Issue Archives
Jul 20-26, 2017
Issue Archive for Jul 20-26, 2017 Vol. 46, No. 41
Cover Story: Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim still keep each other weird. With the comedians on tour , celebrating the tenth anniversary of Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, CAN TV variety show host Steve Gadlin talks to his Adult Swim heroes. News & Politics: Mayor Rahm will gladly take all the credit even if someone else does the work. What kind of way is that to run a city, let alone the Democratic Party, asks Ben Joravsky. Transportation: Does Chicago’s Vision Zero Action Plan have zero vision?
Arts & Culture
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Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim still keep each other weird
With the comedians on tour celebrating the tenth anniversary of Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, CAN TV variety show host Steve Gadlin talks to his Adult Swim heroes about public-access television, absurdist comedy, and much more.
by Steve Heisler on July 19, 2017
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Something Rotten, The Project(s), and eight more new stage shows to see now
A touring Broadway hit and a youth revival from American Theater Company are among this week's best bets.
on July 19, 2017
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What we know about the future of Jackson Park 1
Obama’s center? Sure. An elite golf course? Not so much.
by Deanna Isaacs on July 19, 2017
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Beauty’s Daughter is more showcase than show
Wandachristine journeys through several decades and several lives without getting much of anywhere.
by Justin Hayford on July 19, 2017
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A new exhibit is Amy Krouse Rosenthal’s moving, elaborate farewell
The late Chicago author and filmmaker’s life is on display in “A Beauty Salon.”
by Janet Potter on July 18, 2017
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The Chicago Architecture Foundation creates a graphic novel for the city’s future
No Small Plans looks to the past to examine the present and imagine a future metropolis.
by Tanner Howard on July 19, 2017
Food & Drink
News & Politics
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Mayor Rahm will gladly take all the credit even if someone else does the work 4
What kind of way is that to run a city, let alone the Democratic Party?
by Ben Joravsky on July 19, 2017
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The U.S. can learn from the deterioration of Venezuelan democracy 1
An ex-pat professor talks about watching the government of her homeland fall prey to dictatorships.
by Anne Ford on July 19, 2017
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Of medical fetishes and the ‘degradation pool’
Dan advises a doc in training who has a thing for enemas, etc. Plus: a gal angry about blow jobs, a sexter whose kinky correspondent has become engaged
by Dan Savage on July 14, 2017
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Newly married—and newly, unhappily inorgasmic
Will this problem fix itself? Plus: “rituals” ruining posh Central London digs, teen in theatrical show suffering sexual harassment
by Dan Savage on July 19, 2017
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Does Chicago’s Vision Zero Action Plan have zero vision? 2
Some transportation advocates wonder if the city’s strategy to eliminate traffic crashes has enough teeth to achieve its ambitious goals.
by John Greenfield on July 19, 2017
Music
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At 87, pianist Barry Harris remains an invaluable living link to the bop era
by Peter Margasak on July 13, 2017
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Postpunk chanteuse Lydia Lunch sounds more vital than ever fronting the career-spanning Retrovirus
by Peter Margasak on July 13, 2017
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Planning for Burial make bleak drones for aging towns
by Noah Berlatsky on July 13, 2017
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Houston’s Football, Etc. nudge emo’s familiar tropes in new directions
by Leor Galil on July 13, 2017
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Jayda G is dedicated to creating a dance party for the freaks
by Austin Brown on July 13, 2017
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The Mountain Movers balance a love for overdrive with a disciplined focus
by Peter Margasak on July 13, 2017
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Blind Malian couple Amadou & Mariam push their spin on traditional Mande traditions toward disco
by Peter Margasak on July 13, 2017
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Veteran Nashville outsider Steve Earle discourages following his path on So You Wannabe an Outlaw
by Peter Margasak on July 13, 2017
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The Melvins are still throwing us all for a loop, some 35 years since their inception
by Monica Kendrick on July 13, 2017
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Chicago electronic-pop project Born Days explores the brighter side of cold synth terrains
by Leor Galil on July 13, 2017
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Introspective singer-songwriter Julie Byrne uses her new album to explore love, meaning, and purpose
by Peter Margasak on July 13, 2017
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Early 90s noise-rock band Tar kick the dust off their aluminum guitars
by Kevin Warwick on July 14, 2017
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Garage-rock label Randy Records drops debut LPs by Skip Church and Today’s Hits
Plus: Dumpster Tapes celebrates its third Monster Compilation at Cole’s, and Bottom Lounge and Lincoln Hall host fund-raising mini festivals.
