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Turn yourself over to Love Prison
The lord giveth, the lord taketh away. And vice versa.…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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How to get 'David Bowie Is' to come to your town
Well, you could just call up the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, where the exhibit was created, and ask. This method worked pretty well for Michael Darling.…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the...
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This week's Chicagoan: Nic Kay, gender-nonconforming person
Nic Kay, gender-nonconforming person: "I just don't use the bathroom, for the most part, in public spaces." by Anne Ford A first-person account from off the beaten track, as told to Anne Ford. "People...
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Austin's Spray Paint perfect their marriage of no-wave throb and garage-rock...
I'm often playing catch-up when it comes to underground-rock scuzz these days and I'm certainly a late arrival to the joys of the Austin trio called Spray Paint, who today released their third and best...
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Eula Biss's inoculation against misinformation about vaccines
In On Immunity, Eula Biss explores the history and science of vaccines and fashions an inoculation against misinformation. by Aimee Levitt The day before their son, Juneau, was born, Eula Biss and her...
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Gossip Wolf: A fund-raiser for the legacy of WHPK soul DJ Bob Abrahamian
A fund-raiser for the legacy of HWPK soul DJ Bob Abrahamian, by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil We're still hurting from the death of Bob Abrahamian, the Chicago soul historian, archivist, and DJ who...
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All Is By My Side reveals a less pleasant Jimi Hendrix experience
André Benjamin stars in a chronicle of Jimi Hendrix's rise to fame. by J.R. Jones In a scene from the new biopic Jimi: All Is By My Side, a relatively unknown Jimi Hendrix, talking to someone on a pay...
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Hell's kitchenette gets an unconvincing makeover in Court Theatre's Native Son
Court Theatre's adaptation of Richard Wright's novel Native Son reduces societal trauma to situational shame. by Justin Hayford Richard Wright opens his engrossing, traumatizing 1940 novel Native Son...
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At Chicago Shakespeare, Larry Yando gives us half of a great King Lear
At Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Larry Yando gives us a Lear that's part brilliant, part overblown. by Tony Adler Larry Yando as Lear. Hotly anticipated.…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the comments on...
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Reader's Agenda Wed 9/24: Smokefall, Spray Paint, and National Bourbon...
Looking for something to do today? Agenda's got you covered.…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Gig poster of the week: Spoon is faded
ARTIST: Daniel MacAdamSHOW: Spoon and EMA at the Chicago Theatre on Tue 9/16MORE INFO:crosshairchicago.com[ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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With Chris Christie at his side, Bruce Rauner blames Governor Quinn for...
Bruce Rauner wanted to talk about how Governor Pat Quinn's policies have allowed corruption and crime to become "rampant" in some parts of Illinois. And to help him deliver the message, he brought...
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Did you read about sexual harassment, John Malkovich, and Hot Doug's?
Reader staffers share stories that fascinate, amuse, or inspire us.Hey, did you read:• That the Chicago Board of Education is banning people from its monthly meetings?…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the...
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Local band Clearance drops a compilation tape of solid indie rock, 'Merchant...
Yesterday, fledgling local four-piece Clearance dropped what basically amounts to a compilation tape of the band's entire output, dating all the way back to 2013. Comprised of a pair of seven-inch EPs,...
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Night of the frogs: Gigging with Iliana Regan of Elizabeth
Foraging for upscale restaurants conjures up an image of delicate flora being found in forests or fields, and then turned into fey little green things applied with tweezers to artful dishes. It does...
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Can Rahm clean up the mess he's made with school janitors?
The latest cost-cutting deal at CPS is off to a rocky start. by Ben Joravsky It's been an up-and-down couple of weeks for Mayor Emanuel as he attempts to win back some of the black voters he alienated...
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Miracle drugs—now sponsoring TV's most gut-wrenching terror
The terror builds slowly. First our TV screen fills with a heart-warming look at American guys and gals in all their glory.…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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In Level Five, a computer-game programmer tries to erase the history of...
Experimental filmmaker Chris Marker revisits the bloody Battle of Okinawa in Level Five. by Ben Sachs French filmmaker Chris Marker all but created his own genre, interweaving elements of documentary,...
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Kendrick Lamar and Milo drop divergent hip-hop releases on the same day
Yesterday Kendrick Lamar dropped "i," the first single from his forthcoming untitled follow-up to his fantastic 2012 major label debut, Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City. It's a light pop anthem that samples the...
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One Bite: Sorry soft shells at Cy's King Crab Oyster Bar & Grill
For all the restaurants I went to this spring and summer, I somehow failed to eat any soft-shell crabs, a situation I was certain would lead to some sort of eldritch curse, like my skin sloughing off...
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