Tag: Vol. 49 No. 19
Issue of Feb. 13 – 19, 2020
Posted inMusic
Postgrunge outfit Daybreaker drop a double-edged new video
Daybreaker’s new “Porn and Fame” video straddles the line where partying too much stops being funny.
Posted inArts & Culture
Odd Pleasures: A Queer Valentine’s Day Event, the Half-Court Classic 3v3 Invitational, and more to do this weekend
Arts and culture happenings from Fri 2/14 to Sun 2/16.
Posted inFilm
Chicago Movie Journal: The communist imagination
The romantic pull of the Soviet ideology in film.
Posted inArts & Culture
Freedom Ride gives voice to an important chapter in American history
Chicago Opera Theater’s exploration of the civil rights movement traces one fictional woman’s journey.
Posted inArts & Culture
We found love in a Matches place
Two love stories that started on the pages of the Reader
Posted inArts & Culture
Emma has its charming moments, but little staying power
This musical take on Austen’s oft-adapted tale skims the surface.
Posted inArts & Culture
Gown girl
How do you cut the cord when you’re surrounded by couples tying the knot?
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Chicago’s three-card monte
Mayor Lightfoot’s TIF “reform” does not tell you how much the scam costs.
Posted inFood & Drink
Andersonville’s Little Madrid has tapas where you least expect them
A native Madrileno knows how it’s done.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
The Iowa fiasco and the Democrats’ shadowy plot to stop Bernie
The party is using different tools to achieve the same goal as 2016—sidelining Sanders.