by J.R. Nelson on July 18, 2017
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Jenna Lyle of Parlour Tapes on a cowboy prophet with a didgeridoo
Plus: Techno artist Eric Fernandez on a tropical mix from Korean DJ Odd J, the Reader’s Peter Margasak on wild rearrangements of Moravian folk, and more
by Peter Margasak on July 19, 2017
Movies
Reader
Blogs
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Former Battles front man Tyondai Braxton plays his first solo set in Chicago since 2006
by Peter Margasak on July 13, 2017
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Mystery Science Theater 3000 at the Vic and more of the best things to do in Chicago this weekend
by Steve Heisler on July 14, 2017
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Buena Park to Haymarket Books: We don’t want you here [UPDATED] 15
by Aimee Levitt on July 19, 2017
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Springfield's ongoing feuding with CPS could stop funding for other Illinois schools if a deal isn't reached soon, and other Chicago news 1
by Kate Shepherd on July 14, 2017
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Looking like a million dollars while spending just a few
by Isa Giallorenzo on July 14, 2017
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The secret politics of Spider-Man: Homecoming 1
by Ryan Smith on July 14, 2017
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That's Weird Grandma: Attack of the Phantom of the BBQ and more of the best things to do in Chicago this week
by Emily Wasielewski on July 17, 2017
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A Ghost Story is a haunting film about haunting 2
by Ben Sachs on July 14, 2017
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Late Cuban pianist Rubén González sounds as fresh as ever on a new reissue of his 1997 solo album
by Peter Margasak on July 14, 2017
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Arca & Jesse Kanda played with confusion to liberate the Pitchfork crowd
by Sasha Geffen on July 15, 2017
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A Tribe Called Quest paid tribute to Phife Dawg at Pitchfork with their first full show since his death
by Leor Galil on July 16, 2017
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PJ Harvey played the set of a lifetime at Pitchfork 1
by J.R. Nelson on July 16, 2017
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Forty years on, the Feelies still cast the same irresistible spell
by Peter Margasak on July 17, 2017
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Cook County hands layoff notices to about 300 employees as soda tax remains in legal limbo, and other Chicago news
by Kate Shepherd on July 17, 2017
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Twenty-three stunning portraits of black women at Pitchfork 2017
by Zakkiyyah Najeebah on July 17, 2017
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R. Kelly is allegedly running an abusive ‘cult,’ and other Chicago news
by Kate Shepherd on July 18, 2017
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See the people who keep the Pitchfork trains running smoothly
by Alison Green on July 17, 2017
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Most stylish at Pitchfork 2017 who did not wear orange
by Isa Giallorenzo on July 17, 2017
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Chill summertime pop from a 1968 Steve Miller Band album
by Peter Margasak on July 18, 2017
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The 2017 Silver Room Block Party was too much celebration to capture on camera—but we tried
by April Alonso on July 18, 2017
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City Council grills CPD brass on racial disparities in missing persons cases 6
by Maya Dukmasova on July 18, 2017
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Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert released from Minnesota prison after 13 months, and other Chicago news
by Kate Shepherd on July 19, 2017
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Dim brings a high-contrast mystery figure to the gig poster of the week
by Luca Cimarusti on July 19, 2017
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The new owner’s kid brother used to work here
by Michael Miner on July 20, 2017
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Phil Cohran shaped the Black Arts Movement with his vision and discipline
by Steve Krakow on July 18, 2017
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Nowhere to Hide is the most essential documentary of the year 4
by Ben Sachs on July 20, 2017
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A teenager who disappeared in the 1970s identified as a victim of John Wayne Gacy, and other Chicago news
by Kate Shepherd on July 20, 2017
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Jane: Abortion and the Underground relives the bad old days of covert abortions
by Aimee Levitt on July 21, 2017
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With his new GSPL, Phoelix may stop being one of Chicago hip-hop’s best-kept secrets
by Leor Galil on July 20, 2017
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Chicago Craft Beer Festival, Cirque Du Soleil: Luzia, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend
by Emily Wasielewski on July 21, 2017
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More than 1.2 million people could be getting partial refunds for red light tickets, and other Chicago news
by Kate Shepherd on July 21, 2017
