Issue Archives
Oct 17-23, 2013
Issue Archive for Oct 17-23, 2013 Vol. 43, No. 4
News & Politics
Columns & Opinion
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The activist-doctor Quentin Young is still in 6
A new film project tries to capture the life of the physician who takes care of Chicago.
by Ben Joravsky | Oct 15, 2013
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Was Walt Whitman racist? 30
Northwestern voice student Timothy McNair took a stand in protest—and failed a class.
by Deanna Isaacs | Oct 14, 2013
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Spoiler alert: Everybody dies
Enough with all the little deaths. This week: big death!
by Dan Savage | Oct 17, 2013
Music
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Jamie Carter: Nigerien hit maker 3
How a Chicago indie rocker helped make a West African guitar band a sensation in Niger
by Peter Margasak | Oct 15, 2013
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The Secret History of Chicago Music: Captain Walter Dyett 2
This DuSable High School band director taught generations of future stars.
| Oct 17, 2013
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Gossip Wolf: No more Winters in Osaka
Plus: New music from Bully in the Hallway, the first annual Fall Ball, and more.
by J.R. Nelson | Oct 16, 2013
Arts & Culture
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David Plowden sheds light on the midwestern prairie 3
In an austere new collection, Heartland, the longtime photographer celebrates the plain—and the plains.
by Craig Fehrman | Oct 16, 2013
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Show us your . . . wigs
It requires a unqiue brand of patience to build a wig one strand of hair at a time. Don’t believe it? Talk to DePaul theater professor Nan Zabriskie.
by Gwynedd Stuart | Oct 14, 2013
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Big laughs in a little tent in Pilsen
The Southside Ignoramus Quintet adopts an old tradition.
by Molly Adams | Oct 12, 2013
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In "Of Walking," artists amble their lives away
A new show at the Museum of Contemporary Photography features the pedestrian musings of artists from Vito Acconci to Sohei Nishino.
by Andrea Gronvall | Oct 15, 2013
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A Mirman, Schaal, and Hodgman stand-up spread
The short Sandwich-to-Go Tour gives one of its dates to Chicago.
by Kevin Warwick | Oct 15, 2013
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La Bayadere: Love! Valour! Snakebite! 1
The Joffrey Ballet stages Marius Petipa's tragic romance.
by Jena Cutie | Oct 16, 2013
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The Side Project celebrates "The Kindness of Strangers" 1
That's the theme of the theater company’s second storytelling festival, stretching over three weeks and including 40 performers.
by Deanna Shilkus | Oct 16, 2013
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Weekend evenings of the living dead (and one midnight show) 1
Our critics' takes on seven seasonal shows, from creepy Jane Austen to nuclear zombies
by Tony Adler | Oct 16, 2013
City Life
Film
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D.W. Griffith's Intolerance journeys through time and space 1
The silent classic screens through October at Gene Siskel Film Center.
by Dave Kehr | Oct 17, 2013
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Let the Fire Burn dives into the flames
Jason Osder's documentary revisits the infamous 1985 police raid on Philadelphia's MOVE.
by J.R. Jones | Oct 16, 2013
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12 Years a Slave: Mighty white of you 2
Steve McQueen's historical drama tells of a free northerner taken into bondage.
by J.R. Jones | Oct 16, 2013
Food & Drink
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Cocktail Challenge: Miracle Whip
Nick Ostapczuk of Bangers & Lace takes a whip to the Ramos Gin Fizz.
by Kate Schmidt | Oct 11, 2013
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Cremeria La Ordeña: Where the shelves are stocked with Mexican cheese, moles, and toasted grasshoppers
A southwest-side corner store holds a treasure trove of rare ingredients from the Mexican pantry.
by Mike Sula | Oct 14, 2013
Other Stuff
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Blogs
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Street View 130: Success attire while waiting for the bus
by Isa Giallorenzo | Oct 10, 2013
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Did you read about Instagram, outlaw country music, and Sufjan Stevens? 1
by Reader staff | Oct 14, 2013
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Reader's Agenda Sun 10/13: Chicago Marathon, Phyllis Chen, and Clumsy Sublime
by Jillian Sandler | Oct 13, 2013
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12 O'Clock Track: James Murphy remixes David Bowie
by Tal Rosenberg | Oct 15, 2013
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Stinkbug salsa for the iodine deficient 1
by Mike Sula | Oct 14, 2013
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Omaha's Yuppies play two shows in town tonight
by Luca Cimarusti | Oct 10, 2013
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Weekly Top Five: Horror-fest essentials 2
by Drew Hunt | Oct 13, 2013
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At CIFF: Suzanne and the slow, steady progress of director Katell Quillévéré
by Ben Sachs | Oct 15, 2013
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12 O'Clock Track: "Queen of the Damned" brings Motorhead back to basics
by Luca Cimarusti | Oct 11, 2013
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Before Chief Keef went to jail he released a new mixtape 3
by Leor Galil | Oct 16, 2013
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Did you read about Black Flag, the Northwestern Wildcats, and doomsday preppers?
by Reader staff | Oct 11, 2013
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12 O'Clock Track: concise, stormy postpunk from the Martha's Vineyard Ferries
by Peter Margasak | Oct 16, 2013
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Vancouver's Gordon Grdina finds his sweet spot between jazz and Arabic music
by Peter Margasak | Oct 11, 2013
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The Nobel Prize and the debt crisis 3
by Michael Miner | Oct 16, 2013
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Where do the bones from Honey Butter's fried chickens go?
