People Issue 2012

People Issue 2012: "You've just gotta filter out noise"

• by Reader staff
• Tags: Feature, People Issue 2012, People Issue, Latoya Winters, John Campos, Angel Olsen, Millon Dollar Mano, Kimmy Walters, Dave Matta, Alejandro Cerrudo, Dave Cerda, Jackie Taylor, Vern Hester, Tara D., Ehsan Ghoreishi, Becca Hall, Martin Kastner, Keith Magee, Kayce Ataiyero, Michael Robbins, Mitzi Scott, Dave Odd, Abra Berens, Zain Curtis, Teen Witch, Dee Alexander, Roger Sosner, Tony Bacon, Janet Voight

People Issue 2012:
Latoya Winters, the graduate

Youth worker at Marillac: "I wanna help people from where I come from. I went through what they're going through."

• Tags: Feature, Latoya Winters, Northern Illinois Unversity, Regina Dominican, youth workers, Misericordia, social work, Marillac House, social service agencies, Marillac Social Center

People Issue 2012:
John Campos, the organizer

CPD community policing advocate: "Some blocks look like Afghanistan and others look like any other street in Chicago."

• Tags: Feature, People Issue 2012, People Issue, John Campos, The Organizer, CPD, Chicago Police Department, CAPS, 11th District, drugs

People Issue 2012:
Kimmy Walters, the Twitterer

@aRealLiveGhost: "You've just gotta filter out noise."

• Tags: Feature, Kimmy Walters, Twitter, Cool Date, @TPHD, social media, poetry, poetry readings, New York, @arealliveghost, Weird Twitter, Twet Crew, @dryhugs, @rare_basement, @UtilityLimb, @famouscrab, @dril

People Issue 2012:
Keith Magee, the pastor

Executive director of the National Public Housing Museum: "I looked into the face of the poor. I saw my calling."

• Tags: Feature, People Issue 2012, People Issue, Keith Magee, The Pastor, National Public Housing Museum, Jane Addams Homes

People Issue 2012:
Kayce Ataiyero, the GM

Chicago Steam general manager: "Even as a lifelong basketball fan I didn't appreciate how complex the business is."

• Tags: Feature, Kayce Ataiyero, Chicago Steam, basketball, minor league basketball, journalists, Ron Hicks, sports, Chicago Tribune, Deborah Leigh Key, Dolton Rec Center, News & Observer, Victor Saracini, Philadelphia Inquirer, Chris Webber, Fab Five, Arthur Agee, Sam Houston

People Issue 2012:
Mitzi Scott, the survivor

Addict who's 12 years clean: "You can call it a bottom, or you can call it a blessing."

• Tags: Feature, People Issue 2012, People Issue, Mitzi Scott, The Survivor, Treatment Alternatives for Safe Communities, Emages, drugs, drug addiction, cocaine, marijuana, codeine, heroin, freebase, A Safe Haven, Kennedy-King College, Professor Larry Ross

People Issue 2012:
Roger Sosner, the hawker

Beer vendor and LP collector: "Any person with a strong back and a weak mind can do it."

• Tags: Feature, People Issue 2012, People Issue, Roger Sosner, The Seller, beer vendor, record collector, White Sox Park, Wrigley Field, United Center, Chicagoland Record Collectors Show, Darlene Payne & the O.D. Girls, This Melody, Copy Cat song, Big Bill Hill show, eBay, US Cellular Field

People Issue 2012:
Tony Bacon, the custodian

Chicago Public Schools employee: "The union guy told me, 'Just be happy you got a job.'"

• Tags: Feature, People Issue 2012, People Issue, Tony Bacon, the Custodian, Chicago Public Schools, Board of Education, Blaine School, Franklin Fine Arts School, Darwin School

People Issue 2012:
Janet Voight, the diver

Deep-sea explorer: "There must have been cliffs 20 meters high and it's dark and you can only see ten feet ahead of you."

• Tags: Feature, People Issue 2012, People Issue, Janet Voight, Field Museum, The Diver, zoology, cephalopod mollusks, Alvin submersible, amphipods, wood-boring clams, flatworms

My brother’s peeper

Dan on the roots—or lack thereof—of kinky tendencies, plus some fooling around in the family tree.

• by Dan Savage
• Tags: Savage Love, Australia, BDSM, violent sexual fantasies, extreme sexual fantasies, antidepressants, erotic humiliation, naked pictures, kinks

Jingle balls

Dan on third wheels, blow job technique, and urine enemas.

• by Dan Savage
• Tags: Savage Love, open relationship, monogamous couples, blow jobs, urine enemas, third wheels

People Issue 2012:
Angel Olsen, the singer

Bonnie "Prince" Billy collaborator: "I just kind of had to find something that I could hold onto."

• Tags: Music Feature, Will Oldham, Emmett Kelly, Angel Olsen, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Cairo Gang, Bathetic Records, songwriting, Half Way Home, Pillars & Tongues, Static Films, Kerry Couch, Ottoman Empire, Sac House, Marissa Nadler, The Babblers, Cafe Mustache, Miko's Italian Ice, Ronny's

People Issue 2012:
Million Dollar Mano, the producer

Kanye West's tour DJ: "I didn't know I was ever gonna DJ for Jay-Z."

