Feature
Chancellor Cheryl Hyman promises student success at her—"reinvented"—alma mater, the City Colleges. Can she deliver?
Ben Joravsky on Politics
But he's not looking like the belle of the ball
Michael Miner on Media
How do investigative outlets like ProPublica and the Voice of San Diego keep Web traffic flowing?
Chicago Reader at Forty
The year in Chicago history via the pages of the Reader
Savage Love
I invited folks to send in their dirty/sexy vacation stories. Here's the best of the bunch.
by Dan Savage
Tags: Savage Love , Santorum , GOP , denunciations , Rick Santorum , Dan Savage , Savage Love , dirty vacation stories , vacation , sexy vacation stories , sex
Music Feature
Twenty nine acts to see—even if you have to fight the crowds
by Miles Raymer, Peter Margasak, Kevin Warwick, Mara Shalhoup, Leor Galil, Bill Meyer, Jessica Hopper and Monica Kendrick
Tags: Music Feature , Lollapalooza , Wye Oak , Cults , My Morning Jacket , Lykke Li , Ceci Bastida , Le Butcherettes , Smith Westerns , Kills , Cults , Mountain Goats , Girl Talk , Ratatat , Disappears , Chico Trujillo , Friendly Fires , Black Lips , Death From Above 1979 , Big Audio Dynamite , Deftones , Ween , Cee Lo , Beirut , Titus Andronicus , Lia Ices , Cool Kids , The Pains of Being Pure at Heart , Flogging Molly , Best Coast , Explosions in the Sky , Modeselektor
Music Feature
Get 'em while they're hot
Artist on Artist
The Atlanta singer and bassist talks about his new album, Arabia Mountain
Gossip Wolf
Beau Wanzer and Traxx land a DFA remix of Gavin Russom. Plus: Public Collectors hosts a music-zine "reading room," Mr. 666 debuts on Ghost Arcade
Soundboard
Sade, Iceage, Ringworm, My Brightest Diamond, and other notable shows this week
Tags: Soundboard , Schubas , Buddy Guy's Legends , Hideout , United Center , Smart Bar , Empathy Lodge , First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre , The Whistler , Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park , Subterranean , Empty Bottle , WBEZ
Photo Pit
Paul McCartney played Wrigley Field Friday, July 31.
Movie Review
Two Lane Blacktop director Monte Hellman finds an inner life on the road
Restaurant Reviews
Generous portions of simple, tasty food from proteges of Tony Mantuano
Key Ingredient
Cooking with rabbit lungs takes Jeffrey Hedin of Leopold's breath away.
Food & Drink Feature
A primer on Bulgarian eats, and where to get them
Special Event
Film festivals, music festivals, ending hunger, and more
by Kevin Warwick
Tags: Special Event , She-nannigans Comedy Challenge , Mark Bazer , Marc Maron , South Shore Jazz Fest , Festival Cubano , Epitonic Saki Sessions , Bedknobs and Broomsticks , Exploding Star Orchestra , Taste of the Nation , Soundtrack Serenade
Performing Arts Sidebar
A serious sit-down with the comic of Side Mullet Nation .
Culture Vultures
In-the-know Chicagoans tell the Reader what they're watching, reading, and seeing
Book Review
In Lockdown High, public school is a prison prep academy
Space
Molly Marcucci's rug really ties a room together
Bleader
This week's Chicagoan: Tom Stillwell, comic book creator.
by Anne Ford
Tags: You Are Here , Chicagoans , Chicagoans , Anne Ford , Tom Stillwell , Toy Boy , Wizard World Chicago , DC Comics , Marvel Comics , Chicago River , Great Chicago Fire , Action Comics , Superman , Batman , Diamond , Honor Brigade , comics
Bleader
Britney Spears 101, a panel discussion tonight at the Hungry Brain.
by Sam Worley
Tags: Music , Free Shit , Other Stuff , Apropos of Nothing , Swag , Britney Spears , Britney Spears 101 , the Hungry Brain , Homeroom , Christopher Smit , the A.V. Club , Marah Eakin , Liz Mason , Quimby's , Caboose #7: Britney Spears 101 , Calvin College , Stages: Three Days in Mexico , The Exile of Britney Spears: A Tale of 21st Century Consumption , Judy Hoffman , University of Chicago
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Adam Dunn K Watch: just as frustrating as ever
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Free online finance course from Yale.
by Taylor Goldenstein
Tags: Free Shit , Swag , finance , debt , Yale , Robert Shiller , online , courses , lecture , deficit , free
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Kara Selberis's snow globe collection.
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by Mick Dumke
Tags: Sports , college football , Northwestern Wildcats , Michigan Wolverines , Bleacher Report , Anthony Thomas , David Terrell , Drew Henson , Zak Kustok , Sam Simmons , Damien Anderson , Video
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Tips for acting smarter.
