Bar Sotano’s chef de cuisine launches a line of toasty, nutty, Mexican chili oils.
Tag: Vol. 50 No. 9
Issue of Jan. 21 – Feb. 3, 2021
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Seven best online psychic reading services
Learn about the best online psychics that offer free love readings, tarot readings, and future readings. We use these every week for accurate psychic guidance.
Posted inCity Life
Out and about . . . or not
Upcoming events and recommendations from our listings coordinator
Posted inArts & Culture
Bursting and bubbling, Susan Smith Trees opens at Evanston Art Center
Working with the unknown encourages the “known.”
Posted inFood & Drink
BIPOC bartenders shake it up
Chicagoan Davíd Leon Jr. is among the mixologists featured in a new short film following people of color in the industry.
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Missed Connections starts with the human, not the trick
Jon Tai’s intimate take on magic and storytelling comes (virtually) to A Red Orchid.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Is my boyfriend a closeted necrophiliac?
If even the slightest moan escapes her lips during sex, he recoils.
Posted inMusic
Wardruna’s runes ain’t made for Nazis
Wardruna’s fifth full-length was due last June, but due to the pandemic, the Norwegian neo-prog-folk band bumped the release date of Kvitravn to this January. Though Wardruna were born out of Norway’s black-metal scene—two of the band’s three founders, Einar Selvik and Gaahl, are veterans of the influential Gorgoroth—they’re also inspired by Norse folk traditions, […]
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The Aces helped invent the sound of electric Chicago blues
The Aces are best known as a backing band, but they took the lead when it came to the future of the blues.
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This new app is helping Chicago businesses stay afloat
Lalamove delivers anything, even during a pandemic.
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A transatlantic livestream on the gig poster of the week
This week’s featured gig poster was created by musician and artist Misisipi Mike.
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Back to the petri dish
With threats of termination, Mayor Lightfoot and Janice Jackson welcome teachers back to the classroom.
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Emerging rapper the Third angles for a place in Chicago’s hip-hop pantheon with The Director’s Cut
The past decade of Chicago hip-hop would be entirely different without Young Chicago Authors and the Harold Washington Library’s YouMedia lab. Both have served as creative hubs for local teens, and their storied weekly open mikes—YouMedia’s Lyricist Loft and YCA’s WordPlay—have given many beloved Chicago rappers their starts. In the 2020s, a new generation of […]
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Rest in peace to Chicago drummer Joe Camarillo
Beloved drummer and collaborator extraordinaire Joe Camarillo built a long resumé, which includes decades playing with the Waco Brothers and Hushdrops.
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Dream-pop artist Claude releases her refined debut EP
Dream-pop artist Claude releases her refined debut EP, Brooklyn label Fire Talk signs Chicago singer-songwriter Mia Joy, and more.