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Columns & Opinion, On Politics Nov 25, 2020
Nice or nasty

Michael Joseph Madigan can play it either way.
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: On Politics, Michael J. Madigan, Bruce Rauner, Ken Griffin, Rahm Emanuel, Democratic Party, Mitch McConnell, Michael Kasper, The Wire, Omar

Blogs, Bleader Jun 22, 2018
An interview with cinematographer turned director Ernest Dickerson

The veteran filmmaking reflects on his career in film and television, making the transition to directing, and his collaborations with Spike Lee.
- By Ben Sachs
- Tags: Film, Television, Ernest Dickerson, Spike Lee, Juice, Tales From the Crypt: Demon Knight, She's Gotta Have It, School Daze, Do the Right Thing, Mo' Better Blues, Jungle Fever, Malcolm X, cinematography, John Sayles, The Brother From Another Planet, The Wire, The Walking Dead, White Heat, Tupac Shakur

Music, In Rotation Oct 3, 2017
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Strawberry Jacuzzi’s Shannon Candy on bratty punks who love drag and snacks

Plus: Rahim Salaam of the What About Chicago?! podcast on three labels documenting the city’s diverse DIY scene, Reader staff writer Leor Galil on the music magazine he wants for his birthday, and more
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: In Rotation, The Wire, Wire magazine, Jlin, Yellow Magic Orchestra, Little Axe Records, Black Editions, P.S.F. Records, G Herbo, Street, Humble Beast, Thelonious Martin, Jawbreaker, Riot Fest, reunion, Shannon Candy, Strawberry Jacuzzi, Bernice Records and Tapes, Bev Rage & the Drinks, Peach Fuzz, Laundry EP, Elijah, Coffee & Donuts, Coffee & Donuts podcast, Tim Quinlan, Beverly, Honk If Yer Hungry, Rahim Salaam, What About Chicago?! podcast, Grandpa Bay, DIY, Nate Amos, Ryan Murphy, Marc Drake, Zach Wilson, Young Camelot, Chris Lee, Eye Vybe Records, Karissa Talanian, Sex No Babies, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jan 22, 2016
Where's Chicago in Chicago P.D.?

Seen in light of the real Chicago Police Department, Dick Wolf's cop series looks even more clueless and tone-deaf.
- By Dmitry Samarov
- Tags: Small Screen, Television, Arts, Chicago P.D., Chicagoland, Chi-Raq, Shameless, Chicago Fire, Chicago Med, Chicago Law, Dick Wolf, Law & Order, The Chicago Code, The Shield, The Wire, Kojak, Barney Miller, Hill Street Blues, N.Y.P.D. Blue, Southland, Michael Chiklis, Jason Beghe, Laquan McDonald, Jon Burge, police torture, Homan Square, Amy Morton, Elias Koteas, Al Capone

Blogs, Bleader Oct 4, 2013
Matana Roberts drops the stunning second chapter of her Coin Coin project

The saxophonist and composer, a Chicago native, releases Mississippi Moonchile, the second chapter of her ambitious exploration of black music and history.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Jazz, Music, Post No Bills, Matana Roberts, jazz, Coin Coin, Mississippi Moonchile, Gens de Couleur Libres, Anna Jerusalem Schook, For This Is, Thomson Kneeland, Tomas Fujiwara, Jason Palmer, Shoko Nagai, Jeremiah Abiah, Fannie Lou Hammer, the Wire

Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Jun 13, 2013
The Next level of vegan

Next's Vegan menu is predictably ambitious and fantastical, but can a vegetarian fine dining rookie hang with it?
- By Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Food & Drink Feature, vegan menus, Next Vegan, Fulton Market, vegetarian menus, vegetarian fine dining, fine dining, television, vegetables, HBO, Upton's, meat substitutes, The Wire, The Handlebar, Chicago Diner, David Beran, vegans, vegetarians, Mike Sula, mushrooms, chard, douchi, bean paste, seitan, small bites, avocado puree, presentations, Aviary, scavenging, nori dumplings, leeks, banana, cider vinegar, apple, lichen, service, showmanship, Next