• Tags: Music Feature, People Issue 2012, People Issue, Million Dollar Mano, Millon $ Mano, Kanye West, Treated Crew, DJ Rashad, DJ Spinn, 2 Chainz, Jay-Z

People Issue 2012:
Dave Matta, the educator

Eclectic music curator: "I feel a great deal of responsibility as a DJ in this town."

• Tags: Music Feature, Brian Chankin, The Menahan Street, Charles Bradley, Dave Matta, soul, Northern Soul, Motown, 60s soul, DJs, reggae, world music, hip-hop, underground hip-hop, Soul Summit, The Owl, The Whistler, Double Door

People Issue 2012:
Teen Witch, the DJ

Founder of CULT at Berlin: "The whole reason of going to school is networking, but I realized I could do that with partying."

• Tags: Music Feature, Berlin, CULT, seapunk, DJs, Teen Witch zine, DJ Teen Witch, Teen Witch, Zain Curtis, partying, club culture, Kyle Leuck, Yoko Homo, Scott Cramer, Rihanna, zines, Subterranean

People Issue 2012:
Dee Alexander, the singer

Leader of the Evolution Ensemble: "There was a freedom in jazz and all of the different chances you could take."

• Tags: Music Feature, Dee Alexander, Rashida Black, Tomeka Reid, James Sanders, Ernie Adams, jazz, Iqua Colson, Newport Jazz Festival, Evolution Ensemble, 3Arts Award, Douglas Ewart, Jimmy Ellis, Theophilus Reed, Orvieto Jazz Festival, Rita Warford, Von Freeman, Progressive Art Center, Moosehead Lounge, "Light" Henry Huff", Yosef Ben Israel, Ken Chaney, Avreeayl Ra

People Issue 2012:
Vern Hester, the photographer

Windy City Times columnist: "I wanna be a dirty old man and I wanna shoot rock 'n' roll."

• Tags: Music Feature, Vern Hester, photographers, photography, Windy City Times, Paul Natkin, film, concert photography, black and white film, Tracy Baim, Gay Life

Gossip Wolf: GLC anything but silent

A gift from Rabble Rabble, plus GLC's on a roll

• by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
• Tags: Gossip Wolf, Rabble Rabble, Cole's Bathroom, Matt Ciarleglio, Logan Square, Cole's, Empty Bottle, Vamos, Magic Milk, Experimental Sound Studio, The Drone for the End of Time, Kanye West, Fellowship &Congregate, Cathedral, The Anti Sim, Silence of the Lames, Million Dollar Mano, Blended Babies, SK, Really Doe, Bun B, Treated Crew, Reggie's Rock Club

People Issue 2012:
Ehsan Ghoreishi, the filmmaker

Cabbie/musician/
documentarian: "I knew that I had to work my ass off."

• Tags: Movie Feature, People Issue 2012, People Issue, Ehsan Ghoreishi, The Filmmaker, cabbie, cabdriver, taxi, Mashhad, Iran, Dominick's, Truman College, Columbia College, Doug Abram, Black Bear Combo, Chicago Gypsy Brass Band, Miguel Silveira

People Issue 2012:
Rebecca Hall, the projectionist

Northwest Chicago Film Society cofounder: "If it was born on celluloid and we can't get celluloid, we won’t show it."

• Tags: Movie Feature, University of Chicago, Rebecca Hall, movies, projectionists, Classic Film Series, film, film projection, Kyle Westphal, Northwest Chicago Film Society, Becca Hall, Univ. of Chicago Doc Films, Portage Theater, Gene Siskel Film Center

Lean on me

In Jacques Audiard's Rust and Bone, a woman loses her legs and then her heart.

• by J.R. Jones
• Tags: Movie Critic's Choice, Marion Cotillard, Rust and Bone, Jacques Audiard, Matthias Schoenaerts, Read My Lips, A Prophet, The Beat That My Heart Skipped

People Issue 2012:
Dave Odd, the forager

Owner of Odd Produce: "I take wild plants that we find elsewhere and transplant them and just let them go nuts"

• Tags: Food & Drink Feature, People Issue 2012, People Issue, Dave Odd, the Forager, Edge Comedy Club, Chicago Center for the Performing Arts, foraging, Mike Murphy, Odd Produce

People Issue 2012:
Abra Berens, the farmer

Co-owner of Bare Knuckle Farm: "I think people have lost some contact with how their food is grown."

• Tags: Food & Drink Feature, People Issue 2012, People Issue, Abra Berens, the Farmer, Floriole Cafe and Bakery, Bare Knuckle Farm, Leelanau Peninsula, Jess Piskor, Floriole Cafe & Bakery

People Issue 2012:
Martin Kastner, the craftsman

Designer of Alinea's serviceware: "I had no desire to be an artist. I thought art was all ego."

