Issue Archives
Dec 11-17, 2014
Issue Archive for Dec 11-17, 2014 Vol. 44, No. 12
Food & Drink
Arts & Culture
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People Issue 2014: Ike Holter, the playwright
"I don't see myself as a black writer. I don't know what that means. I am black and I am gay, but the minute that I only write work that is about being that—I don't think that's interesting."
by Tony Adler | Dec 11, 2014
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The Hypocrites' new Pinafore flips the sexes as an opening move
Sean Graney's latest Gilbert & Sullivan "adaptation" transforms the original.
by Jack Helbig | Dec 10, 2014
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A Second City show with no message? No problem! 1
The theater’s latest main-stage revue doesn't suffer for lack of a theme.
by Tony Adler | Dec 10, 2014
Columns & Opinion
News & Politics
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People Issue 2014: Twenty fascinating Chicagoans tell their stories
Extraordinary individuals whose contributions are in some cases overlooked—and who are vital parts of the city's soul.
| Dec 11, 2014
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People Issue 2014: Stanley and Josephine Lyskanowski, the survivors
"At times I felt like, God, if you're going to take me now, take me now. Somehow or another, I could practically hear, 'Don't you dare have such thoughts! Just take it as it comes.'"
by Aimee Levitt | Dec 11, 2014
Film
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People Issue 2014: Chaz Ebert, the media mogul
"I think of the contemporary publishing world as the Wild West. This is a new terrain, a new territory."
by Drew Hunt | Dec 11, 2014
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Chris Rock comes into his own as a filmmaker
Top Five is a tale of love, race, sex, and celebrity.
by J.R. Jones | Dec 10, 2014
Music
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Overlooked ska and reggae treasure Charles 'Organaire' Cameron drops his first vinyl in decades 4
Plus: BLVD Records gets back into gear, and Analogue celebrates its first year with a free show.
by J.R. Nelson | Dec 10, 2014
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People Issue 2014: Mike 'Machete' Malinowski, the street performer
"I go to work now and smile. Don't get me wrong—some days I hate it. But usually I fuckin' love it."
by Jake Malooley | Dec 11, 2014
Blogs
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Lyric Opera's Anna Bolena is as gripping as a modern-day thriller
by Deanna Isaacs | Dec 9, 2014
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The Publican's chef makes aioli with 'fish goo'
by Julia Thiel | Dec 12, 2014
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Chicago MC Blake invites you to experience his Three Some
by Leor Galil | Dec 10, 2014
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Did you read about delusional pregnancies, the Golden Globes, and Snapchat Christmas?
by Reader staff | Dec 11, 2014
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Behind the making of local art-pop group Brontosaurus' forthcoming LP
by Sasha Geffen | Dec 12, 2014
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Did you read about Skinny Puppy, the parting of the Red Sea, and Dan Savage?
by Reader staff | Dec 12, 2014
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Mayor Rahm and his rubber-stamp City Council's hall of shame 20
by Ben Joravsky | Dec 10, 2014
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Chris Rock is an auteur now, plus more new reviews and notable screenings 2
by J.R. Jones | Dec 12, 2014
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The final ride of FX's Sons of Anarchy sputters 17
by Danette Chavez | Dec 13, 2014
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Tiaras, a bunch of Bay Area garage-rock dudes, go pop on 'Thought I Could Know'
by Luca Cimarusti | Dec 12, 2014
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Blessed art the five best film adaptions of the Bible 1
by Drew Hunt | Dec 14, 2014
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Kedzie Avenue gets the Illustrated Press treatment 1
by Bianca Betancourt | Dec 12, 2014
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The Newsroom and headline news collide 2
by Michael Miner | Dec 10, 2014
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Les Blank was the filmmaker who liked people who liked to eat and drink 5
by Michael Gebert | Dec 12, 2014
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Devin Drobka's Bell Dance Group sounds like little else in midwestern jazz
by Peter Margasak | Dec 10, 2014
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South Carolina duo Elvis Depressedly never meant to make you weepy
by Leor Galil | Dec 11, 2014
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Casablanca, Small Soldiers, and other Reader-recommended movies to watch online this week
by Reader staff | Dec 12, 2014
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The person who should be appointed Illinois comptroller is . . . 1
by Michael Miner | Dec 12, 2014
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Cubs win! Red Sox lose! 1
by Michael Miner | Dec 13, 2014
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The sausages at Kiko’s in Lincoln Square look like thumbs—but they taste a lot better 1
by Mike Sula | Dec 11, 2014
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Jewish blogger Paul Wieder has a few problems with 'The Dreidel Song'
by Anne Ford | Dec 14, 2014
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Tanoshii Sushi Mike's measures up to the original—plus it has cocktails
by Julia Thiel | Dec 10, 2014
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Members of The-Drum and Romance launch Cold Tech, a monthly psychedelic-dance night
by Luca Cimarusti | Dec 11, 2014
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What Pilsen taught Chuy Garcia 7
by Steve Bogira | Dec 12, 2014
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Governor Quinn gives Mayor Rahm the finger one last time 11
by Ben Joravsky | Dec 12, 2014