Olive-oil cake and other treats at Scafuri Bakery
Around since 1904 and reopened on Taylor Street this spring, Scafuri Bakery exudes cozy. The walls, hung with family photos, are a warm shade of ochre.…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the comments on this...
View ArticleShowYouSuck has the edge
I stumbled upon local MC ShowYouSuck a couple years ago, when Netherfriends main man Shawn Rosenblatt released an EP of songs using samples of Harry Nilsson titled simply Netherfriends Does Nilsson....
View ArticleReader's Agenda Sat 7/13: West Fest, Windy City Smokeout, and Jerry's sixth...
Looking for something to do today? Agenda's got you covered:Go west, young men and women, for West Fest (Chicago between Damen and Wood), which returns today with a weekend lineup that features...
View ArticleLee Anglin wants you to be his pen pal
I'm not often asked, "What's the latest on Lee Anglin?" but I'll tell you anyway. Actually, I'm never asked that.…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
View ArticleDid you read about Roger Ebert, a fireplace in Romania, and New York's Museum...
Reader staffers share stories that fascinate, amuse, or inspire us.Hey, did you read:• About the FOMO (fear of missing out) frenzy over a work of art at New York's Museum of Modern Art? —Tony Adler•...
View ArticleThe Vans Warped Tour redefines "punk" again
If kids think of "punk" as radio pop with guitars, that's what the Vans Warped Tour will book. by Miles Raymer Punk rock is in a difficult spot right now: the precocious disaffected youth who have...
View Article12 O'Clock Track: Majical Cloudz' stark and intense "Bugs Don't Buzz"
There's a whole mess of Pitchfork Music Festival aftershows and preparties taking over clubs around the city throughout the weekend—you can read about them in the Reader's guide to the three-day...
View ArticleBest shows to see: Lord Dying, Caleb James, Eviyan, Protomartyr, and of...
Hear the buzz in the air? That's the sound of Soundboard washing tank tops at the laundromat.…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
View ArticleWhat every young man should know: How to strike out and get to first
At a susceptible age, I came across the Duane Decker baseball novels for boys. An incident in one of them impressed me deeply.…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
View ArticleA former Chicago underground documentarian goes international
John Yingling, originally from Appleton, Wisconsin, made a pretty big splash during his years in Chicago, videotaping countless shows and documenting the underground scene on his blog Gonzo Chicago. He...
View ArticleGreat Chicago Fire Festival gets a producer
Redmoon announced today that it has hired former Steppenwolf artistic producer Rebecca Rugg as producer of the Great Chicago Fire Festival, a citywide summer and fall event slated to launch next year....
View ArticleStreet View 109: Flowery Floridan at Lula Cafe
Street View is a fashion series in which Isa Giallorenzo spotlights some of the coolest style seen in Chicago.Talk about fun menswear! Lula Cafe server Dennis flaunts his Floridian roots by bedecking...
View ArticleAnd the winners of our Pitchfork cover contest are . . .
Patrick Stanton and Scott LoPresto! Both winners achieved unbelievable feats in their guesswork: Patrick was a distant first, accurately spotting 35 people on the cover, and Scott, with an...
View ArticleReader's Agenda Fri 7/19: The Save Money Army, Black Panthers on film, and...
Looking for something to do today? Agenda's got you covered:Whether you're going to Pitchfork festival today or not, stop by Reggie's for an aftershow headlined by Caleb James, who released the...
View ArticleIt begins: Day one of our coverage of the Pitchfork Music Festival
It's going to be a muggy and very likely rainy Friday—unless you're stuck wearing your best shoes in the mud, an evening thunderstorm will probably be a relief. (I went to college in Houston, so my...
View ArticleTripping your brains out on psychedelic cactus, so who needs the rest of this...
In this week’s issue Ben Sachs reviews Crystal Fairy & the Magical Cactus, a new Chilean feature by Sebastian Silva (The Maid) in which Michael Cera talks some pals into going in search of a...
View ArticleMayor Rahm: Sofa King of Chicago
It's been a month or two since I've been to the Mothership—the Reader's office—which happens to be located in the blighted, high-poverty neighborhoood known as River North. For all you folks unfamiliar...
View ArticleBlack Cinema House on the north and south sides
Tomorrow night Black Cinema House will present two overlapping film programs in the north and south sides. At 6 PM the group will present a program of work by British filmmaker and former architect...
View ArticleDid you read about Abe Lincoln, Nazi-themed cafés, and Tom Thibodeau?
Reader staffers share stories that fascinate, amuse, or inspire us.Hey, did you read:• About Abe Lincoln and Stand Your Ground?—Steve Bogira• About the Romanian mom who says she incinerated works by...
View Article12 O'Clock Track: You know, Wire plays today too
From the chatter on the streets (by which I mean the chatter among about a dozen of my friends), the acts people seem to be excited about seeing at the Pitchfork Music Festival are R. Kelly, Bjork, and...
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