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Hedy's review was a rave—why is everybody so upset?
If Silk Road Rising is looking for quotes from the critics to fire up the ad campaign for the company's new show, Invasion!, Hedy Weiss gave them plenty. "Part satire, part agit-prop, part impassioned...
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MingHin gets bit during shark week and food news bites
•MingHin Cuisine was fined $120 for displaying a banned shark's fin, reports the Trib. • Legendary soul food queen Izola White is a ward of the court and in danger of losing her home, reports...
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Reader's Agenda Sat 8/10: Ginza Festival, the Hitchcock 9, and the Armenian...
Looking for something to do today? Agenda's got you covered:Teriyaki gets kind of a bum rap for being one of those "safe" foods, a staple for unadventurous American-mall regulars.…[ Read more ][...
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It's bargain week at the area's best annual art flea market
During the final week of the annual "recycled" art sale at the Art Center Highland Park, the already low prices take a dive. And this is it.…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Don't Kiss Me: Flash-in-the-pan fiction
Formal experimentation overshadows real emotion in Lindsay Hunter's Don't Kiss Me. by Eleni O'Connor Don't Kiss Me, Lindsay Hunter's second collection of ultrashort fiction—26 stories in 192...
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Zoom in: The Loop
The Maker Lab allows you the opportunity, in person, to be mystified by the process of 3-D printing. by Jillian Sandler DIY projects are popping out around Chicago thanks to the Harold Washington...
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Reader's Agenda Sun 8/11: Northalsted Market Days, Chicago Hot Dog Fest, and...
Looking for something to do today? Agenda's got you covered:Northalsted Market Days claims to be the biggest two-day street fair in the midwest, packed with arts and crafts, food vendors, and three...
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Weekly Top Five: Rediscoveries
The big news in Chicago moviegoing this week is the arrival of the Hitchcock 9, a series of newly remastered early Alfred Hitchcock films that will be screening at the Music Box through Tuesday. We've...
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When folk music loses touch with "folks"
The old weird America is gone, but on Waterdrawn the Horse's Ha shows that hippies are just as scary. by Noah Berlatsky Hippie alternaculture ate a friend of mine some years back. When I first knew...
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In a collaborative college project, the medium is the data
In a collaborative college project, the medium is the data. by Aimee Levitt Practices like data mining and data scraping are uncovering more of the world's raw information than ever before: seriously...
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Reader's Agenda Mon 8/12: The Dillinger Escape Plan, Proyecto Latina, and...
Looking for something to do today? Agenda's got you covered:The Dillinger Escape Plan headlines the Summer Slaughter tour, which stops by the House of Blues tonight.…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the...
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Best shows to see: The Dillinger Escape Plan, Old Time Musketry, Yo Majesty,...
Guys, festival season is almost over. Last weekend we wrapped the biggest one of the summer, Lollapalooza.…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Did you read about Eric Holder, the Gathering of the Juggalos, and Mariano...
Reader staffers share stories that fascinate, amuse, or inspire us.Hey, did you read:• That Eric Holder is expected to announce new Justice Department policies today aimed at reducing imprisonment?...
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12 O'Clock Track: Russian Circles go extra crushing on "Deficit"
There are track teases and then there's "Deficit," the first nugget from Russian Circles' upcoming fifth album, Memorial (out 10/29 via Sargent House), and today's 12 O'Clock Track. The local...
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Show us your . . . construction sculptures
Kip Pasta spends anywhere between 100 and 300 hours on his elaborate wooden structures. by Gwynedd Stuart Artist Kip Pasta's "construction sculptures" are wooden abstract towers that resemble...
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Tropic thunder: Founders Brewing's Mango Magnifico con Calor
If you're checking up on Beer and Metal this fine Monday hoping to read my dispatch from the Great Taste of the Midwest, I'm sorry to disappoint you. No really, I am—I'd love to have gone this year.…[...
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When summer plagues you with summer squash, make quesadillas
I don't know what I was thinking, planting so much summer squash this year, but the reliably prolific vegetables are about the only thing that's doing well in this cool, wet, sorry excuse for a summer....
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"Beer Is Food": Jared Rouben talks culinary brewing at Moody Tongue
Since he announced his departure from what was probably the highest-profile brewing gig in town, head brewmaster at the Goose Island brewpubs, in January, Jared Rouben has kept beer fans watching and...
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The butt of the joke in recent U.S. comedies
I don't much care for We're the Millers, a Hollywood comedy that opened last weekend, but I find the movie worthy of attention in one respect: it contains multiple jokes about anal sex. And while I...
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Reader's Agenda Tue 8/13: Illinois State Fair, cocktail class, and bullet...
Looking for something to do today? Agenda's got you covered:Today is Agriculture Day at the Illinois State Fair, which means you get to see open beef, goat, swine, and sheep shows.…[ Read more ][...
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