AltWeeklies Wire
Have a Green Daynew
Twenty-four ways you can help the planet, from how you wake yourself up in the morning to how you get drunk at night.
Chicago Reader |
Mick Dumke |
04-21-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment, Earth Day
Better at Video Games than Piano?new
It could be your ticket to a career in music.
Chicago Reader |
Miles Raymer |
04-21-2008 |
Music
'Power Stronger Than Itself': Great Black Music in Printnew
After ten years, George Lewis' monumental history of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, a black collective that formed on the south side of Chicago in 1965, is finally finished.
Chicago Reader |
Peter Margasak |
04-14-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
A New Roommatenew
Kent Lambert's one-man tech-pop project has been transformed by his time in Chicago.
Chicago Reader |
Miles Raymer |
04-14-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Roommate, We Were Enchanted
The Real Deal: How FDR Got into Picturesnew
When Franklin Roosevelt campaigned for president in 1932 he promised to attack America's economic woes through "bold, persistent experimentation," and the fascinating new program from the National Archives -- "For a Better America: The New Deal on Film" -- shows how that experimentation found its way onto movie screens.
Chicago Reader |
J.R. Jones |
04-14-2008 |
Movies
Linking Harold Washington and Barack Obamanew
Did personal dynamism -- and not social or political movements -- propel our highest-profile black leaders to power?
Chicago Reader |
Michael Miner |
04-14-2008 |
Commentary
As Del Lay Dyingnew
On his deathbed, comedy genius Del Close held court at one last party.
Chicago Reader |
Kim "Howard" Johnson |
04-07-2008 |
Excerpts
Testing the Right to Rantnew
As a developer sues neighborhood activists for defamation, a new law protecting citizen journalism gets its first day in court.
Chicago Reader |
Michael Miner |
04-07-2008 |
Media
'Free Kick': Social Justice, With Soccernew
A Chilean filmmaker explores the Middle East conflict through the eyes of Palestinian footballers.
Chicago Reader |
Ed M. Koziarski |
04-07-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Free Kick, Marcelo Pina
When the Music Makes the Movienew
Scorsese masterfully captures the Stones onstage in Shine a Light, but the clunky new Curtis Mayfield doc Movin' On Up is still the better bet.
Chicago Reader |
J.R. Jones |
04-07-2008 |
Reviews
The Web Makes the Fan Remix an Integral Tool for Artistsnew
People have been taking their favorite songs into their own hands for ages, and the especially devoted go so far as to remix them or make videos for them. But until recently, these labors of love couldn't reach more than a niche audience of dedicated music geeks, in large part due to the dim view artists and rights holders have historically taken of unlicensed releases.
Chicago Reader |
Miles Raymer |
04-07-2008 |
Music
Big Dipper: Sunk by Success?new
The Boston band, which dallied with the majors too early, is back with an anthology on Merge.
Chicago Reader |
Peter Margasak |
03-31-2008 |
Reviews
Chef vs. Clocknew
As Peter Yuen heads to France for the world cup of baking, his worst enemy is time.
Chicago Reader |
Brenna Ehrlich |
03-24-2008 |
Food+Drink
She Throws Herself at Mennew
Lilly McElroy rethinks the desperate woman.
Chicago Reader |
Kelly McClure |
03-24-2008 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
A Southerner in the 'Snow'new
David Gordon Green tries his hand up north.
Chicago Reader |
J.R. Jones |
03-24-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: David Gordon Green, Snow Angels
