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Home » Vol. 49 No. 43

Tag: Vol. 49 No. 43

Issue of Sep. 3 – 16, 2020

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Posted inFilm

The Burnt Orange Heresy critiques the art critic

by Noah Berlatsky September 4, 2020August 18, 2021

Giuseppe Capotondi’s latest looks at the dark inauthenticity of the art world.

Posted inFilm

The Queens takes you behind the scenes of a Chicago drag pageant

by Cody Corrall September 4, 2020August 18, 2021

The documentary is at its best when focusing on the most marginalized in the drag community.

Posted inCity Life

A labor of love

by Salem Collo-Julin September 4, 2020August 18, 2021

Upcoming events and distractions from our listings coordinator

Posted inReader

Chicago Reader Book Club membership giveaway

by Chicago Reader September 4, 2020August 18, 2021
Posted inReader partners

A chance to ‘save the last dance’

by Shantá Harrington, SocialWorks September 3, 2020August 18, 2021

SocialWorks will keep the class of 2020 from missing out

Posted inMusic

Norwegian shapeshifters Ulver remain as literary, elusive, and dark as ever on Flowers of Evil

by Monica Kendrick September 3, 2020August 18, 2021

Norway’s Ulver debuted in 1993 as a howling black-metal outfit, but since then front man and composer Kristoffer Rygg has steered his ship into such different waters you can hardly […]

Posted inArts & Culture

An encyclopedia of women’s empowerment

by Ariel Parrella-Aureli September 3, 2020August 18, 2021

Local photographer Amy Boyle’s new project, 52 Phenomenal Women, elevates the voices of women and reminds us there’s power in sharing our stories.

Posted inMusic

Spektral Quartet’s Experiments in Living upends the timeline to stake out a fresh vantage point

by Hannah Edgar September 3, 2020August 18, 2021

The through line of Spektral Quartet’s first studio release in four years, Experiments in Living, is that there is no through line—at least on the surface. The double album covers […]

Posted inMusic

Andrew Kitchen’s boogie strikes back

by Jake Austen September 3, 2020August 18, 2021

Soul Train veteran and Attack of the Boogie host Andrew Kitchen celebrates the reissue of his dance show’s 1984 theme song.

Posted inMusic

The pandemic is still with us, so Bandcamp day is too

by Leor Galil September 2, 2020August 18, 2021

The Reader recommends 34 recent releases for this month’s Bandcamp day.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

Back to college in a pandemic

by Deanna Isaacs September 2, 2020August 18, 2021

Faculty and staff unions question safety, while the future of higher ed gets murky.

Posted inMusic

Roll up for the percolator on the gig poster of the week

by Salem Collo-Julin September 2, 2020August 18, 2021

This week’s featured gig poster was created by singer, DJ, and producer Green Velvet, aka Cajmere.

Posted inFilm

Residents in southeast Chicago aren’t giving up

by S. Nicole Lane September 2, 2020August 18, 2021

“There’s a spirit in my neighborhood that is as tough as the steel we produced.”

Posted inMusic

Zeena Parkins and Jeff Kolar merge electronic sounds with nature on Scale

by Salem Collo-Julin September 2, 2020August 18, 2021

The new Scale is billed to composer and improvising harpist Zeena Parkins and Chicago sound artist and radio producer Jeff Kolar, but its story involves a larger group of collaborators. […]

Posted inCity Life

Ode to a Chicago Public School

by Nina Li Coomes September 2, 2020August 18, 2021

The lessons learned in CPS go beyond what’s taught in the classroom.

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