Contrary to what Hillary said about Bernie, you don’t have to be liked to get stuff done.
Tag: Vol. 49 No. 17
Issue of Jan. 30 – Feb. 5, 2020
Posted inNews & Politics
Objection!
Who needs Facebook and Russian trolls when Illinois election laws sow plenty of bad faith?
Posted inMusic
Dungeons & Heshers on the gig poster of the week
This week’s featured gig poster was designed by Adam Luksetich for his series Cafe Must Thrash.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
She’d rather have a picket fence than a threesome
When a kinky partner is just told what they want to hear
Posted inArts & Culture
Black Creativity thrives in its 50th year
The legacy of the Museum of Science and Industry exhibition is built on cultural representation and innovation.
Posted inArts & Culture
The Mousetrap puts on fun house finery at Court
Sean Graney’s production offers a visually clever update of Agatha Christie’s classic whodunit.
Posted inArts & Culture
Grease revs up the revival engines at Marriott
Scott Weinstein’s staging is far more knock-out than knockoff.
Posted inArts & Culture
Roe is a history lesson and a warning
Lisa Loomer’s docudrama examines the landmark abortion rights case.
Posted inArts & Culture
The Adult in the Room doesn’t do full justice to Nancy Pelosi
Orlagh Cassidy centers this one-woman show, but the script needs more depth.
Posted inArts & Culture
Bridging the spiritual and political divide in I Hunger for You
Kimberly Bartosik/daela make their Chicago debut.
Posted inArts & Culture
Verböten has some sharp songs, but the book sags
Jason Narducy and Brett Neveu’s portrait of a 1983 teen punk band needs more edge.
Posted inFilm
Ben Sachs’s 25 favorite movies of the decade
You might have missed some of the most groundbreaking and innovative films of the 2010s.
Posted inArts & Culture
The Leopard Play, or Sad Songs for Lost Boys examines a fractured Mexican American family
Isaac Gomez’s world premiere at Steep takes us over the border of trauma and truth.
Posted inFilm
Short films, big messages
The Oscar-Nominated Documentary Short Films program explores the ties that bind amid tragedy and struggle.
Posted inMusic
Luftwerk mourn the vanishing ice caps with a Pritzker Pavilion installation
Luftwerk mourn the vanishing ice caps with a Pritzker Pavilion installation, beat-scene series Kinky Yeti throws itself a birthday party, and more.