An attempt both to transcend repetition and please audiences results in a show that won’t fully satisfy anyone.
Tag: Vol. 48 No. 8
Issue of Nov. 22 – 28, 2018
Posted inArts & Culture
Lit recs for the reader exhausted by the weight of history
The current book obsessions of Reader culture editor Aimee Levitt and essayist and Women & Children First co-owner Sarah Hollenbeck.
Posted inMusic
New Trash make videos with flash, panache, and not much cash
Young Chicago production duo New Trash have made an asset of a low budget on shoots with Valee, Avantist, Mother Nature, and many more.
Posted inFilm
The Favourite suggests the path to power in the early 18th century British royal household went right through the bedchamber
Is the monarch a queen or a pawn?
Posted inFilm
Lee Chang-dong’s Burning demonstrates the perils of trying to adapt Haruki Murakami to the screen
The new Korean film feels like a stalemate between two master storytellers.
Posted inArts & Culture
HeLa turns the story of Henrietta Lacks into a key to the universe
Playwright J. Nicole Brooks weaves together race, medicine, and basic humanity into a heartfelt drama.
Posted inArts & Culture
Arcadia pulls its audience into various emotional and historical puzzles
The story serves as a love letter to hunger.
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Here are 19 shows to get you into the holiday spirit
Christmas trains, elves, bingo, showgirls, and many, many carols, plus the Quranic perspective and Hanukkah goblins.
Posted inArts & Culture
SnowGirls puts the X back in Xmas
Hell in a Handbag delivers another naughty holiday parody.
Posted inBlogs
A highly unprofessional trepanation on the gig poster of the week
This week’s featured gig poster was designed by local artist Bill Connors.
Posted inMusic
Better Yet podcast host Tim Crisp on a highly anticipated debut album that surpassed all expectations
Current musical obsessions of Retirement Party front woman Avery Springer, Better Yet podcast host Tim Crisp, and Reader writer Leor Galil
Posted inArts & Culture
Book of Mormon is still crass and juvenile—and completely delightful
The musical’s commentary on faith is also somehow appropriate for the holiday season.
Posted inArts & Culture
Q Brothers Christmas Carol serves up an old chestnut with a side of sass
The hip-hop holiday extravaganza returns.
Posted inMusic
Mutant Beat Dance throw a little party for their monster debut album
Mutant Beat Dance throw a little party for their monster debut album, former Ponys front man Jered Gummere drops his first full-length as Richard Vain, and more.
Posted inBlogs
‘Fashion helps me connect with people’
Head-to-toe emojis help security officer Vickie Gould cope with a tough day.