A Vocal Few
Lollapalooza is a “win-win” for everyone—everyone, that is, but the local clubs.
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Taste of Chicago
Dance for Life is summer’s top one-stop shop for homegrown dance talent
Three Questions
Henry Godinez is the director, curator, and founder of the Latino Theatre Festival, a wildly eclectic showcase of artists hailing from Barcelona to Bucktown.
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August 2008 Table of Contents
Cover Story The Best of Chicago Edited by Graham Meyer and Jennifer Tanaka Whoever said "Good enough" probably didn’t get very far in life. In our relentless pursuit of better living through extreme pickiness, we discovered 92 new ways to enjoy our ever-expanding city. Features Collision Course by Noah Isackson The driver was a beautiful … Read more
Stick a Pitchfork in It
Here you go: the best and worst of Pitchfork, which sits firmly atop my list of favorite local summer festivals (my other picks: the Hideout Block Party Sept. 20-21 and the African Festival of Arts over Labor Day weekend). If you didn’t get to Union Park over the weekend, you missed a reunion of Public Enemy that people either loved or hated, some great up-and-coming musical talent, and a few Hobbesian moments in the mud—all of which I’ll tell you about below. If you did make it to the fest, I’d love to hear your…
The Blip – August 2008
Bright spots on this month’s cultural radar
5 Lesser-known, Must-see Bands…
to check out at the Pitchfork Music Festival July 18th to 20th in Union Park (Lake Street and Ashland Avenue; pitchforkmusicfestival.com)—straight from the editor in chief himself, Scott Plagenhoef