• Tags: Food & Drink Feature, People Issue 2012, People Issue, Martin Kaster, The Craftsman, Crucial Designs, Alinea, Next restaurant, Aviary, Grant Achatz, the Porthole, The Aviary, Next

New Year's Eve Guide 2012

Our picks for the best places to be when the ball drops

• Tags: Chicago Reader's Guide to New Year's Eve, Black Ensemble Theater, The Jackie Wilson Story, The Marvin Gaye Story, One Name Only, Bootlegger's Ball, Moonshine Brewing Company, Burlesque New Year's Eve Striptacular, Gorilla Tango's Geek Girls, Chemically Imbalanced Comedy, Chemically Imbalanced Theater, Kiss Kiss Cabaret New Year's Eve Hullabaloo, Greenhouse Theater Center, Nerd Year's Eve, Star Wars, Challengers Comics + Conversation, DANK Haus, Feuerzangenbowle, The Poseidon Adventure, Music Box, Morseland, Slo 'Mo, the Whistler, Time Travel Spectacular, Elastic, Messing and the Wisemen, Antony and the Tramps, Airborne Toxic Event, Metro, Charles Bradley and His Extraordinaires, Lincoln Hall, Eternals Espiritu Zombi Group, Hideout, Marked Men Bad Sports, Empty Bottle, Wanda Jackson, Double Door, Porter Robinson, Congress Theater, Beauty Bar, Hood Internet, Moon Boots, Only Children, The Castle, Paul Oakenfold, Evil Olive, Porn and Chicken, Funky Buddha Lounge, The Mid, The Shrine, DJ B-Man, Teedra Moses, Spy Bar, Kalendr, Inphinity, Gene Farris, Acadia, Big Jones, Blackbird, Hoppin' John, Blackbird, Chef David Posey, Chilam Balam, Natalie Oswald, Deleece, Due Lire Vino and Cucina, Fork, Tim Cottini, Grass Fed, Jerry's Andersonville, Longman and Eagle, Jared Wentworth, Mercadito, Ryan Poli, Mercat a la Planxa, Nana, Park Grill, People Tapas Lounge, The Publican, Brian Huston, Senza, Noah Sandoval, Sepia, Andrew Zimmerman, Slurping Turtle, Godzilla, Takashi Yagihashi, SmallBar Division, Storefront Company, Tesori, Trenchermen, Yusho, Matthias Merges, Zed 451, Zocalo

People Issue 2012:
Alejandro Cerrudo, the dancer

HSDC choreographer: "I make you uncomfortable so the contrast is greater."

• Tags: Performing Arts Feature, People Issue 2012, People Issue, Alejandro Cerrudo, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, choreographer, One Thousand Places, Marc Chagall, America Windows, Art Institute of Chicago

People Issue 2012:
Dave Cerda, the performer

Hell in a Handbag Productions founder: "I loved camp before I knew it was camp."

• Tags: Performing Arts Feature, People Issue, People Issue 2012, Dave Cerda, The Performer, Hell In a Handbag Productions, Rudolph the Red-Hosed Reindeer, Poseidon!, Scarrie, Hammond, IN, John Waters, Female Trouble, Pink Flamingos, Parkway Theatre, Kelly Anchors, Sweetback Productions, The Birds, Tippi Hendren, Alfred Hitchcock

People Issue 2012:
Jackie Taylor, the dramatist

Black Ensemble Theater founder: "I put my life into this and I don't want it to go when my life goes."

• Tags: Performing Arts Feature, People Issue 2012, People Issue, Jackie Taylor, The Dramatist, Black Ensemble Theater, Seward Park, Cabrini-Green, Dennis Zacek, Loyola University, Free Street Theater, Patrick Henry, Cooley High, Joyce Sloane, Second City, Black Ensemble Theater Cultural Center

People Issue 2012:
Michael Robbins, the poet

Author of Alien vs. Predator: "I have a real aversion to poetry readings, even when I'm reading at them."

• Tags: Lit & Lectures: Lit Feature, New Yorker, Paul Muldoon, Michael Robbins, Alien Vs. Predator, smoking, University of Chicago, Hyde Park, Jonathan Franzen, Anthony Madrid, Seminary Co-op Bookstore, poetry readings, Art Institute, poetry, poets, Music Box, Art Institute of Chicago, Price Auditorium

People Issue 2012:
Tara D., the gallerist

Founder of Hotbox mobile gallery: "It's getting people really excited about street art again."

Eastern Bowl Game

• by Ben Tausig

Street View 058: Stylish + Conscious

Isa Giallorenzo's Street View 058

• by Isa Giallorenzo
• Tags: Style, Arts, street style, fashion, womenswear, fall, Obama, capes, nice hat

History demands that we open our eyes

On photography's power to change people's perspectives

• by Sarah Nardi
• Tags: Arts, Visual Art, Politics, News, Sandy Hook Elementary, genocide, holocaust, Rwanda, Khmer Rouge, Killing fields, gun control, photography

Reader's Agenda, Mon 12/17: Extraordinary Popular Delusions, Kartemquin directors, and Bret Slater

What's on the Agenda for Monday, December 17, 2012

• by Drew Hunt
• Tags: Do This, Arts, Extraordinary Popular Delusions, Jim Baker, Steve Hunt, Brian Sandstrom, Mars Williams, Beat Kitchen, Bill Meyer, Greater Grand Crossing Branch, Chicago Public Library, Steve Bogria, Kartemquin, Gordon Quinn, Peter Kuttner, UE/Wells, Winnie Wright, Age 11, Trick Bag, Bret Slater, Thomas Robertello Gallery, An Amulet That Matters

