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Tag: Vol. 48 No. 48
Issue of Sep. 5 – 11, 2019
Posted inArts & Culture
The Chicago Neighborhood Guidebook elevates Chicago’s lesser-heard stories
From Austin to Hegewisch, this essay collection offers snapshots of life in Chicago’s neighborhoods.
Posted inMusic
Let’s talk Riot Fest
The Reader crew start some conversations about Chicago’s loudest punk-rock institution: its lineup, its location, its role in the community, and more.
Posted inMusic
Once Riot Fest has you, how does it treat you?
The Riot Fest grounds themselves provide a pretty different experience than, say, Lollapalooza or Pitchfork.
Posted inMusic
Why to get to Riot Fest early
If your lunch runs late, you’ll miss some of Riot Fest’s most exciting acts—including Mongolian metal warriors the Hu, garage monsters Drakulas, and folk-pop wild card Caroline Rose.
Posted inMusic
Unsolicited advice for Riot Fest’s bookers
Riot Fest has its traditions, and it’s hard to hate Andrew W.K. or Gwar—but here are some bands we’d like to see.
Posted inMusic
Hopping the Riot Fest nostalgia train
Reunions and full-album sets are Riot Fest’s specialty—so what does it have to offer this year, besides Bikini Kill?
Posted inMusic
Riot Fest’s elephant in the room
Does Riot Fest have any business taking over a public park in a largely Black and Brown neighborhood?
Posted inNews & Politics
Chicago Muay Thai
The smell of menthol oil and the whine of traditional Thai instrumental music pierce the humid July air of the Cicero Stadium on fight night. Though it’s best known for hosting Chicago’s annual Golden Gloves boxing tournament, today the stadium has a new occupant: Muay Thai. The national sport of Thailand, in which participants use […]
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Translating Lori
If you want to know what Mayor Lightfoot was really saying in her state of the city speech, you have to read between the lines.
Posted inFood & Drink
DJ Khaled does the Licking
The mogul’s “Miami-style” soul-food chain sets up on the west side.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Happy 101st birthday, Leonard Bernstein
Ravinia debuts its new “experience center” with an exhibit devoted to Leonard Bernstein.
Posted inMusic
Jay Wood of the Freesole collective on a rapper pushing the narrative of hip-hop
Current musical obsessions of Jay Wood and S.O.S of the Freesole collective and Reader intern Aaron Allen
Posted inMusic
What’s in those juice boxes on the gig poster of the week
This week’s featured gig poster was designed by local artist and animator A.G. Trigoso.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Insecure, average-looking woman vents about ex-BF-to-be
Dan Savage advises an insecure woman upset by her partner’s attraction to “sexy suicide girls,” and more.