by Michael Gebert | Oct 14, 2013
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12 O'Clock Track: The slightly off minimalism of Love Inks' "Better Alone"
by Kevin Warwick | Oct 14, 2013
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Chicken, waffles, and eyeballs at Homegrown Cafe
by Julia Thiel | Oct 14, 2013
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Reader's Agenda Mon 10/14: Columbus Day Parade, Fuck Buttons, and Collision Theory
by Jillian Sandler | Oct 14, 2013
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12 O'Clock Track: Tigers Jaw's sweet burner about love, "Spirit Desire"
by Leor Galil | Oct 10, 2013
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Did you read about Jack Dorsey, Snapchat, and Steve Bartman?
by Reader staff | Oct 15, 2013
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Best shows to see: Sarah Jarosz, Goblin, the Weeknd, Jeremy Denk
by Luca Cimarusti | Oct 10, 2013
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Gig poster of the week: Brokeback's mountain landscape
by Luca Cimarusti | Oct 16, 2013
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If you take only one online quiz about misanthropic metal and furniture, make sure it's "Ikea or Death"
by Leor Galil | Oct 10, 2013
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From countercultural childhood to creative writing instructor
by Jerome Ludwig | Oct 16, 2013
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The man who wrote about the Woman Rebel
by Aimee Levitt | Oct 11, 2013
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Did you read about Republicans in Congress, Hans Riegel, and telephone buttons?
by Reader staff | Oct 16, 2013
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On Brandon Marshall, mental illness, and the Bears' win over the Giants
by Steve Bogira | Oct 11, 2013
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Austin singer-songwriter Slaid Cleaves back in town Thursday
by Peter Margasak | Oct 16, 2013
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Keep It Together Records will quench your thirst for international emo
by Leor Galil | Oct 12, 2013
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Best shows to see: The Blow, Chris Thile
by Leor Galil | Oct 14, 2013
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Reader's Agenda Fri 10/11: Chicago International Film Festival, Elvis Fantasy Fest, and Sarah Jarosz
by Jillian Sandler | Oct 11, 2013
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Can one appreciate Tsai Ming-liang's latest (and possibly last) film outside of a movie theater?
by Ben Sachs | Oct 14, 2013
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What if you didn't know you were giving a party and nobody came? 3
by Michael Miner | Oct 10, 2013
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German composer Johannes Kreidler shows off his provocative, technology-driven work tonight
by Peter Margasak | Oct 15, 2013
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Street View 131: Impeccable bohemian at Pilsen Art Walk 1
by Isa Giallorenzo | Oct 12, 2013
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The Chicago International Film Festival, and the rest of this week's movies
by J.R. Jones | Oct 11, 2013
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Soundcheck: Willis Earl Beal gets down at Schubas
by Leor Galil | Oct 16, 2013
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Bluegrass mandolinist Don Rigsby salutes Ralph Stanley 1
by Peter Margasak | Oct 10, 2013
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Mayor Rahm to Prosser High: Beat it! 70
by Ben Joravsky | Oct 16, 2013
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Essential versus arbitrary mystery in contemporary art house cinema
by Ben Sachs | Oct 16, 2013
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Government 101—as taught by Daniel Rostenkowski 1
by Michael Miner | Oct 11, 2013
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Would signed editorials be better editorials?
by Michael Miner | Oct 14, 2013
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Reader's Agenda Sat 10/12: Radiolab: Apocalyptical, The General, and 12 Weeks of Quimbus
by Jillian Sandler | Oct 12, 2013
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Hello again, Johnny Casserole
by Mike Sula | Oct 12, 2013
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Go choco-nutty and offal-licious, pork hock and vegan strippers in Portland, and more things coming up
by Michael Gebert | Oct 15, 2013
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Is Chicago's next great pizza at Floriole on Friday nights?
by Michael Gebert | Oct 10, 2013
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Lorde is dominating everything and that's great
by Miles Raymer | Oct 15, 2013
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Did you read about Alice Munro, Rahm Emanuel, and ShotScore?
by Reader staff | Oct 10, 2013
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City job policies are helping create two different and unequal Chicagos 11
by Mick Dumke | Oct 11, 2013
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Don Jon and Chloe in the Afternoon: Rare movies that successfully illustrate habitual action 1
by Ben Sachs | Oct 10, 2013
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Chuck Johnson's microtonal "American primitive" guitar, Friday at Constellation
by Bill Meyer | Oct 17, 2013
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Reader's Agenda Tue 10/15: Fiona Apple, Chris Thile, and Bonnie and Clyde
by Jillian Sandler | Oct 15, 2013
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What to eat during the Chicago Architecture Foundation's Open House Chicago 1
by Michael Gebert | Oct 16, 2013
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Reader's Agenda Wed 10/16: Hey, I'm a Big Fan, Bedroom Sons, and the Jazz Art Record Collective
by Jillian Sandler | Oct 16, 2013
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A debt-crisis solution looms, imperiling home-improvement projects of government workers 1
by Steve Bogira | Oct 16, 2013
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Even more weekend music: Ben Vida, Julieta Venegas, and Coppice
by Peter Margasak | Oct 11, 2013