Endangering the lives of children: the ceaseless train of tragedy in segregated neighborhoods

Traumatic losses are almost commonplace for some kids in Chicago

• by Steve Bogira
• Tags: Segregation, People Week, News, Latoya Winters, Marillac House, People Issue, East Garfield Park, segregation, Martin Luther King, Lawndale, open housing, Richard J. Daley, fires, shootings, Laverne Williams, Delenna Williams, Variations on a Theme, People Issue 2012, People Issue

Today in high-concept cover bands

Jahbreaker proves it's all about the follow-through

• by Miles Raymer
• Tags: Boom!, Music, Brian Moss, Chicago, Hanalei, the Ghost, Jawbreaker, LOL, life lessons

After Sandy Hook—a spike in calls for gun reform

Pew reports a spike in calls for gun reform after Sandy Hook

• by Michael Miner
• Tags: Media, News, Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence, Sandy Hook Elementary School, gun reform, Gabrielle Giffords shooting, Trayvon Martin shooting, Adam Lanza, Second Amendment

Street View 059: Cute + Cool

Isa Giallorenzo's Street View 059

• by Isa Giallorenzo
• Tags: Style, Arts, womenswear, fall, bows, knee high socks, street style, fashion

If only Mayor Rahm treated Chicagoans like they were gun lovers

When it comes to treating the paying customers with disdain, Bears star Brian Urlacher has nothing on Mayor Rahm

• by Ben Joravsky
• Tags: Politics, News, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Brian Urlacher, Chicago Bears, reporters, President Obama

Reader's Agenda, Tue 12/18: Graham Parker and The Rumour, Justin Cooper, and The Second City That Never Sleeps

What's on the Agenda for Tuesday, December 18, 2012

• by Drew Hunt
• Tags: Do This, Arts, Graham Parker & the Rumour, Park West, Judd Apatow, This Is 40, Three Chords Good, Peter Margasak, Brooklyn, Justin Cooper, Monique Meloche Gallery, Board, The Second City, The Second City That Never Sleeps: Letters to Santa, Fred Armisen, Jason Sudeikis, Olivia Wilde, Jeff Tweedy, Kim Deal, Onward Neighborhood House

A little good news: The Chicago Area Ethnic Handbook

Jeryl Levin and Cynthia Linton come out with the second edition of The Chicago Area Ethnic Handbook—just in time for Christmas!

• by Ben Joravsky
• Tags: Books, Arts, Politics, News, Cynthia Linton, Jeryl Levin, The Chicago Area Ethnic Handbook

Have they found Michael Jansson's body?

A body was pulled from the river yesterday. Are they the remains of this long-lost Lincolnwood man?

• by Mike Sula
• Tags: Crime, RIP, News, Michael Jansson, Biolgy Bar, missing persons, Lynda Jansson

Did you read that the world's still here, we're still debating gun control, and Mick Dumke didn't know who Eddie Haskell is?

Also one of the MCC escapees was caught, the best books (and book covers) of the year, and escort-biz sidelines?

• by Reader staff
• Tags: Did You Read __________?, News, Did you read?

Street View 060: Total black + Faux fur

Isa Giallorenzo's Street View 060

• by Isa Giallorenzo
• Tags: Style, Arts, fashion, street style, womenswear, faux fur, total black, fall, coats, briefcases

Thrill Jockey founder Bettina Richards on the label's 20th-anniversary party

Tonight Thrill Jockey celebrates its 20th anniversary with a party at the Empty Bottle, but just what will happen remains a mystery

• by Leor Galil
• Tags: Do This, Music, Thrill Jockey, Bettina Richards, Empty Bottle, Tortoise, the Sea and Cake, Man Forever, Kid Million, Peter Margasak, Matmos, Video

Best shows to see: Extraordinary Popular Delusions, Graham Parker & the Rumour, and People's Temple

As the touring circuit cools down for the holidays, let's take notice of the great Chicago talent that surrounds us all year round

• by Peter Margasak
• Tags: Do This, Music, Extraordinary Popular Delusions, Graham Parker & the Rumour, People's Temple, Best Shows to See, Soundboard, Witches & Devils, Raul Malo, Robbie Fulks, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Anna Clyne, Jason Stein, Rob Mazurek

12 O'Clock Track: Tragedy, "Eyes of Madness"

Today's 12 O'Clock Track is "Eyes of Madness" by crust-punk band Tragedy

• by Kevin Warwick
• Tags: 12 O'Clock Track, Music, Tragedy, 12 O'Clock Track, Christmas Eve, crust punk, Portland, kids, Video

Chief Keef's Finally Rich is good, bad, and mostly OK

Some decided to love or hate Chief Keef's Interscope debut prior to its release, but the album shouldn't inspire such strong feelings

• by Leor Galil
• Tags: Music, Chief Keef, Keith Cozart, Finally Rich, Interscope, Gawker, drill, hip-hop, WorldStarHipHop, John Cage, G.O.O.D. Music, Love Sosa, Hallelujah, I Don't Like, Rick Ross, Laugin To The Bank, Video

Street View 061: Grungy + Girlie

Isa Giallorenzo's Street View 061

• by Isa Giallorenzo
• Tags: Style, Arts, womenswear, fall, grunge, nice hair, street style, fashion, baseball jackets

Lessons from Mitzi Scott

More testimony from Mitzi Scott, counselor and recovering addict

• by Kate Schmidt
• Tags: People Week, News, Variations on a Theme, Mitzi Scott, People Issue, racism, substance abuse, the homeless, People Issue 2012, People Issue

Did you read about Second Amendment rights, autocorrect mistakes, and the poop-sock incident?

