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And most days the sports section is just as big a downer
Every morning I get up, make coffee, and go through the newspapers. On occasion, I seriously read them.…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Did you read about the New Regal Theater, Ichiro Suzuki, and the word "asswipe"?
Reader staffers share stories that fascinate, amuse, or inspire us.Hey, did you read:• First, that Jay-Z and Beyonce are buying Chicago's New Regal Theater, and, then, that they aren't after all. —Tony...
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12 O'Clock Track: "From Decay," a stark, impassioned gutter-emo tune from 1994!
As fourth-wave emo continues to outgrow its underground roots (just yesterday Pitchfork posted an in-depth review of the World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die's...
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Street View 115: Really sharp dude strikes back
Street View is a fashion series in which Isa Giallorenzo spotlights some of the coolest styles seen in Chicago.OK, I lied. My lesson was not learned.…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the comments on this...
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Chicago's Eyes & Ears Entertainment is helping Juicy J Stay Trippy
Earlier this week Memphis rapper Juicy J started streaming his forthcoming solo album, Stay Trippy, on his site via a bandz-centric flash video game. Fans toss bills (and sometimes paint) at strippers...
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Key Ingredient: Acadia chef-owner Ryan McCaskey doubles down on pandan
Ryan McCaskey of Acadia uses pandan leaf to add lingering "toasty rice" flavor to a southeast Asian plate. by Julia Thiel The Chef: Ryan McCaskey (Acadia) The Challenger: Thai Dang (Embeya) The...
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Watch Lynn C. Thompson chop a bunch of shit up on Sich Mang's new music...
As I briefly touched on in this week's record review roundup, last week saw the release of half-local "wurkstep" duo Sich Mang's first official full-length record, BLWNTOUT (Rainbow Body), and on...
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Daddy mayors: Protecting Chicago
In the aftermath of my recent post on the demolition of La Casita, I've been getting calls and comments from readers who say I ducked the great question of the day. And that is . . .…[ Read more ][...
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Reader's Agenda Fri 8/23: Noir City 5, Kill All Comedy, and the Boulevard
Looking for something to do today? Agenda's got you covered:The Music Box Theatre teams up with the Film Noir Foundation once again for Noir City: Chicago 5, a festival featuring overlooked titles and...
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The 'Scope of Fleischer's vision, and the rest of this week's movies
By this point, you've probably read your fill about Lee Daniels's The Butler (or, as the studio wants us to call it, Lee Daniels' The Butler), the star-studded historical pageant that's currently this...
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Wilfredo Cruz hearts Old Irving Park
For 150 years, even after it agreed to be absorbed into the city of Chicago in order to enjoy such civic perks as decent drinking water and a reliable sewer system, Old Irving Park has been an oasis of...
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Did you read about Antoinette Tuff, Mandy Patinkin, and Wong Kar Wai?
Reader staffers share stories that fascinate, amuse, or inspire us.Hey, did you read:• About the letter the U.S. government once sent ordering Native Americans on reservations to cut their hair and...
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12 O'Clock Track: Trent Reznor goes pop on "Everything"
After Nine Inch Nails' absolutely punishing set at Lollapalooza a few weeks back, the last thing I would have ever expected the band to put out was a straightforward pop-rock number. But that's exactly...
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Generation after generation of strangeness occupies Lee Sandlin's The Distancers
Let's begin with Tolstoy: "All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." What Tolstoy did not say that would be helpful here is how to tell the difference.…[ Read more...
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Boogie-woogie great Erwin Helfer heads next week's PianoForte Sessions
The Chicago Jazz Festival official gets under way next Thursday (keep your eyes peeled for our festival guide in next week's paper), but a slate of activities beginning next Monday has extended the...
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There's a lot of Chicago in this year's Chicago Dancing Festival
There may be budgetary motives behind the fact that there's more than the usual number of Chicago companies in this year's annual Chicago Dancing Festival—the terrific free, multiday dance showcase,...
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Tre Soldi is perfectly fine
The new Roman-style restaurant from the folks behind Coco Pazzo: It's perfectly all right. by Sam Worley Here is a hard demographic reality, or at least an ignorant guess: if, as we've noted in this...
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Fifty years after "I Have a Dream": Time for a real War on Poverty
In the Reader this week, we recognize the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on its 50th anniversary. The march on Aug. 28, 1963, drew attention to the deep and long-standing hardship of blacks,...
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Action Comedy now in action at Challengers
Action Comedy: Megan Gailey headlines the debut of a comic showcase. by Molly Adams Comics are not always funny—but in those cases, they can be claimed as high art, like The Walking Dead or Neil...
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Show us your. . . classic Schwinn cruisers
Vicky and Luis Mercado have a collection of seven restored classic Schwinn cruisers, plus their very own cruiser club. by Gwynedd Stuart Vicky Mercado used to think of cruisers as "mom bikes" (and...
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