Weed is legal in Illinois, but expunging records and freeing prisoners remains complicated.
Tag: Vol. 50 No. 15
Issue of Apr. 15 – 28, 2021
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Rethinking public art with the Chicago Monuments Project
With 41 pieces flagged as potentially problematic, the city seeks input about next steps.
Posted inMusic
‘It opened my mind to the possibilities of what music could be’
The Jefferson Park EXP concert series brings a wild diversity of sounds to a neighborhood library—and to the Internet.
Posted inMusic
Gustavo Cortiñas explores Latin American history, culture, and resilience on Desafío Candente
The third release by Gustavo Cortiñas, Desafío Candente (“Incandescent Defiance”), is an epic set of jazz and spoken word inspired by Las Venas Abiertas de Latinoamérica (“The Open Veins of Latin America”), an iconic series of historical essays by Uruguayan author and poet Eduardo Galeano. The Chicago-based drummer and composer invited more than 30 musicians […]
Posted inColumns & Opinion
School board politics, revisited
There are billions of reasons that have nothing to do with education to keep the schools under mayoral control.
Posted inMusic
A roof to raise on the gig poster of the week
This week’s featured gig poster was created for the Delta Bombers’ current tour by graphic designer Jason Lonon, aka Death-Ray Design.
Posted inMusic
A new Zoom opera honors the health-care workers fighting COVID
A new Zoom opera honors the health-care workers fighting COVID, country cat Lawrence Peters leads a workshop for aspiring record collectors, and more.
Posted inFilm
Kyra Jones flips the script on sexual assault films
Go to the Body explores healing, justice, and what it actually looks like to protect Black women.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
My depressed ex is now dating a man
I’m so angry. Was he just closeted and wasting my time?
Posted inMusic
Chicago-born shoegaze group Fauvely roll back the distortion on Beautiful Places
Fauvely front woman Sophie Brochu has built a creative life working with the warm, distorted tones of shoegaze; for much of the 2010s, she explored the style’s indie-pop possibilities in Chicago five-piece Videotape, and she’s helped push amps to their breaking points as part of the live lineup for Scott Cortez’s wall-of-sound project Astrobrite. Brochu […]
Posted inFilm
Now playing: a return to the movies
After several pandemic pivots and herd immunity on the horizon, local movie theaters and film programs are returning to business not-quite-as-usual.
Posted inArts & Culture
For Your (Re)Consideration finds dramatic gems from the past with resonances for today
Ghostlight Ensemble’s online festival celebrates overlooked women playwrights.
Posted inCity Life
The future of CBD is female
Two local women entrepreneurs entering the cannabis industry are bringing holistic wellness, better access, and equity to the game.
Posted inCity Life
Painful sex shouldn’t be a mystery condition
This common condition affects more people than we think. We shouldn’t ignore it anymore.
Posted inMusic
Attention Kmart shoppers
Fifty-six freely downloadable in-store tapes hosted by the Internet Archive include the soundtracks of 30-year-old Bluelight Specials.