THIS WEEK

City Life

04 Street View It’s a Barbie world in the West Loop.

FOOD & DRINK

06 Sula | Compost Flour Power’s pasta chef rescues food waste and composts it into plant magic.

NEWS & POLITICS

08 Prout | Red Line When a problem of discomfort becomes a problem of safety on the CTA, community violence disruption can be a powerful tool.

12 Opioid overdose prevention

Dilpreet Raju: the numbers of overdoses are going up but funding for prevention services is not.

Commentary

16 Joravsky | On Politics On the Chicago Bears: bring them to the south side.

18 Isaacs | On Culture What we talk about when we talk about guns

ARTS & CULTURE

20 Cover story: Claes

Oldenburg David Isaacson takes stock of the career of a distinctly Chicago artist.

26 Rediscovering Frank London Brown A new book unearths flash fiction from this Black Renaissance writer.

Theater

28 Comedic meditations

Comedian Marcella Arguello on style, self-care, and McDonald’s

29 Jinkx Monsoon Drag, witchcra , and Doctor Who

30 Plays of Note Cymbeline from Midsommer Flight; The SpongeBob Musical from Kokandy Productions

Film

31 Industry A local renaissance of film and television production

33 Movies of Note Joy Ride is subversively clever and delightfully raunchy; The Out-Laws is your basic boy-meets-in-laws rom-com; and Scarlet is more personal than its predecessor.

MUSIC & NIGHTLIFE

34 Ariel Zetina A preview of the local DJ’s special set at the upcoming Pitchfork festival

36 Chicagoans of Note Emma McKee, aka Stitch Gawd

38 Shows and Records of Note Previews of concerts including RP Boo, Big Joanie, and the Magic Number, plus reviews of new releases by Sam Scranton and Sleep Sinatra + Televangel

42 Early Warnings Newly announced and other upcoming concerts and festivals

42 Gossip Wolf New EPs and upcoming shows for both War Effort and Hard Femme

Opinion

44 Savage Love Dan Savage offers advice to a virgin considering using the apps.

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