Issue Archives
May 29 - Jun 4, 2014
Issue Archive for May 29 - Jun 4, 2014 Vol. 43, No. 36
News & Politics
Columns & Opinion
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A short list of reasons we shouldn't want the Lucas Cultural Arts Museum 23
And a really short list of reasons why we might
by Deanna Isaacs | May 26, 2014
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An activist's campaign for public schools and fair taxes lives on 6
Honoring the late Edna Pardo
by Ben Joravsky | May 28, 2014
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Truly a dick move 1
Plus: Confronting your hyperconservative mother about being queer and playing poker in the sack.
by Dan Savage | May 29, 2014
Music
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Jason Moran builds a bigger bandwagon 2
Artist Theaster Gates and reedist Ken Vandermark join the jazz pianist in an oral history of their evolving Chicago collaboration Looks of a Lot.
by Peter Margasak | May 28, 2014
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The Secret History of Chicago Music: The Chicago Triangle 1
Permanent Records is reissuing the long-lost debut LP from this oddball Latin-rock group.
| May 29, 2014
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Gossip Wolf: Brooklyn band Go Deep want their stolen gear back
Plus: Savage Sister drop more dreamy jams, and the Whistler gives away the last of 1,000 free LPs.
by J.R. Nelson | May 28, 2014
Arts & Culture
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Chicago Alternative Comics Expo preview
CAKE 2014 features Edie Fake, Tony Millionaire, Liz Prince, Hellen Jo, and more.
by Noah Berlatsky | May 25, 2014
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The MCA celebrates marriage equality in Illinois by throwing some gay weddings—15 of them 2
The museum will provide officiants, decorations, photos, and cake.
by Aimee Levitt | May 26, 2014
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Show us your . . . inflatable rat 2
Scabby has been grabbing attention at labor-union demonstrations for nearly 25 years.
by Jake Malooley | May 24, 2014
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The sage advice of Patton Oswalt
A little longer in the tooth, the comic auteur mixes his vintage snark with yarns about fatherhood.
by Drew Hunt | May 27, 2014
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Theater Oobleck hits the Hideout for 'Toosdays' in 'Joon' 1
The fringe-theater faves take over the monthlong Tuesday Night Residency series.
by Taylor Tolbert | May 28, 2014
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Writers Theatre's Days Like Today can be a real pain
A new musical explores love and commitment—through annoying characters.
by Tony Adler | May 28, 2014
City Life
Film
Food & Drink
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Key Ingredient: Zoe Schor faces "the strangest animal on the planet"
Challenged to make a dish with geoduck, the Ada St. chef prepares the enormous clam two ways.
by Julia Thiel | May 22, 2014
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Joe Fish, Rosebud Restaurants' new seafood house, is for ballers
Few people seem to have mourned the passing of Rosebud Trattoria—but something more current has taken its place.
by Mike Sula | May 23, 2014
Other Stuff
Blogs
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Chengdu Impression shows Lincoln Park how to burn 1
by Mike Sula | Dec 26, 2013
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Paramore against the trolls and psychopaths 1
by Miles Raymer | May 27, 2014
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RuPaul's Drag Race ends with a 'duh'
by Danette Chavez | May 22, 2014
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Elliot Rodger, hashtags, and who has the 'right' to women's bodies 17
by Aimee Levitt | May 28, 2014
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Spiaggia '14: Fine Italian food gets a reboot 2
by Michael Gebert | May 22, 2014
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Did you read about Sun Ra, Future, and Aziz Ansari?
by Reader staff | May 22, 2014
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Chicago Craft Beer Week: Beer Under Glass and the New Brewer Showcase
by Julia Thiel | May 22, 2014
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May Berenbaum and the case for tolerating bugs (even the annoying ones)
by Aimee Levitt | May 29, 2014
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12 O'Clock Track: Camera Shy's 'Spin Me' is simple, pretty pop that's perfect for the summer
by Luca Cimarusti | May 23, 2014
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Best friends bunk up—again—on Playing House
by Gwynedd Stuart | May 28, 2014
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Bassist Peter Brendler announces himself on Outside the Line
by Peter Margasak | May 23, 2014
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The younger generation of Chicago pols comes to the Hideout June 3 3
by Ben Joravsky | May 27, 2014
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Feminism and fetishism: The origins of Wonder Woman 3
by Aimee Levitt | May 23, 2014
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Width and without, part four: The innovative use of wide-screen in The Immigrant and Pharaoh
by Ben Sachs | May 23, 2014
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Best shows to see: Bane, Destruction Unit
by Luca Cimarusti | May 26, 2014
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A pair of Chicagoans play married in the webseries Young Couple
by Kevin Warwick | May 21, 2014
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12 O'Clock Track: Alan Braxe and Fred Falke's 'Love Lost,' glowing early-2000s French house
by Tal Rosenberg | May 27, 2014
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Reader's Agenda Thu 5/22: Salonathon vs. Stardust, Failure, and Bellboys, Bears, and Baggage
by Drew Hunt | May 22, 2014
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12 O'Clock Track: The bleeding garage-psych of Lorelle Meets the Obsolete's 'What's Holding You?'
