Oct 19-25, 2017

Issue Archive for Oct 19-25, 2017 Vol. 47, No. 2

Cover Story: The Chicago Housing Authority’s sleeping giant. The CHA provides Section 8 vouchers to tens of thousands of low-income households. Is the agency trying to keep them from realizing their collective power? Politics: Ben Joravsky on how Bruce Rauner is trying to cripple the Democratic Party. Abortion bill HB40, the union-busting Janus v. AFSCME case, and the Illinois governor’s unlikely coalition. Music: Star Creature Universal Vibrations transfigures boogie for the 21st century. Tim Zawada and Ben Van Dyke’s label helps turn the far-flung fans of this resurgent postdisco dance music into an evolving community.

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The Chicago Housing Authority’s sleeping giant 5

The CHA provides Section 8 vouchers to tens of thousands of low-income households. Is the agency trying to keep them from realizing their collective power?

by Maya Dukmasova | Oct 18, 2017

Print Issue of October 19, 2017

Volume 47, Number 3

| Oct 19, 2017

Chicago Reader

Issue Archives

Oct 19-25, 2017

News & Politics

The Chicago Housing Authority’s sleeping giant 5

Columns & Opinion

How Bruce Rauner is trying to cripple the Democratic Party 6

The turbulent history of the bike bridge that will finally complete the North Shore Channel Trail 1

Music

Boston rapper Cousin Stizz shares the feeling of his ascent on One Night Only

Saxophonist Larry Ochs channels the vibe of 60s free jazz while creating improvisations intended as aural filmmaking

A season-long focus on the music of Hungarian composer György Ligeti opens with a performance by the peerless Arditti Quartet

Vanguardist Arto Lindsay seamlessly blends Brazilian pop, noise, and sonic dichotomy on his first album in 13 years

Paris-based English folk-pop group This Is the Kit delivers an elegant, seductive cool on Moonshine Freeze

As hip-hop becomes pop, Lil Uzi Vert is its rising prince

Guitarists and pals pull their individual aesthetics closer together on their second collaborative album

Houston rapper Kirko Bangz merges current rap trends with his hometown’s history

Boris celebrates 25 years of mastering the heavy music spectrum

Gothic chanteuse Chelsea Wolfe skews more metallic than ever on Hiss Spun

Bay Area trio Invisible Guy expands its adventurous arsenal to include moody film music

Heavy rockers Alma Negra return transformed as Reivers

Mike Boyd of Thrill Jockey on Arca’s punk-as-fuck Pitchfork set

Star Creature Universal Vibrations transfigures boogie for the 21st century

Arts & Culture

Bachelorette, Hard Times, and 12 more stage shows to see now 1

Nicolas Carone, a revered teacher, was also a brilliant painter

‘Between States’ is for the community but forgets the community

Film

Loving Vincent looks at the real Van Gogh—and the one we want to remember

Goodbye Christopher Robin reveals the unhappy boy behind Winnie-the-Pooh

Food & Drink

Katana plunges its glittering blade into River North 1

North Shore Distillery’s new rum is unlike anything else being made in Illinois

Starbucks doesn’t compare to Ukrainian coffee

These Armenian-Iraqi immigrants tried tacos for the first time in Chicago

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Print Issue of October 19, 2017

Blogs

Tuba player Dan Peck makes doom metal sound frisky with his trio the Gate

Former Manishevitz front man Adam Busch debuts as Adam Ostrar with a lovely but uneasy new album

They’re in town as sidemen, but Fabian Almazan and Jason Rigby shine as leaders on their own recent records

In praise of The Conformist, one of the greatest-looking movies ever made 2

Joe Maddon compares MLB plate collision rule to overturned soda tax, and other Chicago news

The Daily Show live, and more of the best things to do in Chicago this week

Chicago named the rat capital of the country for the third consecutive year, and other news 1

Noah Baumbach’s The Meyerowitz Stories makes music out of humor and pain 2

Emanuel proposes ride-sharing fee increases, 911 phone tax increases in 2018 budget, and other Chicago news 1

Pamela Bannos’s Vivian Maier: A Photographer’s Life and Afterlife, reviewed

For MCA 50, ambient musician Lykanthea explores culture, history, and identity with her dream ensemble 2

On her solo debut, Heather Trost sets aside A Hawk and a Hacksaw’s Roma influence for dreamy pop

The Hypocrites’ Dracula is a victim of mistaken locality

Biss, Kennedy, Pritzker support legalizing marijuana in Illinois, and other Chicago news 3

How Chicago’s Section 8 voucher voting bloc could sway local elections 3

Chicago Design Week’s best events

The Donald J. Trump Presidential Twitter Library is SAD!

Rauner is fighting to keep details of a lawsuit filed by former business partner under wraps, and other Chicago news