Arts & Culture, Lit Feature Jun 6, 2013
The Reader's guide to the Printers Row Lit Fest

Judy Blume, Art Spiegelman, D.T. Max, Haki Madhubuti, and more: Our critics pick favorites for the annual book blowout.
- By Jena Cutie, Aimee Levitt, Kate Schmidt, Julia Thiel, and Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Lit Feature, American Heritage Dictionary, Jenniffer Weigel, D.T. Max, New Yorker, Manus Carlsen, Helene Grimaud, Grant Achatz, David Foster Wallace, Jennifer Day, Chicago Tribune, Printers Row Journal, Judy Blume, mysteries, Art Spiegelman, Ivan Brunetti, comics, graphic novels, Columbia College, Printers Row, Printers Row Lit Fest, Sharon FIffer, Gillian Royes, Libby Fischer Hellmann, Jamie Freveletti, oral history, history, books, novels, Third World Press, Haki Madhubuti, Hot Doug's, Doug Sohn, Tavi Gevinson, bloggers, blogs, fashion, Alan Sepinwall, Slate, Grantland, Salon, Paste, television, writers, authors, Phil Rosenthal, The Wire, Mad Men, Breaking Bad, HitFix, What's Alan Watching?

Blogs, Bleader Dec 27, 2012
Video
12 O'Clock Track: Miss Tony, "Pull Ya Gunz Out"

"Pull Ya Gunz Out" is a party-starting Baltimore club banger that should be blasted at every New Year's Eve party
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: 12 O'Clock Track, Music, 12 O'Clock Track, Miss Tony, Pull Ya Gunz Out, Baltimore club, Baltimore, The Corner, The Wire, go-go, Video

Blogs, Bleader Oct 2, 2012
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Wednesday: The Adventures in Modern Music festival begins

Christina Vantzou and R. Stevie Moore are among the highlights at Wednesday's kickoff show for this year's Adventures in Modern Music festival
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Sao Paulo Underground, Empty Bottle, Adventures in Modern Music, The Wire, Christina Vantzou, No. 1, Homemade Mountains, R. Stevie Moore, Hearing Aid, Audio

Blogs, Bleader Aug 24, 2012
Now playing: Spike Lee's Red Hook Summer

Clarke Peters and Jules Brown star in Lee's latest
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Opening, Film, Spike Lee, Red Hook Summer, Do the Right Thing, Inside Man, Malcolm X, Clockers, Summer of Sam, Miracle of St. Anna, Clarke Peters, the Wire, Jules Brown

Blogs, Bleader Aug 6, 2012
Cause of death: poverty

The protagonist of David Simon's book on a Baltimore neighborhood consumed by drugs has died of an overdose
- By Steve Bogira
- Tags: Crime, Neighborhoods, Politics, News, DeAndre McCullough, Baltimore, David Simon, Edward Burns, The Corner, Washington Monthly, drug overdose, drug addiction, The Wire, Fran Boyd, New York Times, Donnie Andrews, Omar Little, Baltimore Sun

Music, Music Sidebar Sep 29, 2011
Adventures in Modern Music

Liturgy collides with Oval, Pelican, Grouper, Peaking Lights, and more
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Music Sidebar, Adventures in Modern Music, the Wire, Liturgy, Oval, Grouper, Dawn Golden & Rosy Cross, Oneohtrix Point Never, Pelican, Peaking Lights, Sun Araw, Olivia Wyatt

Music, In Rotation Jun 30, 2011
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In Rotation: Permanent Records' Lance Barresi digs the scenes in Australia and Chile

Plus: Kevin Warwick on Rip Off Records' great comp, and Moniker's Robert Cole Manis plugs crowdsourced review mag Dusted
- Tags: In Rotation, Kevin Warwick, The Early Ones, Rip Off Records, Refused, The Shape of Punk to Come, The Wire, Tom Waits, Steve Earle, Blind Boys of Alabama, Baltimore Boys Choir, Lance Barresi, Permanent Records, King Blood, Eyewash Silver, Follakzoid, Robert Cole Manis, Moniker Records, Del Shannon, The Further Adventures of Charles Westover, Dusted magazine

