Issue Archives
Apr 19-25, 2018
Issue Archive for Apr 19-25, 2018 Vol. 47, No. 28
The Pot Issue
Herbal Notes brings pop-up pot dinners to Chicago
Chef Manny Mendoza‘s events combine good food, good feels, and responsible cannabis consumption. By Mike Sula
Governor Buzzkill
Voters game the thumbs-up to legalizing recreational marijuana, but the governor's vowed to veto any bill that reaches his desk. By Ben Joravsky
Bongwater bath
Is soaking in marijuana-infused bath salts worth the weed it takes to make them? By Melanie LaForce
News & Politics
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Happy #420Day, Chicago
Weed Day coverage: a Chicago zine devoted to cooking with pot, how to take a weed bath, dealing with stoned drivers—and more.
by Reader staff | Apr 19, 2018
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Here’s what happened when I took a weed bath 4
Can you get high from soaking in a tub full of pot-infused bath salts?
by Melanie LaForce | Apr 19, 2018
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Can anal sex cause constipation? and other burning questions
Short answer: no.
by Dan Savage | Apr 18, 2018
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New bike share a step closer to being tested in Chicago 1
Dockless bike-share companies that met with the city recently fear LimeBike, whose board includes Rahm's former top adviser, could have a leg up.
by John Greenfield | Apr 16, 2018
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This week’s Straight Dope: How dangerous are cows?
by Cecil Adams | Apr 20, 2018
Food & Drink
Movies
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Chicago Palestine Film Festival: past versus present, neighbor versus neighbor
Tensions between Palestinians and Israelis, tradition and modernity mark the 17th edition.
by Andrea Gronvall | Apr 19, 2018
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Chappaquiddick: How to spin a movie about spin?
A new drama about the Ted Kennedy scandal seeks a mass audience in a politically polarized climate.
by J.R. Jones | Apr 19, 2018
Music
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Texas instrumental trio Khruangbin blends globe-spanning influences harvested from the Internet
by Peter Margasak | Apr 12, 2018
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Veteran hard-bop trumpeter Jeremy Pelt retains his exploratory streak
by Peter Margasak | Apr 12, 2018
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Yamantaka//Sonic Titan deftly blend East Asian theatrics with outre rock for their dramatic album Dirt
by Leor Galil | Apr 12, 2018
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Bassist Stephan Crump ushers a muscular grace into the music of his limber quartet Rhombal
by Peter Margasak | Apr 12, 2018
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Juice Wrld and Queen Key offer divergent takes on where Chicago hip-hop is going
by Leor Galil | Apr 12, 2018
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Canadian sound artist Sarah Davachi uses electronics and site-specific acoustics to transform various instruments into something mesmerizing
by Peter Margasak | Apr 12, 2018
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Despite his growth as a singer-songwriter, Steve Gunn still engages in profound exploration with drummer John Truscinski
by Peter Margasak | Apr 12, 2018
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Hurray for the Riff Raff sings folk music for everyone
by Noah Berlatsky | Apr 12, 2018
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Experimental-metal supergroup Rlyr explore their poppy side on their second LP, Actual Existence
by Luca Cimarusti | Apr 12, 2018
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Rapper JPEGmafia calls LA home, but Baltimore shapes his album Veteran
by Leor Galil | Apr 12, 2018
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Alto saxophonist Caroline Davis shows off a new sound forged in New York with her latest album Heart Tonic
by Peter Margasak | Apr 12, 2018
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Jared Brown of Central Air Radio on life-changing punk black women
Sasha Tycko of The Sick Muse on Bjork’s disorienting but inspiring collaborative vision, the Reader’s Leor Galil on Indiana rap storyteller Vince Ash, and more
by Leor Galil | Apr 17, 2018
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Inclusive punk collective Pure Joy relaunches with a fund-raising show
Plus: Indie-pop five-piece Varsity earn overdue recognition with the new Parallel Person, and International Pop Overthrow takes over the Heartland.
by J.R. Nelson | Apr 17, 2018
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Jessica Risker sharpens her sweet songs on a hazy new album
I See You Among the Stars is the Deadbeat front woman’s first solo record under her own name—and her most confident and consistent effort yet.
