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Tag: Vol. 48 No. 51
Issue of Sep. 26 – Oct. 2, 2019
Posted inFood & Drink
Dim sum and win some at Lincoln Park’s D Cuisine
Yum cha is fine at this rare tearoom outside of Chinatown, but it’s the Guangdong chef specials that are really worth investigating.
Posted inFilm
Rick Alverson’s The Mountain is a fascinating yet frustrating mood piece
But if you get on this film’s wavelength, you just might find it trancelike.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
The Herguth files
A Sun-Times reporter gathers the FBI’s files on the famous and infamous.
Posted inMusic
Piecing together the story of midwest punk’s great lost talent
Before he died at 24, Peter Laughner cofounded Rocket From the Tombs and Pere Ubu. Had he lived, he could’ve rivaled Patti Smith or Richard Hell—and a new box set shows why.
Posted inMusic
Keeping the beat
Chicago’s beat scene has to do without the attention the city’s rappers get, but it’s a vital incubator for adventurous, ambitious instrumental hip-hop.
Posted inArts & Culture
Pakalolo Sweet has a mellow vibe, but the narrative goes up in smoke
Hannah Ii-Epstein’s second play in a trilogy about the Hawaiian drug trade dances around the issue of mental illness.
Posted inArts & Culture
The King’s Speech on stage doesn’t improve upon the film.
Chicago Shakespeare’s production is pretty and witty, but lacks dramatic tension.
Posted inArts & Culture
Four young dancers talk about their journey to the Joffrey
The newest company members have international roots but a common passion for the art.
Posted inArts & Culture
August Wilson’s King Hedley II shows the ravages of the 1980s
Ron OJ Parson’s production for Court Theatre hits with torrential force.
Posted inArts & Culture
Struggling on God’s rules
In Chicago author Goldie Goldbloom’s On Division, a devout 57-year-old Jewish mother works to reconcile her faith with her Hasidic community’s cruelty to her late son.
Posted inMusic
A family-friendly phantom horse on the gig poster of the week
This week’s featured gig poster was created by local artist Annie Klein.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
The mind-your-own business edition
Your Republican dad’s cross-dressing isn’t something you need to talk about with him. Plus: sometimes the bullet dodges you, and more.
Posted inArts & Culture
Mother of the Maid puts Joan of Arc’s mom in the spotlight
Jane Anderson’s drama doesn’t invest enough in the mother-daughter bond.
Posted inArts & Culture
Opposites unite in The Best of Enemies
Mark St. Germain’s play outlines an unlikely friendship between a Black civil rights activist and a onetime member of the KKK.