Earlier this year, before the Republican and Democratic parties had selected their presidential candidates, folk singer-guitarist Ani DiFranco talked to City about the dilemma facing those who had voted for Nader in 2000. This time around, there was a growing sense among progressives that they would have to vote practically instead of support the candidate […]
Saby Reyes-Kulkarni
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Making design dreams true
What would you do if you could take a magic wand to your neighborhood? Tantalizing as this sounds, it might seem like a futile exercise. After all, how often does the public get to design its own environment? It might come as a surprise, but neighborhood design charrettes like the one that took place last […]
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Visit the documentary buffet
With 22 television monitors relaying images at once, More than Moore, a video installation at Visual Studies Workshop, instills a feeling of sensory saturation, even though the TV sets are all silent. (Headphones are provided.) VSW Associate Gallery Director-Acting Gallery Manager Bleu Cease is trying to make independent political documentaries more accessible to the public. […]
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The end of heaviness as we know it.
Flash back to last year’s Bug Jar festival: It’s a picture-perfect summer day on the lawn near the Highland Park bowl. Between acts, audience members toss Frisbees, hacky sack, drink beer, and mingle. As local trio Sulaco sets up, guitarist-vocalist Erik Burke, sounding barely awake, says: “We are the heavy metal portion of this event. […]
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A long way from Pepticon
“You really don’t want to hear me sing it a capella,” says B.B. King. Of course, he’s wrong. Who wouldn’t relish the opportunity to hear B.B. King sing to them over the telephone? “Here’s the way it went,” he says, before singing a laidback rendition of “Pepticon sure is good / Pepticon sure […]
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Angels among us
It’s a fine pre-Autumn night, and the stretch of Meigs Street between Park and Monroe Avenue is teeming with life. People are gathered on porches, getting an early start on the weekend’s festivities. The murmur of distant conversation fills the air. As we walk toward Monroe Avenue, a 20-something woman standing on one of the […]
