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Tag: Vol. 49 No. 37
Issue of Jun. 18 – 24, 2020
Posted inFood & Drink
Where to eat for the Juneteenth Restaurant Celebration
Your guide to an infinite combination of al trunko food crawls
Posted inMusic
A Juneteenth livestream for Black lives on the gig poster of the week
This week’s featured gig poster was created by Chicago designer Julie Yost, the programming director at Rebuild Foundation.
Posted inArts & Culture
Summer camp is back—online and in person
Storytelling, circus arts, and social justice all find a place in youth training programs.
Posted inMusic
Why do indie musicians put up with penny payouts?
Streaming your favorite artists’ music is the least helpful way to support them. But they can’t abandon those platforms, because we won’t.
Posted inArts & Culture
Celebrate Juneteenth with Bosses in Bonnets and Preach
The groups are teaming up for an all-day comedy party on June 19.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Let the people decide
The major parties benefit too much from our rigged system to want reform.
Posted inMusic
Martin Atkins’s greatest moment in Chicago music history
With his supergroup Pigface, industrial-music veteran Martin Atkins brings together all sorts of scenes onstage.
Posted inMusic
A tragic plane crash denied horn-rock juggernaut Chase their legacy
Bill Chase’s virtuosic nine-piece band, powered by four trumpets, belongs on the same pedestal as Chicago and Blood, Sweat & Tears.
Posted inMusic
Midnight Dice issue a passport to hesher heaven
Midnight Dice issue a passport to hesher heaven, Avondale record shop No Requests throws in the towel, and more.
Posted inArts & Culture
It takes more than #OpenYourLobby to address racism in American theater
UrbanTheater Company and other BIPOC theaters deserve solidarity—and funding.
Posted inArts & Culture
Beyond the Canon highlights BIPOC playwrights
If you want to decolonize theater, start with the script.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
I have recurring wet dreams about myself
Straight men question what it means to be heterosexual.