Issue of September 4, 2008

Cover Story

Comedy on the Color Line As America's first (and only) black-and-white stand-up team, Tim Reid and Tom Dreesen played to some tough crowds. Club Harlem in Atlantic City was one of the toughest . . .
By Tim Reid and Tom Dreesen with Ron Rapoport

Letters

"Hoffman and Rubin, no accomplishments? For one thing they provoked a trial that for months bared the Chicago power structure to the world."

Columns

A Pioneering Flop Former Sun-Times sportswriter Ron Rapoport on Tim & Tom, his book about the mixed-race comedy duo that couldn't.
Hot Type by Michael Miner

Here's a Tip for the Defense: TIFs Mayor Daley's all for suing the state over the education spending gap -- but his pet program's partly to blame.
The Works by Ben Joravsky

From Department Store to Art Department The School of the Art Institute opens galleries in the former Carson Pirie Scott building.
The Business by Deanna Isaacs

The Straight Dope
Was buggery rampant in the heyday of the Royal Navy?
By Cecil Adams

Savage Love
Sherman Alexie on Native American fetishes and more
By Dan Savage

Food & Drink

What's New A badass with the wasabi, seafood a la Nayarit, and tamales from a masa master
By Mike Sula and Anne Spiselman

Plus: Nine more recent openings

Arts & Entertainment

Music

The Chicago Way Now that he's been dubbed one to watch, DJ-producer Willy Joy wants to help the next guy in line.
Sharp Darts by Miles Raymer

Movies

Garbage In, Distorted Garbage Out Babylon A.D. is true to its literary source only in being bad.
By Cliff Doerksen

Theater

Nixon in Extremis The truth might've been stranger than Nixon's Nixon, a fiction about the disgraced president's final hours in office.
By Justin Hayford

Lit

Pinning a Lion, Tortillas Flyin' Rock 'n' roll wrestler Count Dante recounts his seven years in an incredibly strange fight club.
By Dan Kelly

Ink Well

This week’s crossword: Cuts Together (PDF)
By Ben Tausig