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Blogs, Bleader Apr 27, 2018
How to meet and greet little green men

In 1989, a group of scientists united to establish protocol should aliens come a'knocking.
- By Steve Heisler
- Tags: Archive Dive, Paranormal, Science, ET, seti, space, aliens, mop, star trek, the next generation, picard, space lawyers, Declaration of Principles Concerning the Detection of Extraterrestrial Intelligence, allan goodman, nasa, peter boyce, exploration

News & Politics, Feature Mar 28, 2018
A Chicago cop’s daughter’s suicide sets family on mission

Carli Blanco shot herself to death at 14, highlighting the growing teen suicide risk.
- By Joe Ward
- Tags: Feature, dave blanco, sheila blanco, carli blanco, Whitney Young High School, Hegewisch, Centers for Disease Control, mental health, suicide, gun violence, Illinois State University, University of Oxford, piano, violin, bullying, Saint Florian, Alexa James, National Alliance on Mental Illness, Saint John the Baptist, Whiting, Indiana, Whitney Young, Doctor Who, Harry Potter, Star Trek, Patrick Stewart, William Shatner, School Social Work Association of America, Educators for Excellence, National Association of School Psychologists, Dr. John Walkup, Lurie Children's Hospital, Joyce Kenner

Blogs, Bleader Jan 8, 2018
By villainizing nerdy fanboys, Black Mirror's Star Trek parody goes where no show has gone before

"USS Callister," the best episode of Black Mirror's fourth season, is a Star Trek parody that serves as a parable about the dangers of the angry online fanboy.
- By Ryan Smith
- Tags: Arts, Small Screen, The Internet, USS Callister, Netflix, Black Mirror, Star Trek, Star Wars, nerd culture, Charlie Brooker, Spider-Man, Harry Potter, Comic-Con, Call of Duty, Jesse Plemons, Ready Player One, World of WarCraft

Blogs, Bleader Sep 6, 2017
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George Takei on his childhood in Japanese internment camps, his career after imprisonment, and, ugh, Donald Trump

The actor, artist, and activist speaks in Chicago in connection with "Then They Came for Me," an art exhibit about Japanese internment during World War II.
- By Tal Rosenberg
- Tags: Arts, Film, Politics, Television, George Takei, Star Trek, Japanese internment camps, World War II, Then They Came for Me, Alphawood Gallery, Allegiance, Donald Trump, Celebrity Apprentice, Japanese-Americans, Video

Blogs, Bleader Aug 1, 2016
Grease, The Lego Movie, and more outdoor film screenings in Chicago this week

Plus four screenings of Inside Out.
- By Jessica Kim Cohen
- Tags: Arts, Do This, Film, Lawrence of Arabia, Lincoln Park, Inside Out, River Park, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Daniel Webster Park, West Side Story, Millennium Park, Furious 7, Grand Crossing Park, Bridge of Spies, Montgomery Ward Park, Grease, Welles Park, Minions, West Lawn Park, Rutherford Sayre Park, Gabo: The Creation of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Loyola Park, Pan, Midway Plaisance Park, Rookie of the Year, Brands Park, Shabbona Park, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Portage Park, Adams Playground Park, The Lego Movie, Gill Park, Jurassic World, Minuteman Park, Star Trek, Wicker Park, Annie, McKiernan Playground Park, Pixels, Trumbull Park, Insurgent, Clarendon Park Community Center, Jurassic World, Palmer Park, Zootopia, Riis Park, October Sky, Mayfair Park, Pitch Perfect 2, Columbus Park, Hocus Pocus, Rowan Park, Creed, Sherwood Park, The Goonies, Brooks Park, Kelvyn Park

Blogs, Bleader Aug 14, 2015
J.J. Abrams's Star Trek gets the CSO treatment at Ravinia on Sunday

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra plays Michael Giacchino's Star Trek score as the 2009 film unspools at Ravinia.
- By Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: Arts, Moviegoing, Music, chicago symphony orchestra, star trek, jj abrams, michael gacchino, ravinia

Blogs, Bleader Aug 29, 2014
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Out of the closet, out of the shadows, and the rest of this week's screenings

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Opening, Film, Ben Sachs, Philippe Garrel, Andy Warhol, Jealousy Philippe Garrel, Gene Siskel Film Center, Noir City: Chicago 6, Music Box Chicago, Film Noir Foundation, Laughter Fredric March, Laughter Nancy Carroll, Jonathan Rosenbaum, The Unquiet American: Transgressive Comedies From the U.S., Ira Sachs, Love Is Strange, Alfred Molina, John Lithgow, Bound by Flesh, Daisy Hilton, Violet Hilton, Frank movie, Michael Fassbender, A Letter to Momo, Hayao Miyazaki, Masculinity/Femininity, Bernardo Bertolucci, Last Tango in Paris, The Last Emperor, Davis Theater Chicago, The November Man, Pierce Brosnan, To Be Takei, Star Trek, George Takei, Cinda Firestone, Attica movie, Logan Center for the Arts, Bob Fosse, Cabaret movie, Michael Roemer, Nothing But a Man, University of Chicago Doc Films, George Miller, The Road Warrior, Alfred Hitchcock, The 39 Steps, Gene Siskel Film Center, John Huston, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, McHenry Outdoor Theater, Terror in the Aisles, Drive-In Massacre, film festivals, movies, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jun 24, 2014
Why colleges and universities truly need football

