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Arts & Culture, Books and Comics Issue May 29, 2019
Chicago’s summer reading

We asked you (via Twitter) whose lists you wanted to see. And then we asked them.
- By Reader staff
- Tags: Books and Comics Issue, summer reading, reading list, Chicago readers, Twitter

Film, Film Issue May 8, 2019
Sliding into @MusicBoxTheatre’s DMs

An investigation into the best movie theater Twitter in town.
- By Brianna Wellen
- Tags: Film Issue, Music Box Theatre, Twitter, Buck LePard, movies, social media, Drop Dead Gorgeous, Baby Driver, Edgar Wright, A Fistful of Fingers, Kevin Kline

Arts & Culture, Lit Feature Apr 9, 2019
Meltdown at Pitchfork

An excerpt from Music to My Eyes
- By Dmitry Samarov
- Tags: Lit Feature, Books, Music, Lit, Schubas, Pitchfork, twitter, instagram

Music, Music Feature Mar 15, 2019
Video
How did the 'industry plant' take root?

Hip-hop’s favorite conspiracy theory is now used to discredit breakout successes in other genres—and it’s no more plausible there.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Feature, industry plant, rap, hip-hop, conspiracy, conspiracy theory, YouTube, Reddit, Twitter, DJ Akademiks, Alex Jones, Complex, Everyday Struggle, Russ, Exposed, XXL, Columbia, There’s Really a Wolf, Clairo, Pretty Girl, Fake Shore Drive, Andrew Barber, Blueface, the Coli, IGN, Trinidad James, Def Jam, Chance the Rapper, Raury, Freshman Class, Shins, New Slang, McDonald’s, Avery Springer, Retirement Party, Phoebe Bridgers, Billie Eilish, Lorde, Dua Lipa, Halsey, In Sight Out, Ric Wilson, Stevie Wonder, Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus, Demi Lovato, Trippie Red, Baby Goth, Bria Bueno, Republic, A Love Letter to You 3, No Jumper, Video

Arts & Culture, Lit Feature Oct 15, 2018
Jill Soloway wants you to stop arguing with people online

The Transparent creator comes home to Chicago to demonstrate how to do it in person.
- By Cody Corrall
- Tags: Lit Feature, Jill Soloway, She Wants It: Desire, Power, and Toppling the Patriarchy, Transparent, feminism, intersectional power movement, intersectionalty, Faith Soloway, Elaine Soloway, Hannah Gadsby, Pidgeon Pagonis, Claudia Martinez, rage, Twitter

Blogs, Bleader Aug 6, 2018
Donald Trump is Bruce Rauner’s useful idiot—and vice versa
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: News, Politics, Bruce Rauner, Donald Trump, J.B. Pritzker, capital gains tax, Grover Norquist, LeBron James, Don Lemon, twitter, Mike Pence, Ron DeSantis, New York Times, HB 40

Blogs, Bleader Jul 9, 2018
Rahm and Rauner's phony Ryan feud: Don’t be fooled by the Twitter barbs

Here’s hoping voters are too sophisticated to fall for the supposed discord over the protest that shut down the Dan Ryan.
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: News, Politics, Race, Rahm Emanuel, Bruce Rauner, Father Michael Pfleger, Dan Ryan Expressway, Mayor Harold Washington, Donald Trump, Twitter, Eddie Johnson, Amazon, Jeff Bezos, Pat Quinn, mayoral term limits, Karen Lewis, okeydoke

Arts & Culture, Theater Review Jun 15, 2018
The Deckchairs can't make American political comedy great again

Instead the show just highlights our Donald Trump fatigue.
- By Dan Jakes
- Tags: Theater Review, the deckchairs, donald trump, jacob weisberg, wait wait, don't tell me, peter sagal, jonathan swift, sid feldman, drumpf, brian rohde, Wm. Bullion, Conspirators, twitter, maga

Blogs, Bleader Feb 13, 2018
Video
Lupe Fiasco’s ‘Harold’s’ builds on Chicago hip-hop’s historical connection to the fried-chicken chain [UPDATED]

