Out of the Past outofthepastrecords.com Record collectors like to dig, but few shops in town really give you the sense you might actually unearth something quite like this West Garfield Park spot. At Out of the Past, you’ll want to set aside a few hours, roll up your sleeves, and prepare to get dust on your hands wading through the collection. It’s easy to get lost in the piles of LPs and seven-inches....
At the end of 2014, Calumet rapper-singer Tink positioned herself as Chicago’s next big thing after dropping her high-water-mark Winters Diary 2 mixtape and inking a deal with Timbaland’s Epic imprint, Mosley Music Group, Hell, and XXL magazine cemented that reputation when it listed her among its 2015 “freshman class” of rising stars, which also included Fetty Wap, Goldlink, and Vince Staples. But Tink’s career stalled under Timbaland’s watch; according to the Fader, Tink’s relationship with Tim started to sour after he delayed her debut album, Think Tink, which was originally scheduled to drop in July 2015, but I wonder if some of the downfall was because he wanted her to be someone else....
Originally published by City Bureau on October 7, 2020 / Updated January 29, 2021 Federal eviction moratorium To qualify, every adult renter in the unit must sign and submit to their landlord this Tenant Declaration Form (Spanish version and Arabic/Chinese/Hindi/Tagalog/Polish version) stating that they meet these four conditions: A landlord must give their tenant a copy of the declaration form before they can issue a five-day eviction notice to begin the eviction process....
Derrick Sanders and Reginald Nelson arrived in Chicago in 1999 with a singular goal: to start a theater company that could fuse the ensemble aesthetic of a Steppenwolf with a focus on work that expressed and arose from the African Diaspora experience. The pair had met at Howard University in Washington, D.C., where they received bachelor’s degrees in theater; Nelson then attended the University of Illinois in Urbana for his master’s degree, while Sanders headed to the University of Pittsburgh....
Do facts have a future? The New York Times focused its business section on the question Monday, with columnist Jim Rutenberg describing “the realm of the true and how all sides would define it” as the battleground in the “hyperpartisan debate to come under a new president.” Rutenberg wondered if the news media is up to the challenge of “maintaining a fact-based national debate.” “There is no doubt fiction makes a better job of the truth,” wrote British novelist Doris Lessing....
Welcome to the Reader‘s morning briefing for Tuesday, November 14, 2017. Illinois GOP congressman on Moore: “This is a bridge too far and the Republican Party ought to disown every aspect of him” Illinois Republican congressman Adam Kinzinger is calling on his party to “disown” Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore, who has been accused of sexually assaulting several women when they were teenagers. “Roy Moore needs to step aside now....
Sally Hawkins may be winning accolades for her performance in The Shape of Water, though I imagine her work in Paddington 2 (which is also currently playing in wide release) was no less challenging. In both films, Hawkins is called upon to convey an intimate, loving relationship with a nonhuman character and sustain the illusion that an imaginary creation exists in the real world. It’s even possible that the challenge of acting in Paddington 2 was greater than that of acting in Water: whereas the Amphibian Man of the later film was played by an actor in a costume—thereby giving Hawkins someone to act with and react to on set—the title character of Paddington 2 was created largely in post-production with digital effects....
The Reader‘s archive is vast and varied, going back to 1971. Every day in Archive Dive, we’ll dig through and bring up some finds. The story is long. But so is the basketball championship season. Joravsky thoughtfully organized the whole thing in short sections that read like diary entries. Draw it out. Savor it. I wanted Terrell to sink those shots because in 23 years of coaching Manny Weincord had never won a basketball title....
Not only is 2020 the Year of Chicago Music, it’s also the 35th year for the nonprofit Arts & Business Council of Chicago (A&BC), which supports creatives and their organizations citywide with business expertise and training. To celebrate, the A&BC has launched the #ChiMusic35 campaign at ChiMusic35.com, which includes a public poll to determine the consensus 35 greatest moments in Chicago music history as well as a raffle to benefit the A&BC’s work supporting creative communities struggling with the impact of COVID-19 in the city’s disinvested neighborhoods....
Dutch outfit Clan of Xymox swirled and swept their dramatic, electronics-saturated way onto the international stage in the early 80s as part of the stable of artists on 4AD—the label that helped set the era’s standard for quality postpunk. Originally a four-piece led by a trio of songwriters—Ronny Moorings, Anka Wolbert, and Pieter Nooten—the band rapidly became a bit of a soap opera, with various parties wrestling for control. By the early 90s, Moorings was the last original member standing, and he’s been steering the ship ever since, touring as Xymox for a few years before reverting to the full name in 1997....