by Peter Margasak | Apr 18, 2018
Arts & Culture
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A comics legend teams up with Three Floyds to brew some beer-fueled superhero mayhem
With the brewery collaboration and the ongoing series Moonshine, Brian Azzarello has made himself the official Alpha King of booze comics.
by Mark Peters | Apr 17, 2018
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Another Jungle badly misunderstands Upton Sinclair’s original
But the hanging cow is a highlight.
by Max Maller | Apr 19, 2018
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An engaging revival of Company explores the theme of marriage as partnership
No man, especially a 35-year-old bachelor, is an island.
by Albert Williams | Apr 18, 2018
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Steppenwolf’s Doppelgänger doesn’t take its farce seriously enough 2
Even Rainn Wilson can't keep this dark comedy from lapsing into earnest moralizing.
by Jack Helbig | Apr 18, 2018
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Victory Gardens’ Lettie is a blood-curdling masterpiece
Playwright Boo Killebrew has written one of the great Chicago plays of our generation.
by Dan Jakes | Apr 18, 2018
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Facility Theatre presents an intricate, complicated Little Match Girl Passion
Composer David Lang and director Dado turns Hans Christian Andersen's tragic fairy tale into a performance installation.
by Justin Hayford | Apr 19, 2018
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Natural Affection hints at cracks in America’s postwar idyll
Eclipse Theatre kicks off its season-long tribute to William Inge with one of his lesser works.
by Dmitry Samarov | Apr 20, 2018
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33 to Nothing’s speakers go up to 11
Grant James Varjas's new play is a band rehearsal in real time—and it gets really loud.
by Oliver Sava | Apr 19, 2018
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Three women fight back against sexual harassment—1970s style—in 9 to 5 the Musical.
Firebrand Theatre produces an uplifting and of-the-moment musical comedy based on the 1980 film.
by Marissa Oberlander | Apr 19, 2018
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In four hours, the Aristophanesathon never cracks the whimsy barrier
And it fails to capture the playwright’s nasty ancient Greek heart.
by Tony Adler | Apr 18, 2018
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Donizetti’s Il Pigmalione and Rita demonstrate two versions of love
And there are clowns.
by Deanna Isaacs | Apr 20, 2018
Blogs
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Rauner’s reefer madness rules despite overwhelming support for legal pot 9
by Ben Joravsky | Apr 17, 2018
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If you can’t smoke weed right now, you might as well read about it 1
by Aimee Levitt | Apr 20, 2018
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Read the great Reader stories nominated for journalism awards Thursday
by Maya Dukmasova | Apr 13, 2018
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Reedist Aram Shelton reconnects with old friends on his first return visit since 2015
by Peter Margasak | Apr 13, 2018
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Lettuce now praise Richard Melman, one of the greatest innovators in Chicago food history 1
by Steve Heisler | Apr 16, 2018
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Weed Week: Get in the mood for 4/20 with these photos by Chicagoans dedicated to legal weed
by Reader staff | Apr 16, 2018
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An interview with Lucrecia Martel, Argentina's greatest filmmaker 1
by Ben Sachs | Apr 16, 2018
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Ten great photos taken during the heyday of the blues
by Dave Newbart | Apr 17, 2018
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Let the pictures do the talking: Hank Willis Thomas deconstructs the ad game at the Block Museum
by Deanna Isaacs | Apr 17, 2018
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Record Store Day 2018: here's what Chicago area shops are doing to celebrate
by Leor Galil | Apr 17, 2018
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The Christian indie-rock star who broke up with God
by Aimee Levitt | Apr 17, 2018
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Truth or Dare is a middling effort from a studio capable of much more
by Ben Sachs | Apr 18, 2018
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On winning wars and losing memories 1
by Maya Dukmasova | Apr 18, 2018
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The Magic 8-Ball says ‘Outlook not so good’ on the gig poster of the week
by Luca Cimarusti | Apr 18, 2018
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Improvising horn trio Spectral play with the colossal reverb in an abandoned munitions bunker
by Peter Margasak | Apr 18, 2018
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How and why did G Herbo’s show at the Vic get canceled? 2
by Leor Galil | Apr 18, 2018
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The time Chicago skinheads beat up a Nazi 1
by Leor Galil | Apr 19, 2018
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Is Illinois ready for a potential influx of stoned drivers? 6
by Ashley Mizuo | Apr 19, 2018