His mouth-watering lyrics will make you change your dinner plans.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Food & Drink, Hip-Hop, Music, Lupe Fiasco, Harold's Chicken, Drogas Light, Twitter, Chance the Rapper, First Mixtape Based Freestyle, Free (Based Freestyles Mixtape), Can I Borrow a Dollar?, Twilite Tone, No I.D., hip-hop, rap, Uncle Remus, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jan 30, 2018
Chinese billionaire puts the Vista Tower up for sale, and other Chicago news

Also, Afghan war veteran Miguel Perez Jr. could be deported this week.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Vista Tower, Beverly Hills, California, Wang Jianlin, Dalian Wanda Group Company, immigration issues, army veterans, Afghanistan, deportation, Chicago Police Department, Rahm Emanuel, McDonald's, Rock 'n' Roll McDonald's, Richard Roeper, Twitter, Grimes Sisters, unsolved murders, Babara Grimes, Patty Grimes, Elvis Presley

Blogs, Bleader Oct 19, 2017
The Donald J. Trump Presidential Twitter Library is SAD!

A pop-up gallery by The Daily Show enshrines the propaganda of the world's most dangerous man.
- By Steve Heisler
- Tags: Arts, Do This, donald trump, comedy central, the daily show, hillary clinton, elizabeth warren, cinco de mayo, diet coke, fake news, omama, Desi Lydic, Twitter

Arts & Culture, Fall Preview Sep 14, 2017
Chicago is Eve Ewing’s home, and her art

The U. of C. professor and Twitter star’s genre-defying debut book is the first part of a long-term creative project.
- By Aimee Levitt
- Tags: Fall Preview, Eve Ewing, Eve L. Ewing, Twitter, poetry, Electric Arches, Haymarket Books, Chicago Public Schools, Claudia Rankine, Citizen: An American Lyric, Assata Shakur, Julie Fain, Northside College Prep, Young Chicago Authors, Jack Stiff, University of Chicago, Harvard Graduate School of Education, When the Bell Stops Ringing: Race, History and Discourse Amid Chicago's School Closings, Nate Marshall, Brianna McCarthy

Music, Music Feature Sep 12, 2017
Punk’s not dead, and neither is publishing

Riot Fest launches an online magazine—because sometimes Twitter just isn’t enough.
- By Ed Blair
- Tags: Music Feature, Riot Fest, Riot Fest Magazine, Mike Petryshyn, Miles Raymer, Ben Perlstein, Sean McKeough, Alex White, White Mystery, DIY, Fishbone, Angelo Moore, Twitter, Riot Fest Twitter Guy, website, online magazine, publishing, managing editor, Subliminal Fascism

Blogs, Bleader Sep 8, 2017
Video
A comedian's goodbye-to-Chicago rant goes viral for all the wrong reasons

Writer-comedian-podcaster Eric Barry's essay on why he's leaving Chicago for New York City went viral for all the wrong reasons.
- By Ryan Smith
- Tags: News, Seriously?, Things I Hate, Eric Barry, Huffington Post, Chicago, New York City, San Francisco, Twitter, Lagunitas, Video

Blogs, Bleader Feb 22, 2017
Buzzfeed media editor Craig Silverman on the impact of fake news, what’s next for it, and what, exactly, it even is

The fake-news expert recently gave a talk about the misinformation economy at the University of Chicago.
- By Austin Brown
- Tags: News, Media, fake news, Buzzfeed, Craig Silverman, Facebook, University of Chicago, U. of C., Twitter

Blogs, Bleader Jan 26, 2017
Can loose tweets sink presidents?

The Badlands National Park fires back in Trump's war against facts, truth, and the media.
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Media, News, Politics, Donald Trump, Twitter, Environmental Protection Agency, Badlands National Park, Anderson Cooper, CNN, Van Jones, Salon, CBS News, D-Day, wartime censorship

Blogs, Bleader Jan 25, 2017
Video
Did you see the Twitter video of a mobile DJ at a Chicago Trump protest? Here’s the story behind the song.

