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The trials of Stuart V. Goldberg, Chicago’s flashiest defense attorney 18

He wears $5,000 suits and is chauffeured to court in a Rolls-Royce. He’s made a fortune off the war on drugs. He claims Oprah once wanted to have his baby. He is the most interesting lawyer in Chicago. But who’s the man behind the megawatt smile?

by Maya Dukmasova | Jan 23, 2018

Reader Illustration; Photo By Rich Hein/sun-times

Five unfortunate civic traits that make Chicago Bezos bait 19

Gullibility, docility, and more characteristics that should help convince Jeff Bezos to bring Amazon’s second headquarters to town.

by Ben Joravsky | Jan 23, 2018

Can a marriage withstand an oedipal revelation?

A game of truth or dare exposes a case of mother-son incest, and more.

by Dan Savage | Jan 24, 2018

Bobby Sims

Is it time to bring point-to-point car share to Chicago? 5

First Ward alderman Joe Moreno wants to put a trial program in place this spring, but opponents worry that it will create a parking crunch.

by John Greenfield | Jan 23, 2018

Sam Ray

Bedroom cloud rapper Kitty reinvents herself on her first proper full-length, Miami Garden Club

by Luca Cimarusti | Jan 18, 2018

Lizzie Kirchner

Quin Kirchner makes a stunning debut as leader of a dynamic quintet rooted in the grainy soul of postbop

by Peter Margasak | Jan 18, 2018

Carlin Ma

Dover Quartet digs deep into post-World War II Europe on its gripping second album Voices of Defiance

by Peter Margasak | Jan 18, 2018

Colin Medley

Partner make massive power-pop celebrating queer Canadian life for all its humor and foibles

by Leor Galil | Jan 18, 2018

Courtesy The Artist

Drummer Tom Rainey’s trio with guitarist Mary Halvorson and saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock makes improvised music with an uncanny tune-like sensibility

by Peter Margasak | Jan 18, 2018

Courtesy The Artist

Virtuosic Russian pianist Alexander Melnikov makes his solo debut in Chicago with a performance of Shostakovich’s epic 24 Preludes and Fugues

by Peter Margasak | Jan 18, 2018

Jürgen Frank

Classical violin star Jennifer Koh uses her rising fame to advocate for new music and reaching new listeners

by Peter Margasak | Jan 18, 2018

Augustin Doublet

New York synth merchants Forma push into more meditative terrain on Physicalist

by Peter Margasak | Jan 18, 2018

Courtesy The Artist

Maryland R&B singer Brent Faiyaz spins gold all on his own on Sonder Son

by Leor Galil | Jan 18, 2018

Anton Mak

Swedish rapper Yung Lean makes his strongest contributions to global hip-hop with The Stranger

by Leor Galil | Jan 18, 2018

Brian Rozman

Samantha Fish turns from blues to roots rock, and vice versa

by Noah Berlatsky | Jan 18, 2018

Courtesy The Artist

Shred-pop pioneers Sleigh Bells learn to thread the past with the present

by Kevin Warwick | Jan 18, 2018

Kevin Winter/getty

Via Rosa of Drama on an Egyptian hit that transcends language barriers

Plus: Ciera Mckissick of AMFM gallery on Jaden Smith’s off-brand Batman, the Reader’s Leor Galil on the boy band he’s trying to join, and more

by Leor Galil | Jan 24, 2018

Olivia Obineme

The Growing Concerns Poetry Collective celebrate their debut again—this time on vinyl

Plus: The Art Leaders of Color Network and the Comfort Station seek curators for their P.O.W.E.R. Project, and power-pop four-piece Gal Gun drop their first full-length.

by J.R. Nelson | Jan 23, 2018

Tom Michas, With Assistant Ben Legue And Grooming By Sophia Porter

Mark Grusane has forgotten more about dance music than you’ll ever know

The cofounder of defunct south-side shop Mr. Peabody Records talks about the insanely rare and sought-after tracks he’s sharing on The Real Sound of Mark Grusane.

by Leor Galil | Jan 24, 2018

Michael Brosilow

All My Sons joins the pantheon of Court Theatre’s great tragedies

It’s time to place Arthur Miller at the forefront of American drama.

by Tony Adler | Jan 24, 2018

Courtesy Of The Phoebe A. Hearst Museum Of Anthropology And The Regents Of The University Of California

Egyptian death-mask portraits bring their subjects back to life after 2,000 years

At the Block Museum, mummies look as alive as you or I.

by Dmitry Samarov | Jan 23, 2018

Kerry Cardoza

For the People Artists Collective looks back on 100 years of police violence in Chicago

"Do Not Resist?" spreads its message throughout the city

by Kerry Cardoza | Jan 24, 2018

Gordon Photographie

Fatih Akin’s thriller In the Fade proves there’s nothing more dangerous than a person who’s lost everything

Diane Kruger gives a devastating performance as a woman whose family dies in a neo-Nazi terror attack.

by J.R. Jones | Jan 24, 2018

Jamie Ramsay

The Boka group strikes again with Bellemore 1

Jimmy Papadopoulos is the latest weapon in the empire’s arsenal.

by Mike Sula | Jan 18, 2018

Erica Kohagizawa

The pan-Asian S.K.Y. opens on Pilsen

Former Intro chef Stephen Gillanders’s vision alights on a gentrifying 18th Street.

by Mike Sula | Jan 23, 2018

Jack C. Newell

42 Grams and the weight of culinary greatness 5

In a new documentary, filmmaker Jack C. Newell captures the life cycle of chef Jake Bickelhaupt’s dearly departed Uptown restaurant.

by Julia Thiel | Jan 23, 2018

Autumn and Brian Merritt of Sir & Madame

Faces of 53rd Street

| Jan 25, 2018

Print Issue of January 25, 2018

Volume 47, Number 16

| Jan 25, 2018