Typically When I delve into a housing story, I find that someone with more power is exercising it in a way that hurts someone with less power. In situations where low-income tenants are grappling with exploitative landlords, or public housing residents are battling recalcitrant city officials, or homeowners face off against predatory lenders, narratives are […]
Tag: Vol. 49 No. 2
Issue of Oct. 10 – 16, 2019
Posted inReader
[Livestream] Mobilize: ‘Power of our Pride’ discussion
Presidential forum watch party event live from Sidetrack
Posted inCity Life
Field notes from the war on sex
A century ago, the Committee of Fifteen hunted for “houses of ill-fame.”
Posted inFood & Drink
In Bertha Garcia’s hands the elusive chorizo verde is a symphonic sausage
Green chorizo is now on the menu at Xocome Antojeria.
Posted inFood & Drink
Joe Guzzo is sweet on complexity, not so much on sugar
Marz Community Brewing’s nonalcoholic drinks are just as wild as its beers.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Why I can’t get excited about impeaching Trump
This doomed effort won’t even make for good TV.
Posted inArts & Culture
Remembering forgotten lesbian history
“Lavender Women & Killer Dykes” at Gerber/Hart Library and Archives shines a light on the people, places, and publications that shaped Chicago’s lesbian culture.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
A note from our staff writer about getting spooky
When today’s newsletter arrives in your inbox, I’ll be in the middle of a daylong fast for Yom Kippur, the holiest day on the Jewish calendar. I’m by no means religious in the traditional sense—I’ve spent more Shabbats at rock clubs than in synagogues. But I love Yom Kippur, even if my stomach doesn’t (note: […]
Posted inPress releases
[PRESS RELEASE] Chicago Reader hosting presidential forum watch party
LGBTQ leaders joined by candidate Marianne Williamson
Posted inNews & Politics
Fear and loathing at a South Shore co-op
Oglesby Manor survived the Great Depression and the Great Recession. Will gentrification and neighborly discord spell the death of this housing co-operative?
Posted inMusic
The gospel according to Mama Lou
Lou Della Evans-Reid spent nearly 40 years as minister of music for Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church, but even at age 89 this gospel trailblazer isn’t done spreading the good news.
Posted inMusic
Picked clean on the gig poster of the week
This week’s featured gig poster was created by Nashville artist Dean Tomasek.
Posted inArts & Culture
Richard III walks into a karaoke bar . . .
Shakespeare’s villain goes flat in Eclectic Full Contact’s production.
Posted inArts & Culture
Sherlock’s Last Case puts the Baker Street genius in a tight spot
As First Folio’s droll and dark production demonstrates, he rather deserves it.
Posted inArts & Culture
Desperate debauchery haunts this Cabaret
Encroaching fascism and gender fluidity make for a timely revival with Cowardly Scarecrow.