Also Kuma's Corner's second location, the Broadway World Chicago awards, and the Ali Soufan interview?

• by Reader staff
• Tags: Did You Read __________?, News, Did you read?

All this week, more of the people who inspire us

This week's Variations on a Theme: People Week

• by Tal Rosenberg
• Tags: People Week, News, Variations on a Theme, People Issue 2012, People Issue, People Week, Mara Shalhoup

12 O'Clock Track: The Hood Internet, "Do You Give Up Now (Big Data remix)"

Local producers finish a good year with a great remix

• by Miles Raymer
• Tags: 12 O'Clock Track, Music, the Hood Internet, A.C. Newman, Doomtree, Lazerbeak, Willy Joy, My Gold Mask, Donwill, Junior Pande, 12 O'Clock Track

Street View 062: Cowboy + Leopard

Isa Giallorenzo's Street View 062

• by Isa Giallorenzo
• Tags: Style, Arts, menswear. prints, leopard, cowboy boots, fall, street style, fashion

A glimpse of the Chicago music scene that thrives outside the glare of the spotlight

The B Side of the People Issue: Angel Olsen, Million Dollar Mano, Dee Alexander, and more

• by Philip Montoro
• Tags: People Week, Music, Variations on a Theme, People Issue 2012, People Issue, People Week, Angel Olsen, Million Dollar Mano, DJ Dave Matta, Dee Alexander, Vern Hester, Zain Curtis, Teen Witch

World keeps turning, B-minus-list celebrities stay tacky

Let Deadmau5 and Kat Von D envelop you in blissful ignorance

• by Miles Raymer
• Tags: Seriously?, The Internet, Music, Deadmau5, Kat Von D, EDM, Twitter, the Internet, romance

To Kill a Mockingbird and the kindest cut

How a good Hollywood filmmaker uses a close-up of a child's face

• by Ben Sachs
• Tags: Things I Love, Film, To Kill a Mockingbird, Robert Mulligan, Gregory Peck, Mary Badham, Italian neorealism, Parental Guidance, Billy Crystal, family movies, advertising, Gene Siskel Film Center

Did you read about Sarah Palin, the Pope on Twitter, and Teletubbies in Burma?

Also the NRA, Instagram photos, Tom Tomorrow, and Bears fans?

• by Reader staff
• Tags: Did You Read __________?, News, Did you read?

Street View 063: Soft + Spiky

Isa Giallorenzo's Street View 063

• by Isa Giallorenzo
• Tags: Style, Arts, womenswear, fall, MCA, skirts, spikes, nice hair, fashion, street style

12 O'Clock Track: Arbouretum, "World Split Open"

Live video of Arbouretum playing at Thrill Jockey's 20th-anniversary show in Baltimore; the Chicago installment happens on Thursday at the Empty Bottle.

• by Peter Margasak
• Tags: 12 O'Clock Track, Music, Post No Bills, Thrill Jockey Records, 12 O'Clock Track, Empty Bottle, Tortoise, the Sea and Cake, Man Forever, Arbouretum, World Split Open, Video

The passion of Vern Hester

Photography, rock, Buddhism, and enthusiasm are a part of what makes him one extraordinary Chicagoan

• by Leor Galil
• Tags: Arts, People Week, Music, Visual Art, Variations on a Theme, People Issue 2012, Vern Hester, People Issue, Riot Fest, Gwar, Soka Gakkai International

'Tis the season for less-ubiquitous holiday sounds

Some of this year's better holiday releases, both old and new

• by Peter Margasak
• Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Andy Cirzan, holiday music, Christmas, John Soss, Sound Opinions, Electric Company, Tim Sparks, Nutcracker Suite, Tchaikovsky, Tracey Thorn, Tinsel and Lights, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Dawn McCarthy, Christmas Eve Can Kill You, Everly Brothers, Video, Audio

Despite reservations, Richard Posner will preside at the trial of Socrates

The mark of a great mind is its ability to rationalize away misgivings lesser minds should be ashamed they don't have

• by Michael Miner
• Tags: Media, News, Judge Richard Posner, Slate, Socrates, National Hellenic Museum

Witches & Devils return to play the music of Albert Ayler and Christmas

Mars Williams's Albert Ayler tribute band mixes in songs of the season for its annual holiday concert

• by Peter Margasak
• Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Mars Williams, holiday music, Christmas, Witches & Devils, Hideout, free jazz, Albert Ayler, Chicago jazz, Audio

Street View 065: Humboldt Park + Street Art

Isa Giallorenzo's Street View 065

• by Isa Giallorenzo
• Tags: Style, Arts, fashion, street style, womenswear, Humboldt Park, street art

