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Despite a strong premise and capable cast, The Last Showgirl is hindered by a poor script. | ✍️ Maxwell Rabb
01/12/2025

Despite a strong premise and capable cast, The Last Showgirl is hindered by a poor script. | ✍️ Maxwell Rabb

Despite a strong premise and capable cast, Gia Coppola's The Last Showgirl is hindered by a poor script.

A Complete Unknown offers solid renditions of iconic music but ultimately falls to biopic genre tropes. | ✍️ Emma Oxneva...
01/12/2025

A Complete Unknown offers solid renditions of iconic music but ultimately falls to biopic genre tropes. | ✍️ Emma Oxnevad

James Mangold’s A Complete Unknown offers solid renditions of iconic music but ultimately falls to biopic genre tropes.

Check out Pizza Dom Vallone’s 24-hour fermented pies at the Reader’s weekly chef pop-up at Frank and Mary’s Tavern. | ✍️...
01/12/2025

Check out Pizza Dom Vallone’s 24-hour fermented pies at the Reader’s weekly chef pop-up at Frank and Mary’s Tavern. | ✍️ Mike Sula

Pizza Dom Vallone’s Death by Dough rises again at the next Monday Night Foodball at Frank and Mary’s Tavern.

Tim Fehlbaum’s tense docudrama September 5 unravels the moral complexities of media during the 1972 Munich massacre. | ✍...
01/12/2025

Tim Fehlbaum’s tense docudrama September 5 unravels the moral complexities of media during the 1972 Munich massacre. | ✍️ Andrés Buenahora

Tim Fehlbaum’s tense docudrama, September 5, unravels the moral complexities of media during the 1972 Munich massacre.

A Bowmanville factory provides an unusual setting for a new production of Chekhov’s pastoral dramedy. New Theatre Projec...
01/12/2025

A Bowmanville factory provides an unusual setting for a new production of Chekhov’s pastoral dramedy. New Theatre Project's Uncle Vanya sold out before it even opened! | ✍️ Kerry Reid

The New Theatre Project takes over a Bowmanville factory for Chekhov's story of regrets and angst in the Russian countryside.

Founder Alex Jandernoa hopes his forthcoming vinyl and cocktail bar, Charis Listening Bar, will be a Bridgeport staple f...
01/12/2025

Founder Alex Jandernoa hopes his forthcoming vinyl and cocktail bar, Charis Listening Bar, will be a Bridgeport staple for generations. | ✍️ S. Nicole Lane

Founder Alex Jandernoa hopes his forthcoming vinyl and cocktail bar, Charis Listening Bar, will be a Bridgeport staple for generations.

The Picture Restart series at Chicago Filmmakers will feature monthly screenings of a newly organized and restored archi...
01/11/2025

The Picture Restart series at Chicago Filmmakers will feature monthly screenings of a newly organized and restored archival collection. | ✍️ Joshua Minsoo Kim

The Picture Restart series at Chicago Filmmakers will feature monthly screenings of a newly organized and restored archival collection.

Coco Picard spoke with artist Zachary Cahill about his latest book, Unicorn Death Moon: Paris Guidebook.
01/11/2025

Coco Picard spoke with artist Zachary Cahill about his latest book, Unicorn Death Moon: Paris Guidebook.

In Zachary Cahill’s book Unicorn Death Moon: Paris Guidebook, the artist combines Charles Baudelaire’s poetry with his own drawings and poems.

Over 170 police surveillance cameras were found leaking sensitive data online, at least 40 of which were in Chicago. | ✍...
01/11/2025

Over 170 police surveillance cameras were found leaking sensitive data online, at least 40 of which were in Chicago. | ✍️ Shawn Mulcahy

Researchers accessed unsecured video and license plate data that could be used to track a person's movements. Some cameras were in Chicago.

The city is phasing out Favorite Healthcare Staffing after paying the agency $342 million to oversee its shelter system....
01/11/2025

The city is phasing out Favorite Healthcare Staffing after paying the agency $342 million to oversee its shelter system. Records show the contractor had a poor track record of resolving complaints. | Co-Published: Borderless Magazine and the Investigative Project on Race & Equity

The City of Chicago is phasing out Favorite Healthcare Staffing after paying the agency $342 million to oversee its shelter system.

The Youngster at R&A Sourdough is a bagel sandwich with plain schmear, your choice of meat, egg frittata, cheddar, and h...
01/11/2025

The Youngster at R&A Sourdough is a bagel sandwich with plain schmear, your choice of meat, egg frittata, cheddar, and hot sauce. But there are a few key customizations needed to make this a bagel sandwich worth talking about. | ✍️ Taryn McFadden

At first bite, it's on the brink of too salty (in a good way) until the crackly crust gives way to thick, filling layers of egg and bacon.

A former reporter from the long-gone City News Bureau remembers a brief encounter with Jimmy Carter in Chicago. | ✍️ Dea...
01/10/2025

A former reporter from the long-gone City News Bureau remembers a brief encounter with Jimmy Carter in Chicago. | ✍️ Deanna Isaacs

A former reporter from the long-gone City News Bureau remembers a brief encounter with Jimmy Carter in Chicago.

The artists in “Positions: New Landscapes” at Hyde Park Art Center each work to unsettle colonialist and capitalist appr...
01/10/2025

The artists in “Positions: New Landscapes” at Hyde Park Art Center each work to unsettle colonialist and capitalist approaches to land. | ✍️ Greg Ruffing

The artists in “Positions: New Landscapes” at Hyde Park Art Center each work to unsettle colonialist and capitalist approaches to land.

Algorithms can’t teach you about your neighbors and the great music they’re making—there’s no substitute for seeking out...
01/10/2025

Algorithms can’t teach you about your neighbors and the great music they’re making—there’s no substitute for seeking out the new and unfamiliar. | ✍️ Leor Galil

Algorithms can’t teach you about your neighbors and the music they’re making—there’s no substitute for seeking out the new and unfamiliar.

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"Free Chicago" with Shermann 'Dilla' Thomas

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