Inside the Reader

Things I don’t regret

by Mara Shalhoup on February 15, 2012 at 8:00AM

I’m not the regretful type. I can be emotional, but regret registers low on my feelings spectrum.

Personals from the past

by Sam Worley on February 14, 2012 at 2:46PM

This Valentine's Day, we look back at a few personal ads from the very first issue of the Reader, October 1, 1971: JADED scorpio Bogart type 30 seeks exotic Lauren Bacall type to play it again Sam with long hours of rock and visuals. Box 127.

In this week's Reader: We bother with Valentine's Day

by Tal Rosenberg on February 9, 2012 at 9:00AM

In this week's Reader, we caved and did a Valentine's Day issue. But it turned out really well, and Julia Thiel, Kevin Warwick, and Sam Worley did an excellent job putting this feature together.

Starting today on the Bleader: Soul Week

by Tal Rosenberg on February 6, 2012 at 7:00AM

Today begins a new edition of our blog feature "Variations on a Theme," in which we devote digital ink to a topic that fascinates us. This week, it's soul music.

In this week's Reader: Towering ambition

by Tal Rosenberg on February 2, 2012 at 9:00AM

Deanna Isaacs is all over this week's issue of the Reader. There's her informative, expertly crafted cover story on Roosevelt University's new vertical campus and the debt the school's administrators dug for themselves to build it; and there's her column for this week, about a woman who paid to take a classical music-themed cruise and, because the company went bankrupt, never went.

The past week on the Bleader

by Tal Rosenberg on January 29, 2012 at 12:00PM

Due to Mick Dumke's excellent cover story on alderman Walter Burnett Jr., we chose aldermen as our topic of discussion for this week's "Variations on a Theme," and people seemed to enjoy it. Along with Dumke's superb contribution on alderman Ed Burke, there was a massive post on the ward mess by Ben Joravsky, a few wise posts by Steve Bogira, and a personal anecdote by Kate Schmidt.

The latest Reader performing arts reviews

by Tony Adler on January 27, 2012 at 3:56PM

Chicago's long-lived annual showcase for homegrown fringe work, Rhinofest, is heading into its third weekend, and we've been staying on top of the new entries. Reader critics didn't find any out-of-the-park astonishments in the latest bunch, but they had complimentary things to say about Clove Production's double bill of Jennifer Biddle plays, An Aspect of God and Next and Her Savior; Mark Chrisler's On Loss; and Whiskey Rebellion's Tennyson Spade.

This week in the Reader

by Tal Rosenberg on January 26, 2012 at 11:01AM

This week's issue of the Reader features Julia Thiel's cover story on bedbugs. Insightful and thorough, Julia's piece is full of anecdotes, history, and statistics that provide a better understanding of bedbugs with a compelling arc. Michael Miner checks in to Renew, a new magazine for former addicts and alcoholics.

The past week on the Bleader

by Tal Rosenberg on January 22, 2012 at 12:00PM

There are some die-hard Haruki Murakami fans, as we saw this week in the response to our editor Mara Shalhoup's assessment of his most recent novel, 1Q84. This whole past week had fiction on the brain, as this week's edition of "Variations on a Theme" was Fiction Week.

In this week's Reader: The making of an alderman

by Tal Rosenberg on January 19, 2012 at 9:05AM

This week's issue of the Reader features Mick Dumke's profile of 27th ward alderman Walter Burnett Jr. As Mick writes, "anyone who really wants to understand how Chicago works should take a close look at Walter Burnett." A nuanced profile, I advise everyone to take that look.

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Things I don’t regret

Personals from the past

In this week's Reader: We bother with Valentine's Day

Starting today on the Bleader: Soul Week

In this week's Reader: Towering ambition

The past week on the Bleader

The latest Reader performing arts reviews

This week in the Reader

The past week on the Bleader

In this week's Reader: The making of an alderman