Football doesn't debase our campuses—it holds them together.
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Media, Sports, News, Academic politics, college football, trigger warnings, Star Trek, Deep Space 9, sexism, academia, tenure, culture wars

Blogs, Bleader Apr 14, 2014
Reader's Agenda Mon 4/14: To Be Takei, Miles Harvey, and Beats and Breaks Battles

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Monday, April 14
- By Taylor Tolbert
- Tags: Do This, Arts, George Takei, Sulu, Star Trek, To Be Takei, Gene Siskel Film Center, Jennifer M. Kroot, Jocie Adams, The Low Anthem, Arc Iris, Schubas, The Fruit Flies, Music Garage, Beats and Breaks Battles, SAE Institute USA

Music, Music Feature Nov 19, 2013
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Time Crash brings Time Lord rock across the pond

Beloved BBC sci-fi franchise Doctor Who turns 50 this week, and Chicago nerd-rock band Time Crash is ready to celebrate.
- By Megan Kirby
- Tags: Music Feature, Time Crash, bands, nerd rock, fan fiction, cosplay, television, Parry Gripp, Nerf Herder, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Star Wars, Star Trek, wizard rock, wrock, Ministry of Magic, Roonil Wazlib, Harry Potter, Harry & the Potters, fans, Middle Earth, Mass Effect, Il Troubadore, Kingons, J.R.R. Tolkien, Lord of the RIngs, Battlelore, Twi-rock, Stephenie Meyer, Twilight, fandom, Doctor Who, Century 12 and CineArts 6, Cinemark at Seven Bridges, Doctor Who Appeciation Society, Doctor Who Fan Club of America, fan clubs, Time Lord rock, trock, The Timelords, The KLF, Chameleon Circuit, Ronen Kohn, folk rock, Facebook, Dave Kitsberg, Michael Fye, GameStop, Music Industry Workshop, guiTARDIS, TARDIS, puns, Chris Rice, Rice Custom Guitars, Rich Rice, Andy Rice, Arc Impulse, Abbey Pub, Elbo Room, Peter Capaldi, EPs, Solid Sound, humor, Whovian events, Chicago Doctor Who Meetup, Third Coast Comics, Gorilla Tango Theatre, burlesques, Chicago TARDIS, Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Paul McGann, Freema Agyeman, Yorktown Center mall, Chi-Fi, Midwest Media Expo, fan conventions, House of Blues, I AM Fest, Independent Arts and Music Festival, Geth Prime, Phil Jacobson, Rory Tyer Band, Pirates!!!, triva, David Tennant, Kickstarter, album titles, Way Station, bars, Brooklyn, anniversaries, Video

Blogs, Bleader Oct 16, 2013
Reader's Agenda Wed 10/16: Hey, I'm a Big Fan, Bedroom Sons, and the Jazz Art Record Collective

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Wednesday, October 16
- By Jillian Sandler
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Chicago Nerd Comedy Festival, Star Trek, Harry Potter, Dr. Who, Stage 773, Bedroom Sons, Township, Options, Seth Engel, Kittyhawk, the Please & Thank Yous, Jazz Art Record Collective, Debut in Blues, Cameron Pfiffner Sextet, Fulton Street Collective

Blogs, Bleader Aug 14, 2013
Reader's Agenda Wed 8/14: The Sound Opinions End of Summer BBQ, Garlic Fest, and The Intruder

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Wednesday, August 14
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Sound Opinions End of Summer BBQ, Greg Kot, Jim DeRogatis, Smoque, Bang Bang Pie Shop, Black Dog Gelato, Butcher & Larder, Goose Island, WBEZ, Navy Pier, Garlic Fest, Everts Park, Highland Park, Northwest Chicago Film Society, The Intruder, Roger Corman, Star Trek, William Shatner

Blogs, Bleader Jan 13, 2013
Reader's Agenda Sun 1/13: Indoor farmers' markets, Nerds at Heart, and Jonathan Safran Foer

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Sunday, January 13, 2013
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Do This, Arts, farmers' markets, Logan Square Farmers' Market, Congress Theater, Green City Market, Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, Nerds at Heart, Christian Mingle, Alikewise, Market Pub, Star Trek, Jonathan Safran Foer, Everything Is Illuminated, Eating Animals, Spertus Institute, Judaism Writing and Inspiration

Arts & Culture, Lit Feature Aug 8, 2012
Calling all fanboys, geeks, and cosplayers

The 2012 Chicago Comic Con is in session
- By Sharon Lurye
- Tags: Lit Sidebar, nerds, geeks, comics, Tom Felton, Harry Potter, Bruce Campbell, Stan Lee, Star Trek, James Marsters, Star Wars, Nick Gillard

Blogs, Bleader Nov 18, 2011
You've seen the movie—now write the book!

