. 38
Issue of Jun. 27 – Jul. 3, 2019
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Shy gay man seeks secret password to sexual adventure
Dan Savage recruits an expert to advise a shy gay man who feels he’s stuck on the outside looking in.
Posted inFilm
The Fate of Lee Khan is the most fun you’ll have at the movies this summer
Now in a new digital restoration, King Hu’s wuxia classic mixes comedy, action, intrigue—and resistance.
Posted inFilm
In Wild Rose, a Glaswegian with her heart in Nashville aspires to become the queen of country music
Jessie Buckley shines as a singer whose life is already one long country song.
Posted inArts & Culture
LGBTQ Glossary
From allosexual to zaza and zir, terms you won’t find in your Funk & Wagnalls
Posted inArts & Culture
End Pride Month with a bang
Your guide to some of the biggest LGBTQ events this weekend
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Rahm Emanuel on his 900-mile bike trip around Lake Michigan
The former mayor encountered ‘generosity and kindness,’ enjoyed Lake Michigan’s ‘clarity and vastness’—and popped a couple bicycle tubes.
Posted inFood & Drink
RIP Wanda Kurek, the queen of Whiskey Row
The 95-year-old bar matron has passed, but Stanley’s will go on.
Posted inArts & Culture
Hedwig and the Angry Inch, up close and personal at Theo Ubique
In the title role, Will Lidke is a nova of charisma.
Posted inArts & Culture
Ada and the Engine is more mechanical tool than finely calibrated dramatic device
The gears keep spinning, but we never get anywhere.
Posted inArts & Culture
Urban Theater Company re-creates the house music scene from Back in the Day
But the dance sequences undermine the attempts to address serious issues.
Posted inArts & Culture
Something Clean looks at the aftermath of a rape trial from an unexpected angle
Selina Fillinger’s drama gets in some good shots in at quick-fix concepts of closure, healing, and even justice.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
At Theater on the Lake, a free Prologue to a free season
Theater on the Lake kicks off its season with a free three-day seminar for the Chicago theater community.