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Home » Vol. 49 No. 4

Tag: Vol. 49 No. 4

Issue of Oct. 24 – 30, 2019

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Posted inFood & Drink

Eat antique beef at Publican Quality Meats

by Mike Sula October 25, 2019August 18, 2021

One seven-year-old cow. Six chefs. Six dishes.

Posted inFilm

Kartemquin Films honors Diverse Voices

by Janaya Greene October 24, 2019August 18, 2021

The organization nurtures rising Chicago documentarians through its grant program.

Posted inFood & Drink

Dabbing for beginners

by Mike Sula October 24, 2019August 18, 2021

High-potency cannabis concentrates needn’t be scary once you know your way around them.

Posted inCity Life

Bronzeville’s best

by Isa Giallorenzo October 24, 2019August 18, 2021

This longtime boutique has garments—and bling—for every walk of life.

Posted inMusic

Summoning the ghosts of Record Row

by Aaron Cohen October 23, 2019August 18, 2021

For two decades, a short stretch of Michigan Avenue hosted a concentration of creative entrepreneurship whose influence on Black popular music is still felt today.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

Another year older

by Leor Galil October 23, 2019August 18, 2021

A note from our staff writer

Posted inNews & Politics

Asylum City

by Sarah Conway, Michelle Kanaar, Apoorva Mittal, Kash and Borderless Magazine October 23, 2019August 18, 2021

The harrowing stories of six asylum seekers who now call Chicago home

Posted inArts & Culture

Hollis Resnik is big, but the score stays small in Porchlight’s Sunset Boulevard

by Albert Williams October 23, 2019August 18, 2021

A great star turn can’t quite overcome the limitations of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s 1993 musical.

Posted inArts & Culture

The Effect asks if passion is real in an age of pharmaceuticals

by Josh Flanders October 23, 2019August 18, 2021

Strawdog’s production leaves a mark in this Chicago premiere.

Posted inArts & Culture

Kentucky puts the “blue” in the Bluegrass State

by Kerry Reid October 23, 2019August 18, 2021

Leah Nanako Winkler’s raucous and poignant family drama gets a stellar local premiere with the Gift Theatre.

Posted inArts & Culture

Marginalia centers on two women and their “ferocious, rambunctious way of being”

by Irene Hsiao October 23, 2019August 18, 2021

Khecari’s new duet debuts at Links Hall.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

School for sexual scoundrels

by Dan Savage October 23, 2019August 18, 2021

How can inveterate cheaters find happiness? Facing up to facts is a start.

Posted inMusic

Trying out a new bat signal on the gig poster of the week

by Salem Collo-Julin October 23, 2019August 18, 2021

This week’s featured gig poster was created by local artist Chris Day.

Posted inArts & Culture

A couple finds themselves in a creepy cabin in the woods in Grey House

by Catey Sullivan October 23, 2019August 18, 2021

Levi Holloway’s horror show for A Red Orchid Theatre gives a feminist makeover to a familiar genre.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

Feast to famine

by Ben Joravsky October 22, 2019August 18, 2021

Just last year Chicago had billions for Amazon but now it’s suddenly too broke for schoolkids.

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