by Kevin Warwick | May 22, 2014
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Rideshare legislation could go before the City Council today: A primer 2
by Gwynedd Stuart | May 28, 2014
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God, Godzilla, and the rest of this week's screenings
by J.R. Jones | May 23, 2014
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Best shows to see: Do-Division Street Fest, Nat Baldwin, Varsity, Corey Wilkes Quintet
by Leor Galil | May 29, 2014
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12 O'Clock Track: 'The Jist of Being in Between Jobs,' mind-melting Norwegian improv
by Peter Margasak | May 28, 2014
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Weekly Top Five: The best of Alain Resnais 3
by Drew Hunt | May 25, 2014
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How Francois Ozon's Young & Beautiful addresses the sexualization of adolescents
by Ben Sachs | May 28, 2014
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New proposed state distribution rules would choke the growth of Chicago's biggest craft brewers 5
by Philip Montoro | May 26, 2014
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This week in Alain Resnais: Radicalism and Cat Munchies 1
by Ben Sachs | May 20, 2014
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Reader's Agenda Wed 5/28: Wrigley Centennial Trivia Showdown, Pivot Arts Festival, and Ida
by Osita Nwanevu | May 28, 2014
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Street View 193: Glam stroll
by Isa Giallorenzo | May 22, 2014
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Reconsidering Sean Baker's Starlet, 18 months later 1
by Ben Sachs | May 27, 2014
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The mayor's race is not the only game in town 9
by Steve Bogira | May 22, 2014
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Reader's Agenda Fri 5/23: Teen Witch, Adam Carolla, and The 53rd Ward: After Dark
by Will Greenberg | May 23, 2014
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Reader's Agenda Thu 5/29: Everything is Terrible!, Ex-Cult, and Roscoe Village Spring Stroll
by Cat Adamson | May 29, 2014
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David Grubbs: Records make the landscape 1
by Peter Margasak | May 22, 2014
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It's time, finally, to discuss reparations for African-Americans 28
by Steve Bogira | May 28, 2014
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See the relaxed Korean-American food at Beverly Kim and Johnny Clark's Parachute
by Michael Gebert | May 23, 2014
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Reader's Agenda Sun 5/25: Bike the Drive, Second City's Neighborhood Tour, and Invisible Things 1
by Taylor Tolbert | May 25, 2014
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Reader's Agenda Mon 5/26: Irish Fest, "Yes, You're in Heaven," and Victor Wooten
by Taylor Tolbert | May 26, 2014
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Squaring a debt to Elena Poniatowska 1
by Michael Miner | May 27, 2014
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Amara Enyia runs for mayor! Wait, who? 28
by Ben Joravsky | May 21, 2014
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Did you read about oyster poachers, bratwurst, and Jane Austen?
by Reader staff | May 27, 2014
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Street View 194: Always camera ready
by Isa Giallorenzo | May 24, 2014
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Eyehategod side project Classhole comes to Burlington on Friday
by Luca Cimarusti | May 22, 2014
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Marinating in local hip-hop duo the Whoevers' 'Is You Wit It' 1
by Leor Galil | May 28, 2014
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The Annoyance Theatre settles into its new home 3
by Brianna Wellen | May 23, 2014
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Did you read about Maya Angelou, The Shawshank Redemption, and 50 Cent?
by Reader staff | May 28, 2014
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The Son, Wet Hot American Summer and other Reader-recommended movies to watch online this week
by Reader staff | May 23, 2014
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Reader premiere: The Lemons' split with Tokyo's Teen Runnings
by Leor Galil | May 29, 2014
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Reader's Agenda Sat 5/24: Randolph Street Market, Memorial Day parade, and Eric Reed Trio
by Taylor Tolbert | May 24, 2014
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Did you read about the 9/11 Memorial Museum, Johnny Manziel, and Mark Cuban?
by Reader staff | May 23, 2014
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Reader's Agenda Tue 5/27: "Unbound: Contemporary Art After Frida Kahlo," The Very Hungry Caterpillar, and Bane
by Brianna Wellen | May 27, 2014