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RIP Fletcher Weatherspoon, longtime pillar of Chicago's African-American...
I just heard from Jake Austen (of Roctober and Chic-a-Go-Go fame) that Fletcher Weatherspoon, the subject of his 2012 Reader story "Spoon's last dance," died this morning. Born in 1932, Weatherspoon...
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Jason Moran's ongoing Fats Waller update
Pianist and composer Jason Moran had been experimenting with his project called Fats Waller Dance Party for a couple of years before entering the studio to cut his fine new album All Rise: A Joyful...
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Are eSports the next big thing in college athletics?
On the third floor of Robert Morris University's State Street campus, there's a room that looks like a cross between a NASA control center, a submarine deck, and an arcade. Nearly every piece of...
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Tomorrow: Mewithoutyou brings transgressive third-wave emo to Bottom Lounge
Since emo's underground fourth-wave scene crossed over and became a visible phenomenon on the Billboard charts last year its become distorted under the conspiratorial scrutiny of folks apprehensive...
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Michael Chabon talks about writing, superheroes, golems, and the need to escape
Michael Chabon came to the Harold Washington Library Thursday night to discuss The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, this year's One Book, One Chicago. It was an unusually liberating...
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What the hell is this place? Doolin's
Doolin's may look like an Irish pub—but you'll have more luck getting a bubble machine than a pint of Guinness. by Megan Thielking You couldn't be blamed for wandering into Doolin's in search of a...
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Bar Takito gives David Dworshak room to explore his continent-spanning...
The food at Bar Takito is wonderful. But waiting for it to arrive is a real adventure. by Aimee Levitt Before I started working for newspapers, I thought that being a food critic conferred upon one a...
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Brian Posehn farts on
Grayer in the beard, Brian Posehn probably ain't retreating from his trademark bawdy humor anytime soon. by Drew Hunt Brian Posehn has a thing for farts—and he wants to share. Hell, his last two...
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Get well, Karen Lewis!
I won't kid you, folks, this has been a rough week for me and people of my political persuasion. I mean, hearing that Karen Lewis—the people's champ—was rushed to the hospital . . .…[ Read more ][...
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Pour a healthy glass of wine and slip on some silks for Brian McCann's...
You might not know Brian McCann but you do. You know him as the FedEx Pope and as Eyeballs O'Shaughnessy, and you definitely know him as Preparation H Raymond.…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the comments...
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Drinking whiskey with rich people at the Union League Club
After depositing my coat at the (apparently mandatory) coat check at the Union League Club on Thursday night, I walked toward the elevators, looking for signs pointing to the Scotch Malt Whisky...
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Street View 224: Shoes make the man
Street View is a fashion series in which Isa Giallorenzo spotlights some of the coolest styles seen in Chicago.They say that if you want to pair denim with denim you should pick two very different...
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The five best zombie films for Halloween programming
Among the mass of Halloween-related revival screenings hitting the city this week, the lone zombie feature—aside from those showing as part of the Music Box of Horrors—is Zombie 4: After Death, the...
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Artist on Artist: Zola Jesus talks to Daniel Knox about breaking her own mold
Zola Jesus interviewed by Chicago singer-songwriter Daniel Knox by Leor Galil Zola Jesus, aka Seattle-based singer-songwriter Nika Roza Danilova, has come a long way since the haunting, gloomy,...
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In Lincoln Park, fine-art treasures found for thrift-store prices
Salvaged work by Marc Chagall, James Session, and other artists is on display in Janice Gordon's town house. by Andrea Bauer Most of the artwork in Janice Gordon's Lincoln Park town house came from...
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The Tribune backs a goober for governor
I've never been whiplashed by a journalist the way I just was by Mark Jacob, the Tribune's deputy metro editor. I thought I remembered everything about that year of years, 1968, but in Sunday's Trib,...
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Did you read about Kim Jong-un, Bruce Rauner, and breakfast?
Reader staffers share stories that fascinate, amuse, or inspire us.Hey, did you read:• About a breakthrough in Alzheimer's research?…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Lost roots reggae from singer Willi Williams
To the extent that reggae singer Willi Williams is known beyond Jamaican music cognoscenti, it's generally for his classic 1977 track "Armagideon Time," a song covered by the Clash as the B side to...
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See what the sushi chefs are slicing up at Momotaro
Jeff Ramsey, the head sushi chef at Momotaro, which opens tonight, waxed poetic about the fish from Japanese waters for a small audience of food journalists. "The waters of Japan are especially...
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Get down to obscure hip-hop with Unsigned Hype at Danny's tonight
Chances are if you're heading out to a DJ night focused on pre-millennial hip-hop the playlist will skew heavily towards the usual suspects from the U.S. coasts. Numero Group's Jonathan Kirby comes to...
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