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Aldermen Solis and Munoz reveal the truth about politics in Chicago
Every now and then, I have one of those eye-opening revelations when I realize the world's different than I thought. Such was the case this week when Mick Dumke and I hosted another fun-filled episode...
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Keep your eyes peeled on Pawn Works Sticker Club's studio
The attic of Nick Marzullo's Humboldt Park apartment is sticker heaven. by Andrea Bauer Nick Marzullo climbs the stairway of his Humboldt Park apartment into a cramped attic virtually wallpapered in...
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The Comedy Exposition stand-up fest stands in for Just For Laughs
Locals at the ground floor of Chicago's stand-up scene launch the Comedy Exposition to help replace the absent Just for Laughs. by Kevin Warwick The Comedy Exposition of 2014 started with a single...
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What the band the Walkmen taught me about watching movies
I'm still mourning the loss of the Walkmen, one of my favorite rock bands, who went on "indefinite hiatus" earlier this year. Few musicians have done more to increase my enjoyment of movies.…[ Read...
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New York rapper Bobby Shmurda and the mutation of drill
When drill broke out two years ago it had an unparalleled grip on the city's hip-hop scene. The genre's rise has been exhaustively documented (though not always well), but if you're eager to get a...
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Reader's Agenda Tue 7/8: MCA Day, The Dance of Death, and Geronimo!
Looking for something to do today? Agenda's got you covered.…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Is justice served when prosecutors pile on charges to ensure a conviction?
The Internet’s Own Boy: the Story of Aaron Swartz isn’t a movie designed to leave audiences ambivalent about its subject. We mourn our martyrs, and we shake a fist at the powers-that-be that drive them...
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The Jerk Taco Man: A culinary collision of great import
I'm the sort of person who could be accused of committing serial refrigerator abuse. I hoard condiments.…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
View ArticleDid you read about Israel, Dinesh D'Souza, and Christopher Nolan?
Reader staffers share stories that fascinate, amuse, or inspire us.Hey, did you read:• That Israel may launch a ground invasion in the Gaza Strip as part of "Operation Protective Edge"? —Ben Sachs•...
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The micro and macro of 'Architecture to Scale'
The Art Institute's "Architecture to Scale" shows works by Chicago bad-boy architect Stanley Tigerman and LA firm Zago Architecture. by Lucy Wang Chicago is practically a museum of Stanley Tigerman's...
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12 O'Clock Track: Paul McCartney lights up and lets loose on 'Secret Friend'
As at least one Reader writer insinuated recently, J.R. Nelson's Soundboard capsule for Paul McCartney's appearance tomorrow night at the United Center is a welcome and amusing slam of the former...
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Zoom in: Edgewater
A century-old Edgewater firehouse is now a media production facility. by Lucy Wang The sign above the century-old building at 1545 W. Rosemont still reads fire department, having once belonged to...
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This month get a free crash course in Peruvian cinema at the Instituto Cervantes
On Thursday nightTomorrow night at 6 PM, the Instituto Cervantes continues its monthlong series of recent Peruvian films with Red Ink, a crime drama from 2000. Upcoming screenings include the...
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Chicago's TIF program moves deeper into the shadows
An obscure administrative maneuver keeps tax dollars flowing into the mayor's slush fund. by Ben Joravsky I'm sitting in a restaurant across the table from Ron Ernst, an indefatigable community...
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It's business unusual on Comedy Central's Nathan for You
From the hidden-camera high jinks of Candid Camera (RIP Funt) to the faux news-correspondent interviews on the way-too-short-lived series Dog Bites Man, television has a vast and wonderful legacy of...
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Write an itinerary for the first day of Pitchfork, win a three-day VIP pass
For the past two years, Reader staffers have createditineraries of what we planned on doing for a particular day of the Pitchfork Music Festival. Since there is so much to do at the annual Union Park...
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A Millennium Park in Logan Square? Three guys have a plan
Change has come to Logan Square at a decent clip in recent years. Now a local group is promoting a plan that could bring even bigger alterations to the neighborhood's landscape.…[ Read more ][...
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Blood Ties and Gambit: Two genre films for the grown-ups
Blood Ties and Gambit: two genre films from the "disappearing middle" of American cinema by Ben Sachs If you haven't yet seen James Gray's The Immigrant, make a beeline for the Gene Siskel Film Center...
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The ugly beauty of urban exploration
Urban explorers capture stunning images amid rust belt ruin. But are they also urban exploiters? by Edward McClelland Saint Laurence Catholic Church, which began its life at 71st and Dorchester as a...
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Gossip Wolf: You get one guess what sort of noise Georgia O'Queef makes
A new demo from powerviolence squad Georgia O'Queef, a new video from emo goofs Churchkey, and more by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil Gossip Wolf loves blistering, ugly powerviolence as much as the next...
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