Highlights
A collection of news and information related to Chicago Reader published by this site and its partners.
Displaying items 1-12 of 120
» View wsbtradio.com items only
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Next >
-
'Shame that Tune' = my shame, Levitan's tune
Change of SubjectI'll be a contestant on "Shame That Tune" Friday at 6:30 p.m. at the Hideout. Per the event's website, the "musical comedy game show" -- features three locally famous contestants telling embarrassing stories, being interviewed by (Chicago Reader... -
Robert Sickinger, pioneer of Chicago theater, dies at 86
Robert Sickinger, a pivotal figure in the development of Chicago's off-Loop theater scene, died Thursday morning at his home in Delray Beach, Fla. Sickinger was 86. His daughter, Erika, said her father died from natural causes. To the extent that...
Tags: Chicago Loop, Jane Addams, Hull House, Arts and Culture, Obituaries
-
Classical sounds, unusual spaces
The players lift their bows with the customary this-is-the-end flourish, finishing a movement of a Shostakovich string quartet, and the audience claps. A few "Whoo!" yells escape from the back of the room. Some people whistle. As the quartet launches...
Tags: Customs and Tradition, Entertainment, Music Theater, Disc Jockeys, Culture
-
Authors A-C
826CHI 826CHI is a nonprofit writing and tutoring center dedicated to supporting students ages 6-18 with their creative and expository writing skills, and to helping teachers inspire their students. 826chi.org Tom Acitelli Tom Acitelli is author...Tags: Entertainment, Fiction, News Media, New York Observer, Jack White
-
Authors H-L
Susan Hahn Susan Hahn was editor of TriQuarterly for 14 years. She is author of a recent novel, “The Six Granddaughters of Cecil Slaughter”; nine books of poetry, including “Self/Pity” and “The Scarlet Ibis”; and...Tags: Entertainment, Primetime Emmy Awards, News Media, Political Corruption, Entertainment Events
-
Coming to terms with the reality of our city
In Theodore Dreiser's "Sister Carrie," a prosperous Chicago businessman, George Hurstwood, takes up with the young, gorgeous Carrie Meeber, chucks family and home, and runs away with Carrie to Montreal. They find their way to New York, where their tales...
Tags: Chicago Transit Authority, West Englewood, Chicago Mayor, The New York Times, Rahm Emanuel
-
Let's review: Rachel Shteir and poor Chicago
Tribune criticAnd they said the gentle art of literary criticism was dead, confined to irrelevance. Not this week, gentle reader. Not in Chicago. Not in the heat of L'affaire de Shteir. What book review in the history of Chicago literature — heck, what recent...Tags: WTTW, Entertainment, Chicago Loop, News Media, Government
-
Movie secrets are there, in the script!
You know what "Star Wars" is about? I mean, really about? Vietnam. It's a critical allegory of the war: The Rebels are the scrappy Viet Cong, hastily assembled, devoted and relentless; the Empire is the American military, tripped up by an enemy using...
Tags: Shia LaBeouf, Nazi Party, Entertainment, Mel Gibson, Charlie Sheen
-
Cultural 'crisis' -- one man's explanation
Change of SubjectIt's not consumerism that makes millions of people turn away from their churches. It's not relativism. Or narcissism. Or secularism. It's common sense. These churches ask their worshippers to believe in things that are ridiculous. The acid burning through... -
Eschew on this: The grand marshal of world-weariness says it’s OK to hate parades and stay home
Change of SubjectFriday's print column Chicago’s annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade will step off at noon Saturday from the intersection of Balbo and Columbus Drives in Grant Park and head north about half a mile to Monroe Drive. You couldn’t pay me...... -
'Ramblers': A tale of hoops and history
It was a thrill for me whenever the Michael Lenehan byline appeared above a story — usually a very lengthy story — in The Atlantic from the early 1980s to early 1990s. Occasionally he would write for his home publication, the Chicago Reader,...
Tags: College Sports, Loyola Ramblers, Sports, Southeastern Conference, College Basketball
-
I hate a parade!
Chicago's annual St. Patrick's Day parade will step off at noon Saturday from Balbo and Columbus drives in Grant Park and head north about half a mile to Monroe Drive. You couldn't pay me to be there. Contrary to the words of the famous song, I hate a...
Tags: Grant Park, Columbus Day, Advice Columns and Columnists, St. Patrick's Day, Magnificent Mile Lights Festival
May 7, 2013
| Chicago Tribune
May 9, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
May 9, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Apr 22, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Apr 22, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
May 1, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Apr 26, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Apr 4, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Mar 26, 2013
| Chicago Tribune
Mar 14, 2013
| Chicago Tribune
Mar 15, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Mar 15, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Original site for Chicago Reader topic gallery.