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Lifesource holds Ron Santo memorial blood drives
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Operapalooza: Grant Park Orchestra and Ryan Center rising stars, including tenor Rene Barbera, in two free concerts this weekend.
by Deanna Isaacs
Tags: Crickets , Music , Free Shit , Swag , Lyric Opera of Chicago , Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center , Rene Barbera , Grant Park Music Festival , Jack Zimmerman , Operalia , Operapalooza
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Reedist Ken Vandermark and drummer Tim Daisy end a U.S. tour in support of their fine new duo album, "The Conversation," with a show on Sunday night at the Hungry Brain.
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Affluent black and Latino families are more likely to live in poor neighborhoods than affluent whites, according to a new study.
by Sam Worley
Tags: Chicagoland , Politics , Clout City , Megan Cottrell , the Chicago Reporter , Chicago Now , Carol Felsenthal , Chicago magazine , segregation , residential segregation , U.S. Census , John Logan , Brown University , Bobby Rush , Danny Davis
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Snow Flower and the Secret Fan lives up to its reviews.
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One way to tweak the music festival formula
by Miles Raymer
Tags: Crickets , Music , Free Shit , Swag , Found Sound Chicago , Chicago , Heartichoke , Matthew Hale Clark , Piss Piss Piss Moan Moan Moan , Shearing Pinx , Permanent Records , Rainbo Club , Michael Slaboch , the Hideout , Scott Lucas
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The North Shore Mosquito Abatement District's adulticiding program.
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The state of Illinois might start shutting down your favorite independent ice cream makers.
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Local designer Anna Fong offers variations on a summer staple.
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The 22nd annual Chicago Humanities Festival. Theme: Technology
by Jerome Ludwig
Tags: Science , Lit & Lectures , Books , Chicago Humanities Festival , technology , Laurie Anderson , Adrian Belew , Common , Umberto Eco , Jonathan Franzen , Jeanne Gang , Amitav Ghosh , William Gibson , Lydia Millet , Bill Savage , Dan Sinker , Stephen Sondheim
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Obama celebrates; Eli's brings the cake.
by Sam Worley
Tags: Paranormal , Politics , Clout City , Barack Obama , Steve Bogira , birthdays , Uptown , Eli's , birthday cake , layer cake , bad deals
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New pics of the rock scion by Hedi Slimane
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The Reader's Lollapalooza Survival Guide, plus Paul McCartney, Sade, Iceage, and plenty more non-Lolla stuff too
by Miles Raymer
Tags: Crickets , Music , Lollapalooza , Chicago , Sade , Iceage , Ringworm , My Brightest Diamond , Bare Mutants , Exploding Star Orchestra , Black Lips , Jim Hollywood , Baseball Furies , Tyrades , Football , Gossip Wolf , James Murphy , DFA Records , Paul McCartney
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Brothers Rex and Rob Ryan begin their collective takeover of the football media outlets, particularly ESPN.
by Kevin Warwick
Tags: Media , Sports , News , Rob Ryan , Rex Ryan , Buddy Ryan , New York Jets , ESPN , Dallas Cowboys , Jerry Jones , Cleveland Browns , defense , football , loud mouths
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The Chicago Underground Film Festival curates a program of "fantastical, funny, friendly, freakish films" from this year's lineup Monday 8/8 at Beauty Bar.
by Ed M. Koziarski
Tags: Film , Free Shit , Food & Drink , Food , Swag , Chicago Underground Film Festival , CUFF , Beauty Bar , Salonathon , Andrew Mauset-Mooney , Lazslo Lassu , Hawk and a Hacksaw , Peripetei'em , Andrew Rosinski , Beads , Kari Corbett , Crispin Rosenkranz , Uncontrollable Joy for Life , Steven Summers , The Forest , John Bonham , Daniel Martinico , Be Kind Rewind , Blockbuster Tapes , Moby Dick , Tony Balko , Mike Olenick , Spaceboy , Unicornhole , Kerry Lataila , chromographic , 3D , Lusas Dimick , Dax Norman , Video
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Flatforms and shooties are just the beginning.
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The British retailer goes mobile around Grant Park this weekend.
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A dazzling double CD collects all 34 tracks recorded by Cajun accordionist and singer Amede Ardoin for the first time.
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The proper way to complain when you're wearing an Elite badge
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A piece of Ray Noland's Pitchfork festival art goes on eBay.
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A Chicagoan fondly remembers his time in the service of Saddam's son in this 2005 story by Grant Pick.
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The destructive riots in England have taken a serious toll on more than 150 indie record labels, including several from Chicago.