In the before times, Saturdays were filled with cocktails, sequins, queer DJs, and performances. My Saturdays look a lot different nowadays and my Sundays are a little less hungover. Before, I would be plotting, planning, and scheduling days to dance and surround myself with other dancing bodies. Since 2017, the lifestyle and event brand Peach has celebrated LGBTQ women and nonbinary folks with music, drinks, food, and dancing. The parties Peach threw at Market Days and Bad Hunter created a safe space for femme folks to join a community of anywhere from 70 to 400 people....
Welcome to the Reader‘s weekday news briefing. Poll shows that more than a third of likely Democratic gubernatorial primary voters are undecided Democratic gubernatorial front-runner J.B. Pritzker still has the most support among his rivals, according to a new poll from We Ask America. Of 811 likely Democratic voters sampled between January 29 and 30, 29.79 percent support Pritzker, 17.43 percent support state senator Daniel Biss, and 11.5 percent support Chris Kennedy, the Sun-Times reports, with the rest of the candidates polling at less than 2 percent....
Painting by Stella Rosen In honor of International Sex Workers’ Rights Day, the Sex Worker Outreach Project of Chicago (SWOP Chicago) is hosting an art show this Friday, March 6. Organizing sex workers has become a global effort. According to the Sex Workers’ Project report on sex worker stigma, “While the exchange of sex for money is a common practice around the world, sex workers are often treated as less than human, both in cultural attitudes and public policy ....
Q: Down to business: Christmas came and went, and every present I bought for my extraordinary husband could be opened in front of our children. He deserves better, and I have a particular gift in mind for Valentine’s Day. My husband has expressed an interest in sounding, something we’ve attempted only with my little finger. He seemed to enjoy it! But the last thing I want to do is damage his big beautiful dick....
This sounds insignificant, but the cast of Teacher of the Year messes up the Fibonacci sequence, a mathematical series in which each number is the sum of the previous two, then liberally incorporates the error into its plot. The mistake is indicative of the production’s poor attention to detail. The missteps distract from its wit, absurdity, and playfulness with comedy tropes, and it becomes impossible to suspend disbelief—a prerequisite given the show’s bizarre premise....
Nearly three years ago, the first call for submissions for the Empty Bottle book went out, and today the venue announced the details of the release party. Writer John E. Dugan has spent the past several years compiling people’s stories about Chicago’s best rock club into the 200-plus-page volume The Empty Bottle Chicago: 21+ Years of Music / Friendly / Dancing, published by local indie Curbside Splendor. The anecdotes inside come from Bottle staff and regulars as well as local musicians, artists, and writers—there’s even a tale from yours truly about the time my old dirtbag punk band almost accidentally burned the place to the ground....
QMy fiancee is extremely bothered by me looking at porn. It revolves around insecurities that have gotten so bad that even other girls bother her. (We can hardly go to a beach anymore.) I don’t have any weird relationship with porn—no addiction, no violent stuff, and I look pretty infrequently. She acknowledges that it’s a normal thing but is unable to get past it. She has gone through two counselors on her own, and we have gone through two couples counselors....
Some people probably think of me as the Perimeter King of Chicago. Along with many other trips involving cycling the outer edge of places—Illinois, Lake Michigan, three-quarters of the continental U.S.—for the better part of a decade I led the annual Chicago Perimeter Ride. That event typically drew about 100 people for a leisurely all-day-and-evening pedal around the city. Rolling west on Touhy, I pass the Leaning Tower of Niles, a half-size replica of the Pisa landmark....
The Reader‘s archive is vast and varied, going back to 1971. Every day in Archive Dive, we’ll dig through and bring up some finds. Once she was elected, Pappas put her people skills—and her skills in handwriting analysis—to work, quickly earning a reputation for clashing with then-Cook County Board president Richard J. Phelan. The first time she saw all the commissioners’ signatures she made some conclusions: “We are looking at a situation where being elected means having the money to buy television time....
“We might be through with the past, but the past ain’t through with us.” —Jimmy Gator, in Magnolia There are several tangled common men in All My Sons—none of them really happy on their best days, and at least one suffering from what we’d now call trauma. The most tangled of all, though, is Joe Keller, a 60-ish factory owner who went to prison briefly during the war for allowing 120 cracked engine heads to be shipped from his factory and installed in Curtiss P-40s, those single-engine planes that became iconic for the shark eyes and teeth often painted on their noses....