Managing editor Jerome Ludwig leaves the Reader

He will be greatly missed, but to say that is completely insufficient

• by Michael Miner
• Tags: Media, News, Jerome Ludwig, Chicago Reader, Nichiren Buddhism, Soka Gakkai International, Lotus Sutra, Sun-Times Media, Brigitte Kather, Bookworks, Bob Roschke, Ronda Pilon

Asado Coffee keeps pouring it on

Lakeview's Asado Coffee Roasters has plans to branch out

• by Kate Schmidt
• Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Asado Coffee Company, Kevin Ashtari, Mike Sula, drip coffee Jeff Liberman, Big Shoulders Coffee, Gaslight Coffee Roasters, Ipsento, Bow Truss, Mirage espresso makers

Jail break at the Metropolitan Correctional Center

For the first time in 27 years there's been an escape from the jail in the South Loop

• by Steve Bogira
• Tags: Crime, News, Metropolitan Correctional Center, Chicago Defender, escapes, Chicago Tribune, jails, Jose Banks, Secondhand Bandit, Kenneth Conley, bank robbery, Tinley Park, Dirksen Federal Building, Paul Gapp, Harry Weese, Bernard Welch, Hugh Colomb, Michael Halberstam, David Halberstam, Aryan Brotherhood

Best animated films of 2012

Best of 2012 Countdown: Animation

• by J.R. Jones
• Tags: Film, The Secret World of Arrietty, Studio Ghibli, Hayao Miyazaki, The Pirates! Band of Misfits, David Tennant, Video

Did you read about Robert Bork, the Field Museum, and four nearby planets?

Also public worker promises, James Gray, and jihad naughty and nice?

• by Reader staff
• Tags: Did You Read __________?, News, Did you read?

Reader's Agenda, Sat 12/22: Chicago Printmakers Collaborative, Hamid Drake & Michael Zerang, and DJ Pauly D

What's on the Agenda for Saturday, December 22, 2012

• by Drew Hunt
• Tags: Arts, 23rd Annual International Small Print Show and Holiday Sale, Chicago Printmakers Collaborative, Hamid Drake, Michael Zerang, Links Hall, Winter Solstice, Bill Meyer, MTV, Jersey Shore, may be over, Paul DelVecchio, DJ Pauly D, Horseshoe Casino

Did you read about Sandy Hook responses, David Carr on Brian Lam, and Jim DeRogatis on Chief Keef?

Also various reports on mass shootings and Glenn Greenwald on Zero Dark Thirty

• by Reader staff
• Tags: Did You Read __________?, News, Did you read?

Best human-interest documentary of 2012

Best of 2012 Countdown: human-interest documentary

• by J.R. Jones
• Tags: Film, Fake It So Real, Robert Greene, documentary, North Carolina, amateur wrestling, Jonathan Demme, Magic Mike, Jason Becker: Not Dead Yet, Searching for Sugar Man, Sixto Rodriguez, Malik Bendjelloul, folk rock, Video

Have a Terrible holiday!

Previewing the Christmas-themed video art program by Everything Is Terrible!, coming to Lincoln Hall this Friday

• by Ben Sachs
• Tags: Do This, On Video, Comedy, Everything Is Terrible!, Lincoln Hall, video mash-up, video art, Channel 2020, YouTube, End of Days, Food Party, Mayan Apocalypse

Local Root sandwich shop attempts to save the world

Streeterville's Local Root: local and seasonal, so what's with the tomatoes?

• by Julia Thiel
• Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Local Root, sustainability, Streeterville, poutine

Bruno Mars locks Rihanna out of number one

A retro-fied pop star takes on a new decade and finds success

• by Miles Raymer
• Tags: On the Charts, Music, Bruno Mars, Rihanna, Ke$ha, the Police, Video

Best political documentary of 2012

Best of 2012 Countdown: Political Documentary

• by J.R. Jones
• Tags: Film, This Is Not a Film, Islamic Republic, Jafar Panahi, house arrest, Kartemquin Films, Kathy Berger, Ines Sommer, Beneath the Blindfold, political documentary, torture victims, Kirby Dick, Leon Panetta, The Ambassador, Detropia, Putin’s Kiss, You’ve Been Trumped, Video

Merchandise Mart execs still at large after daring escape

Fugitives could be charged with breaking and exiting

• by Steve Bogira
• Tags: Whoa, News, Merchandise Mart, escapes, Apparel Mart, Metropolitan Correctional Center

Quentin Tarantino's thousand-bullet clip, and the rest of this week's movies

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue

• by J.R. Jones
• Tags: Film, Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained, Columbia Pictures, Rust and Bone, Jacques Audiard, Prophet movie, Jean Gentil, Barrymore movie, Christopher Plummer, Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away, The Impossible movie, Naomi Watts, Ewan McGregor, Jack Reacher, Tom Cruise, Lee Childs, Les Miserables, Scrooge and Marley, A Christmas Carol, This Is 40, Judd Apatow, Knocked Up, Funny People, Hiroshi Teshigahara, Antonio Gaudi, Gene Siskel Film Center, James Whale, Frankenstein, David Lean, Lawrence of Arabia, Music Box, Stanley Donen, Royal Wedding, Northbrook Public Library, Chicago movies, Video

