Current musical obsessions of Chicago singer-songwriters Tatiana Hazel and Melo Makes Music and Reader intern Julia Hale
Tag: Vol. 48 No. 5
Issue of Nov. 1 – 7, 2018
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Tips for men who want to make walking, biking, and transit a little less crummy for women
“If a woman has headphones on, she doesn’t want to talk to anyone unless the train is literally on fire.”
Posted inNews & Politics
A Visual Voter’s Guide
Protest images from the last two years will inspire you to get to the polls.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
A note from the editor
The sharpest political mind in southeastern Michigan belongs to a 15-year-old girl named Sadia. She’s not old enough to vote, nor is she a citizen—and neither are her parents. Plus she’s superbusy. She’s got school, and then because, birth order-wise, she sits somewhere in the middle of a gaggle of kids, some of whom have […]
Posted inArts & Culture
Artist-chemist Michael Koerner uses tintypes to explore his genetic heritage in his solo show, “My DNA”
These chemigrams mimic the chromosomal mutations he inherited from his parents.
Posted inArts & Culture
The Last Session’s backstory makes it more than a relic of the AIDS crisis
Playwright Steve Schalchlin’s survival turns the musical into something hopeful and defiant.
Posted inArts & Culture
The Darkness After Dawn isn’t quite the Ashley Judd-in-peril-style thriller we were hoping for
Tropes of the genre just don’t work onstage the same way they do on-screen.
Posted inBlogs
Today Andersonville has a record store again
Rattleback Records, opened by a retired elementary school principal who lives in Edgewater, sells new and used vinyl, CDs, and cassettes.
Posted inNews & Politics
Efforts to turn Cook County Jail into a polling location persist following governor’s veto
Though House Bill 4469 to turn Cook County Jail into an official polling location remains at a standstill, representatives who worked on the bill remain positive and motivated.
Posted inNews & Politics
Cook County judicial elections stir up unusual public scrutiny
Next week’s election could be the first in nearly 30 years to unseat a Cook County judge
Posted inArts & Culture
Radio Culture presents the life of a Belarusian everyman
Maxim Dosko’s play makes its U.S. debut at TUTA Theatre.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
How to get your groove back after giving birth
A pelvic floor physical therapist comes to the rescue. Plus: Dan gives advice to a straight woman in love with a gay man.
Posted inArts & Culture
Surrealistic elements help Hooded, or Being Black for Dummies transcend its sitcom origins
Like the black experience, the show is messy, fun, shocking, and unpredictable.