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The Keegan Award is casting a wider net
The committee of journalists behind the Anne Keegan Award for Distinguished Journalism has decided to modify the criteria for entering. The Keegan Award, to quote from the original rules, honors...
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Parts and Labor can't add up to a great burger
Classic thin, griddled burger patties have emerged in recent times as an antidote to the much-aped monstrous and overtopped Kuma's-style burger, for better and worse. To me, the ideal form among the...
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My Filipino family outing in Park Ridge
On Saturday afternoon, a friend and I took a drive to Park Ridge to see Girl, Boy, Bakla, Tomboy at the Pickwick Theatre. We went partly because the movie is a mainstream comedy from the Philippines,...
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In Chicago, charter schools remain untouchable
Aldermen kill a proposal to discuss school policies but find time to take on Eliot Ness. by Ben Joravsky With Chicago's public schools so broke that Mayor Rahm Emanuel decided to close 50 of them last...
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The latest Cook County Jail fight
Officials continue to battle over who's getting locked up in Cook County. by Mick Dumke Anyone not following closely would have missed the latest maneuver in the long political battle over expensive,...
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After gay marriage, whither exquisite anguish and romantic tragedy?
When World War I ended and Paris returned to its full effervescence, Cole Porter was there as a dashing young American, Linda Thomas as a divorced socialite eight years Porter's senior. They met and...
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Queer art now, for better and worse
"Strange Bedfellows," a traveling collection of collaborative work, surveys a subversive genre: queer art. by Yasmin Nair Anyone interested in the question of where queer artistic representation stands...
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Bastille and Inspiration Rock
Despite what the Frenchy name suggests, Bastille (or BΔSTILLE if you're willing to go along with their preferred styling) are an alt-rock band from London. According to Wikipedia the group started out...
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Co-Prosperity Sphere to host a multimedia event about the Chicago Picasso
Six months after Co-Prosperity Sphere hosted a celebration of local artist and filmmaker Tom Palazzolo, the experimental Bridgeport cultural center is teaming up with Palazzolo again for "Picasso and...
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True Detective is criminally great
How many more television shows about a couple of detectives working tirelessly to track down a killer—destroying or altogether eschewing healthy interpersonal relationships in the process—is the...
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A panel about an academic boycott of Israel turns controversial
A panel about an academic boycott of Israel turns controversial. by Deanna Isaacs At the annual convention of the Modern Language Association held here earlier this month, the MLA's delegate assembly...
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Putting the humanity back in Hedda Gabler
Writers Theatre's full-color Hedda Gabler puts the humanity back in Ibsen's classic. by Tony Adler Among the uncountable curiosities that cycle and recycle through social media is a page of historic...
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In a new memoir, Gary Shteyngart is no Little Failure
In Little Failure, Gary Shteyngart looks back on an immigrant childhood. by Dmitry Samarov Gary Shteyngart is as much a New York media entity as he is a writer. Part Yakov Smirnoff, part Woody Allen,...
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Gossip Wolf: Juke Underground drops a globe-spanning comp
Juke Underground's globe-spanning comp, Clearance's slanted and enchanted EP, and more by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil This wolf digs Juke Underground, a local collective that grew out of footworking...
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Black Jack flashes back to 1750 Yorkshire
Ken Loach's period adventure Black Jack screens at Siskel Film Center. by J.R. Jones Following a long stretch of British TV work, proletarian director Ken Loach returned to the big screen with this...
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In Generation War, the kids are all Reich
Music Box presents the controversial German miniseries Generation War. by J.R. Jones One seldom thinks of movie exhibitors having an academic agenda, but the Music Box organization has been developing...
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Reader's Agenda Wed 1/22: Perfect Pussy, Lolita, and TJ & Dave
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: Clowning around with Earthless
ARTIST: Josh DavisSHOW: Earthless, Destruction Unit, Yakuza, and Running at Empty Bottle on Sat 1/25MORE INFO:deadmeatdesign.com[ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Sarah Simmons shows different ways to honor Dr. Martin Luther King
To commemorate the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., Sarah Simmons decided to crash an interfaith breakfast and denounce Mayor Emanuel's school policies. Specifically, the policies that led the mayor...
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Did you read about EveryBlock, Quentin Tarantino, and Warren Buffett?
Reader staffers share stories that fascinate, amuse, or inspire us.Hey, did you read:• That the neighborhood news site EveryBlock is coming back, starting tomorrow? —Ben Sachs• That smartphone users...
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