Best SF/fantasy film of 2012

Best of 2012 Countdown: Sci-Fi/Fantasy

• by J.R. Jones
• Tags: Film, Ridley Scott, Alien, Prometheus, MacGuffin, Branded, sci-fi, Philip K. Dick, Jamie Bradshaw, Aleksandr Dulerayn, Looper, Duncan Jones. Source Code, Moon Duncan Jones, Shane Carruth, Primer, science fiction movies, fantasy movies, Video

It goes both ways: the Dearborn bike lane gives Rahm bragging rights and cyclists a protected ride

A ride up and down the new protected, two-way bike lane on Dearborn Avenue

• by Kevin Warwick
• Tags: Cycling, Things I Love, Two Wheels, News, cycling, Rahm Emanuel, bike lanes, Loop, Dearborn, Grid Chicago, protected bike lane, pedestrian, motorist, two-way bike lanes, buffered lane, cyclist, parking

Deep-sea discovery with Janet Voight

Janet Voight, deep-sea biologist, talks about what she's found at the bottom of the ocean

• by Julia Thiel
• Tags: Science, People Week, News, Janet Voight, Field Museum, zoology curator, biologist, octopus, Alvin, Variations on a Theme, People Issue 2012, People Issue, Video

Skyline is sold and Ann Gerber may go on forever

Ron Roenigk takes over Skyline from Wednesday Journal Inc. and Ann Gerber may now run on page one

• by Michael Miner
• Tags: Media, News, Milt Rosenberg, Ann Gerber, Wednesday Journal Inc., Inside Publications, Ron Roenigk, Dan Haley, Skyline, Extension 720. Phillip Ritzenberg

Reader's Agenda, Sun 12/23: Flosstradamus, Octavarius, and War Horse

What's on the Agenda for Sunday, December 23, 2012

• by Drew Hunt
• Tags: Arts, Flosstradamus, Metro, Brenmar, ComedySportz, Octavarius, Lord of The Rings, The Two Turtledoves, War Horse, Cadillac Theater, Tony Adler

Reader's Agenda, Wed 12/19: An "oddball holiday classic," Kent McDill's latest book, and The Nativity

What's on the Agenda for Wednesday, December 19, 2012

• by Drew Hunt
• Tags: Do This, Arts, Portage Theater, Northwest Chicago Film Society, The Night of the Hunter, Robert Mitchum, Holiday Land, Chicago Bulls, Derrick Rose, Kent McDill, Barbara's Bookstore, 100 Things Bulls Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die, Congo Square Theatre, The Nativity, Langston Hughes, Black Nativity, Kennedy-King College Theatre, Laura Molzahn, Ilesa Duncan, McKinley Johnson

Street View 066: Goth + Playful

Isa Giallorenzo's Street View 066

• by Isa Giallorenzo
• Tags: Style, Arts, womenswear, goth, want that purse, street style, fashion, parkas, velvet

The trashy brilliance of Trailer War

Yes, it's just two hours of low-budget movie trailers—but it's incredible

• by Miles Raymer
• Tags: On Video, Whoa, Film, Trailer War, grindhouse, Thunder Cops, Voyage of the Rock Aliens, Alamo Drafthouse, Drafthouse Films, Jim Kelly, Warhawk Tanzania, Animal Protector, Force Four, Force Five, Star Crash, Maniac Cop 2

12 O'Clock Track: Metallica, "The Four Horsemen"

Ring in the end of the world with Metallica's apocalyptic classic, "The Four Horsemen"

• by Luca Cimarusti
• Tags: 12 O'Clock Track, This Will Kill You, Music, 12 O'Clock Track, Metallica, The Four Horsemen, Kill 'em All, apocalypse, Armageddon, heavy metal, Video

Reader's Agenda, Thu 12/20: Thrill Jockey turns 20, "Holiday Fantasia," and Cameron Esposito

What's on the Agenda for Thursday, December 20, 2012

• by Drew Hunt
• Tags: Do This, Arts, Thrill Jockey, Tortoise, the Sea and Cake, Man Forever, Empty Bottle, Salonathon, You’re Gonna Die: A Holiday Fantasia, Metro, Baathhaus, Grades, Shea Coulee, Big Dipper, Details, Leor Galil, Los Angeles, Cameron Esposito, Lincoln Lodge, Bobby Minelli, Adam Burke, Rhea Butcher, Roasted Chestnuts: A Holiday of Jokes

12 O'Clock Track: Julian Malone, "7Milli"

Check out the woozy "7Milli" from local rapper, producer, and Stones Throw signee Julian Malone

• by Leor Galil
• Tags: 12 O'Clock Track, Music, 12 O'Clock Track, Julian Malone, 7Milli, Stones Throw, 2008ighties, BRKF$T Club, Enemy: The Time & Loves of Malone, J Dilla, Video

Foe of Cook County state's attorney won't let 60 Minutes comments die

Alderman Howard Brookins Jr. sounds like he's already preparing to challenge Anita Alvarez for state's attorney in 2016

• by Mick Dumke
• Tags: Crime, Politics, News, 60 Minutes, Anita Alvarez, Cook County state's attorney, wrongful convictions, false confessions, necrophilia, Howard Brookins Jr., 21st Ward, David Koschman, R.J. Vanecko, Chicago Sun-Times

Dalkey Archive Press's infamous ad, the "Worst Job Posting Ever," was satire, sort of

An aggressive job posting needs an explanation

• by Deanna Isaacs
• Tags: Books, Arts, Dalkey Archive Press, John O'Brien, Irish Times, University of Illinois, internships

Reader's Agenda, Fri 12/21: Drone for the End of Time, Riff Raff at Reggie's, and Everything Is Terrible!