DJ Chip made the ghetto-house cut "Aw Shit" with his neighbor in 1999, and last week it soundtracked a downtown inauguration protest.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: 12 O'Clock Track, Music, DJ Chip, Aw Shit, 12 O'Clock Track, ghetto house, juke, footwork, Dance Mania, Ray Barney, DJ Funk, Chance the Rapper, Jeremih, Twitter, Donald Trump, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jan 10, 2017
Video
Illinois Republicans and Democrats actually worked together on state budget proposal, and other Chicago news

Also, Trump's Twitter rant about Meryl Streep has some local elected officials newly concerned about his temperament.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, John Cullerton, Christine Radogno, Mike Madigan, Bruce Rauner, Illinois Senate, Illinois General Assembly, Barack Obama, Obama farewell speech, McCormick Place, Chicago, Facebook, social media, Twitter, Mike Quigley, Jan Schakowsky, Meryl Streep, Donald Trump, Golden Globes, Red Line, CTA, Rahm Emanuel, Hamilton, Wayne Brady, theater, comedy, Whose Line Is It Anyway?, Video

Columns & Opinion, Savage Love Jan 4, 2017
How to help a 30-year-old virgin

Where does one find a reliable escort these days? Plus: a cam-girl cover story, more advice for GAYMAN
- By Dan Savage
- Tags: Savage Love, 30-year-old virgin, Mistress Matisse, Elizabeth Nolan Brown, Reason, sex trafficking, social media, Twitter, escort services, review boards, law enforcement, sex-workers' rights, sex-positive, cam girl, GAYMAN, Frontrunners, ballroom dance, dance classes

Blogs, Bleader Oct 19, 2016
Stand-up Joe Mande is the Drake of comedy

The comedian comes to Chicago on his Autumn Sixteen tour.
- By Brianna Wellen
- Tags: Arts, Comedy, Do This, Joe Mande, Bitchface, Lincoln Hall, LaCroix, Twitter, Souplantation

Blogs, Bleader Oct 11, 2016
Chicago police try to rebuild trust, improve image with social media strategy, and other news

Also, CPS stops using discriminatory job screening process following a WBEZ investigation.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago Police Department, Facebook, Twitter, social media, police issues, Chicago Public Schools, racial discrimination, Ken Griffin, Jim Durkin, Illinois General Assembly, Election 2016, Catholic Church, Blase Cupich, Chicago River, CTA

Blogs, Bleader Aug 10, 2016
Video
At least the Chicago Tribune didn't call Olympian Corey Cogdell our own little Annie Oakley

But they didn't pay the athlete her due when they ID'ed her on Twitter as merely the wife of a Chicago Bear.
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Media, News, Politics, Sports, Chicago Tribune, Twitter, Corey Cogdell, Mitch Unrein, Chicago Bears, John Oliver, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, 2nd Amendment, Tom Friedman, New York Times, Yitzhak Rabin, Washington Post, Mother Jones, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jul 29, 2016
Dividing Chicago hip-hop into ‘Chance and friends’ and ‘the drill scene’ insults its richness and variety

Stereogum's recent survey of Chicago hip-hop gets a lot of things wrong, but it also serves as a reminder of how much there is to discover here.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Hip-Hop, Music, Sol Patches, As2Water Hurricanes, Chance the Rapper, Vic Mensa, Brian Fresco, Joey Purp, Save Money, Stereogum, Chiraq, drill, hip-hop, Chicago hip-hop, Chief Keef, Closed Sessions, Kweku Collins, OddCouple, Jamila Woods, Twitter, In Rod We Lust, Lil Durk, King Louie, Lil Reese

Blogs, Bleader Apr 28, 2016
Dennis Hastert gets 15 months in prison, confesses to molestation, and other Chicago news

Also, Chicago Public Schools might cancel finals if the teachers strike.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, spring weather, Dennis Hastert, Tom Cross, Scott Cross, Thomas Durkin, Illinois General Assembly, Chicago Teachers Union, Chicago Public Schools, Forrest Claypool, Twitter, online harassment, West Town, East Village, gentrification, Belmont Cragin, cancer

News & Politics, Essay Dec 22, 2015
Why I quit social media cold turkey in 2015

The feeling of connection offered by Twitter and Instagram was an addiction—one that's been hard to kick.
- By Dmitry Samarov
- Tags: Essay, social media, Dmitry Samarov, Twitter, Instagram, Bell Telephone, AT&T, Gmail, Schubas

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