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Did you read about Frankie Knuckles, the benefits of spite, and gun owners?
Reader staffers share stories that fascinate, amuse, or inspire us.Hey, did you read:• About the Las Vegas masseuse who found a secret pocket in which to hide valuables? —Tony Adler• That Frankie...
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12 O'Clock Track(s): RIP Frankie Knuckles, a megamix
At its best, disco music combines the extremes of opulence and brute force. It flaunts the ostentatiousness of classical music, some of the musical interplay of jazz, the warmth of soul-music singing,...
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Is Chicago architecture too enamored of its own past?
The essay collection Chicagoisms challenges architects to revive the city's reputation as a laboratory for great buildings. by Laura Pearson When Alexander Eisenschmidt moved to Chicago in 2007, the...
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The Secret History of Chicago Music: Everlasting
Everlasting managed to record just two tunes before splitting up—and disappearing more thoroughly than most. by Plastic Crimewave[ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Street View 179: Going with the wind
Street View is a fashion series in which Isa Giallorenzo spotlights some of the coolest styles seen in Chicago.Sisters Rachel and Zara were enjoying the breezy evening, skipping along Michigan Avenue,...
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Gossip Wolf: Riot Fest lineup predictions
Riot Fest predictions, For Practically Everyone Records revs up for spring, and more by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil Now that the Lollapalooza and Pitchfork lineups are out, let's take a swing at Riot...
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At Columbia College, a film screening is followed by a charge of bias
A dispute over academic freedom erupts over a Columbia College course on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. by Deanna Isaacs Last fall, shortly after Columbia College instructor Iymen Chehade showed...
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Better off dead than at Terminus: A Walking Dead recap
Whenever I have zombie apocalypse nightmares—which I do a lot; it's awful—zombies aren't the antagonists. Instead it's the gang of men with leashed Dobermans who want the last of the canned food I have...
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Chicago Design Museum has designs on a permanent home
The Chicago Design Museum searches for a permanent home and raises funds for an exhibit on 100 years of Chicago design. by Jake Malooley A couple of weeks ago, Tanner Woodford left his stable,...
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Underground film goes aboveground with What I Love About Concrete
The Chicago Underground Film Festival opens with What I Love About Concrete, a high school fantasy grounded in Memphis. by J.R. Jones I always look forward to the Chicago Underground Film Festival,...
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Tango Glories and the glories of storytelling, Argentine-style
Tango Glories (Fermin), which opens the Chicago Latino Film Festival this Thursday at 6 PM, belongs to a genre of Argentinean cinema to which I'm especially partial. Light entertainment based upon the...
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Inkwell
Links to PDFs of Reader crossword puzzles and previous weeks' solutions by Ben Tausig Recent Crosswords Growing Up (PDF) - 04.03.2014…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Our guide to the Chicago Latino Film Festival
Many of the features at the Chicago Latino Film Festival showcase South America's ongoing cinematic renaissance. by Drew Hunt, J.R. Jones and Ben Sachs Usama Alshaibi of the Chicago Underground Film...
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Our guide to the 21st annual Chicago Underground Film Festival
Though digital may have killed celluloid, the Chicago Underground Film Festival proves that it's a boon to underground cinema. by Drew Hunt, J.R. Jones and Ben Sachs Usama Alshaibi of the Chicago...
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Two film festivals, two indie filmmakers, one discussion on filmmaking ethics
Independent filmmakers Carlos Jiménez Flores and Usama Alshaibi discuss depictions of race and ethnicity in popular media. It's officially film festival season in Chicago. As the Gene Siskel Film...
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Second City's latest main-stage show is full of second guesses
Second City's Depraved New World shows us how to feel bad about ourselves. by Tony Adler I 'm the king of regret. You name it, I've got a voice inside my head telling me I should be sorry or...
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Reader's Agenda Wed 4/2: Chicago Underground Film Festival, Historie de...
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: Tinkerbelles and a violent chicken
ARTIST: Ryan DugganSHOW: Tinkerbelles and the Humminbird at the Owl on Thu 3/20MORE INFO:ryanduggan.com[ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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The International Voices Project: Next season's productions today?
I learned a lesson from last year's installment of the International Voices Project, even though I didn't attend. The IVP produces an annual festival of staged readings that highlights works by...
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