What's on the Agenda for Friday, December 21, 2012

• by Drew Hunt
• Tags: Do This, Arts, The Experimental Sound Study, Drone for the End of Time, MTV, From G's To Gents, Houston, Riff Raff, Reggie's Rock Club, Miles Raymer, DJ Benzi, MattBoyWhite, Lincoln Hall, Everything Is Terrible, Holiday Special 2012! Cataclysmic Transformation!

Hardcore dudes doing good at a holiday toy drive

Local hardcore band the Killer hosts their fifth annual holiday toy drive this weekend

• by Luca Cimarusti
• Tags: Do This, Music, charity, toy drive, Salvation Army, Angel Tree, the Killer, Weekend Nachos, Enabler, Like Rats, Ox King, hardcore, heavy Viaduct Theatre

Reader's Agenda, Christmas Eve: Notable plays, movies, and some Porn and Chicken

Reader's Agenda, Christmas Eve, 2012

• by Drew Hunt
• Tags: Do This, Arts, Charles Dickens Begrudgingly Performs A Christmas Carol Again, Marissa Oberlander, The Christmas Schooner, Zac Thompson, It's a Wonderful Life: Live at the Biograph!, Julia Thiel, For you moviegoers, holiday options abound as The Music Box screens both White Christmas and Frank Capra's version of It's a Wonderful Life. The double feature is preceded by an audience singalong, with Santa Claus himself manning the theater's legendary organ. Meanwhile, fans of holiday horror and holiday comedies ought to visit Logan Theater for screenings of Silent Night, Deadly Night 2 and National Lampoom's Christmas Vacation, Porn and Chicken, Best Dance Party, Best of Chicago, Evil Olive, Gorilla Tango, Season's Geekings: A Gorilla Tango Burlesque Holiday Special

The Village: revisiting a meaningful plot twist

Reconsidering The Village, M. Night Shyamalan's maligned 2004 feature

• by Ben Sachs
• Tags: Film, Politics, M. Night Shyamalan, The Village, The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, Signs, war on terror, Sean Baker, Starlet, plot twists, 9/11, Adam Curtis, The Power of Nightmares, reactionary politics

The spookily fantastic tweets of @arealliveghost

How good is Kimmy Walters, aka @arealliveghost, at Twitter? I once responded to a really great tweet with a marriage proposal. We didn't know each other.

• by Asher Klein
• Tags: Things I Love, Arts, The Internet, People Week, Variations on a Theme, Twitter, Kimmy Walters, @arealliveghost, Weird Twitter, poetry, People Issue 2012, People Issue

I was lost till I was at Found Kitchen

Where I found food that was absolutely flawless

• by Sam Worley
• Tags: Do This, Food Chain, Food & Drink, Nicole Pederson, Amy Morton, C-House, Found Kitchen & Social House, Evanston dining

Westvleteren XII: The greatest beer in the world?

The beer nerds' holy grail made its first officially sanctioned appearance in America last week

• by Philip Montoro
• Tags: Beer and Metal, Music, Food & Drink, Beer and Metal, beer, metal, Westvleteren, Westvleteren XII, Westvleteren 12, Saint Sixtus, Saint Sixtus Abbey, Belgium, Belgian, Trappist, Cesare Bonizzi, Slough Feg, Metal Monk, Heavy Metal Monk, Video

Reader's Agenda, Christmas Day: New movies, Chinatown, and the Man in Black

Presents opened? Christmas dinner consumed? Looking for something to do?

• by Drew Hunt
• Tags: Do This, Arts, Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained, Judd Apatow, This is 40, Tom Hooper, Les Miserables, Parental Guidance, Bette Midler, Billy Crystal, David Lean, Lawrence of Arabia, Music BoxMost of the city will be shut down this evening, but there's one spot that will be as bustling as ever: Chinatown. So if you find that you're in the mood for a little Asian cuisine, or hell, if you're all by yourself and just seeking a bit of company, check our listings, hop the Red Line, and treat yourself to a bit of atypical holiday activity all alone tonight.Similarly, a good number of watering holes will have their doors open to those of us who are alone on Christmas. Your best bet might be at Delilah's, which will screen the Johnny Cash Christmas Special from 1979. The variety special features appearances from Anne Murray, Tom T. Hall, and even Andy Kaufman, while The Man in Black serenades his live studio audience with various holiday classics. Christmas spirit shall abound—the spirits behind the bar, even more so.

Scalia—the last word in gun control

On gun control, Judge Richard Posner deferred to his adversary, Justice Antonin Scalia

• by Michael Miner
• Tags: Media, News, Justice Antonin Scalia, Judge Richard Posner, the Second Amendment, gun control, District of Columbia v. Heller, the New Republic, McDonald v. Chicago, the 14th Amendment, Bryan Garner, Judge Joel Flaum, Judge Ann Williams, Reading Law: The Interpretation of Legal Texts