A new Film Comment piece by Grady Hendrix explores the disreputable world of movie novelizations.
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Lit & Lectures, Film, Books, Film Comment, Grady Hendrix, Ursula Le Guin, Orson Scott Card, D.H. Lawrence, Rocky movie, Get Smart, Star Trek, Planet of the Apes, Star Wars, Halloween movie, E.T. the Extraterrestrial, Gremlins 2, novelizations, movies

Blogs, Bleader Jun 9, 2011
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This Week's Movie Action

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue.
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, Jean-Luc Godard, Ben Sachs, Film Socialisme, Gene Siskel Film Center, Shawn Ku, Beautiful Boy, Michael Sheen, Maria Bello, Cathryn Collins, Vlast (Power), Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Beginners movie, Mike Mills, Thumbsucker, Christopher Plummer, The Big Uneasy, Harry Shearer, New Orleans, Fred and Vinnie, Mars movie, hristopher Wetyzel Award for Independent Film Comedy, Patsy Mink: Ahead of the Majority, Submarine movie, Super 8, J.J. Abrams, Star Trek, Steven Spielberg, Roy Ward Baker, Don't Bother to Knock, Music Box, Tim Burton, Ed Wood, Northbrook Public Library, Frantisek Vlacil, Marketa Lazarova, Charlie Chaplin, Monsieur Verdoux, Paul Verhoeven, Starship Troopers, Scott Tobias, Onion A/V Club, Rob Reiner, This Is Spinal Tap, John Water, The Wizard of Oz, Female Trouble, movies, Video

Blogs, Bleader Aug 2, 2010
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"So Bad It's Good" Isn't All That Bad

A half-hearted defense of the pleasures of indefensible movies.
- By Cliff Doerksen
- Tags: Film, Abbas Kiarostami, Bad movies, Best Worst Movie, Buzz Lightyear, cannabis, Dora the Explorer, good movies, Jack Palance, Jesus Christ, Larry Storch, marijuana, Martin Landau, Michael Paul Stevenson, Mystery Science Theater, Rainbow Rising, Ritchie Blackmore, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Screamers, Shivers, Star Trek, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Silver Chalice, Troll 2, Trolls 2, Winnipeg, Winter, Without Warning, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jul 31, 2009
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Ruminating Guantanamo
- By Ed M. Koziarski
- Tags: Film, Politics, Clout City, The Response, Guantanamo, military detention, Sig Libowitz, University of Maryland, Peter Riegert, Sopranos, Kate Mulgrew, Star Trek, Aasif Mandvi, Daily Show, American Bar Association, Amnesty International, Gene Siskel Film Center, University Center, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jun 25, 2009
Oscar widens the playing field

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced it's doubling the number of Best Picture nominees at the 82nd Oscar awards ceremony.
- By Andrea Gronvall
- Tags: Film, Academy Awards, Gene Siskel Film Center, Chicago International Film Festival, Golden Globes, The Dark Knight, Milk, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, The Reader, Oscars, Star Trek, Best Picture, Sid Ganis, Ziggy Kozlowski, Block-Korebrot Public Relations, Howards End, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Capote, Crash, Harold Ramis, Year One, Frost/Nixon, Up, Jean de St. Aubin, Michael Kutza

Blogs, Bleader May 20, 2009
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More enthusiasms

Mordecai "Three Finger" Brown's pitching motion revealed, and Maria Bamford books a three-night stand at the Lakeshore Theater later this year.
- By Whet Moser
- Tags: News, Chicagoland, Star Trek, Maria Bamford, Tim Marchman, Mordecai Three Finger Brown, Video

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In 1989, a group of scientists united to establish protocol should aliens come a'knocking.

Carli Blanco shot herself to death at 14, highlighting the growing teen suicide risk.

"USS Callister," the best episode of Black Mirror's fourth season, is a Star Trek parody that serves as a parable about the dangers of the angry online fanboy.

The actor, artist, and activist speaks in Chicago in connection with "Then They Came for Me," an art exhibit about Japanese internment during World War II.

Plus four screenings of Inside Out.

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra plays Michael Giacchino's Star Trek score as the 2009 film unspools at Ravinia.

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue

Football doesn't debase our campuses—it holds them together.

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Monday, April 14

Beloved BBC sci-fi franchise Doctor Who turns 50 this week, and Chicago nerd-rock band Time Crash is ready to celebrate.

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Wednesday, October 16

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Wednesday, August 14

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Sunday, January 13, 2013

The 2012 Chicago Comic Con is in session

A new Film Comment piece by Grady Hendrix explores the disreputable world of movie novelizations.

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue.

A half-hearted defense of the pleasures of indefensible movies.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced it's doubling the number of Best Picture nominees at the 82nd Oscar awards ceremony.

Mordecai "Three Finger" Brown's pitching motion revealed, and Maria Bamford books a three-night stand at the Lakeshore Theater later this year.

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