More in Chicago:
- Lit recs for the recently repatriated ChicagoanThe current book obsessions of Reader editor-in-chief Anne Elizabeth Moore and writer, comedian, and artist Salem Collo-Julin. In Book Swap, a regular feature that is entirely unique, about books, and not at all related to the music feature In Rotation, a Reader staffer recommends three to five books and then asks a local wordsmith, literary […]
- The Three Escapes of Hannah Arendt tells the story of the philosopher’s life and thoughts in picturesOr how gag cartoonist Ken Krimstein took the plunge into midcentury philosophy. Ken Krimstein draws wacky gag cartoons—one classic shows two adjacent storefronts: the window sign in the left one reads MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARY, while the window sign on the right reads MEDICAL CHEEZ DOODLES DISPENSARY—but the artist doesn't look the least bit demented. He's […]
- Ben Hollis looks back on his pre-Wild Chicago days in Sex, Booze and Candy BarsAlthough the songs are out of tune, his absurdist, irreverent humor is still intact. I was a little too young to catch Ben Hollis's local travelogue Wild Chicago during its original run on WTTW (1989 to 2003). But based on archived footage on YouTube, there was a lot about it to love.…
- Bros do Prose brings hip-hop to Neverland in Peter PanThe two-person cast plays a multitude of characters with infinite energy. After the bows and applause on the night I attended this two-actor rendition of J.M. Barrie's classic story, a little girl in the audience wailed to her mother, "I don't want to leave!" It's a completely understandable reaction to this enchanting 90-minute one-act from […]
- 'In these rooms, change does happen'Artist and poet Karen Finley on hope and Trump. …