Music, Music Sidebar Sep 9, 2010
Adventures in Modern Music

The collaboration between the Empty Bottle and the Wire continues with performances by Sleep, Rangda, Buke & Gass, High Places, Cloudland Canyon, Cave, and others.
- By Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Music Sidebar, Adventures in Modern Music, Empty Bottle, Logan Square Auditorium, Sleep, Rangda, High Places, Buke & Gass, Cloudland Canyon, the Wire, Seldon Hunt, Museum of Contemporary Art

Blogs, Bleader Nov 19, 2009
Video
The AIG Bailout In Less Than 30 Seconds
- By Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, Politics, Clout City, AIG, American International Group, Federal Reserve, Tim Geithner, economics, Paul Krugman, bailouts, The Wire, C.R.E.A.M., Video

Blogs, Bleader Nov 12, 2009
Lowering the Bar at MoFest

The alternative high school comedy "Lowering the Bar" featuring Maestro Harrell and TJ Jagodowski screens Saturday 11/14 in MoFest, a showcase of films, art and photography by behind-the-scenes crew in Chicago's film and TV industry.
- By Ed M. Koziarski
- Tags: Film, Comedy, MoFest, Lowering the Bar, Maestro Harrell, TJ Jagodowski, Kenneth Yoder, Chicago Comedy TV Pilot Competition, Odd Machine Studios, Little Fokkers, The Wire

Music, Music Sidebar Sep 10, 2009
Adventures in Modern Music

Five days of music, featuring Andy Moor & DJ/Rupture, a Hawk and a Hacksaw, Phantom Orchard, Subarachnoid Space, Hanne Hukkelberg, and more, at the Empty Bottle.
- By Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Music Sidebar, the Wire, Empty Bottle, Adventures in Modern Music, Lucky Dragons, Andy Moor, DJ/Rupture, Hanne Hukkelberg, Hawk and a Hacksaw, Phantom Orchard, Woods, Subarachnoid Space

Blogs, Bleader Sep 4, 2009
Arrington de Dionyso’s Dionysian Chaos
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music, Free Shit, Post No Bills, Swag, Arrington de Dionyso, Old Time Relijun, throat singing, the Wire, Empty Bottle, The Naked Future, ESP-Disk, K Records, Malaikat Dan Singa, I See Beyond the Black Sun, Gigantomachia, free

News & Politics, Media Aug 13, 2009
The News Wars Are Coming

If it's fight or die on the new media landscape, does anyone think traditional media won't fight?
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Media, David Marburger, Daniel Marburger, AP, Rupert Murdoch, Dean Singleton, Connie Schultz, iCopyright, Ian Shapira, Copyright Act of 1976, David Simon, The Wire, newspapers, news business, aggregation, parasitic aggregators, Gawker, James Grimmelmann, Laboratorium, Thomas Jefferson, Louis Brandeis, International News Service v. Associated Press, William Randolph Hearst

Blogs, Bleader Sep 16, 2008
Homicide: Lincoln on the Streets

TV's best crime writer takes on one of America's biggest crimes.
- By Whet Moser
- Tags: News, Chicagoland, Abraham Lincoln, The Wire

Blogs, Bleader Feb 1, 2008
Beyond The Wire

Why Long Haul Productions belongs in any list of Chicago's finest journalistic institutions.
- By Whet Moser
- Tags: News, Chicagoland, Cha, The Wire, Long Haul Productions, Dan Collison, Elizabeth Meister

Blogs, Bleader Aug 2, 2007
Like a bird on the Wire

The not-so-adventurous lineup for this year's Adventures in Modern Music festival.
- By Monica Kendrick
- Tags: Music, Crickets, The Wire, Empty Bottle, Adventures in Modern Music

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