THIS WEEK

City Life

04 The To-Do Free events at Comfort Station, Kan-Win day of action, and more

Commentary

14 On the Cover | Mayors

Memories from the Washington adminstration

16 Joravsky Northwestern’s Streisand effect

Man’s Land at Steppenwolf, Rock of Ages at Mercury Theater Chicago, and more

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MANAGING EDITOR SHEBA WHITE

PRODUCTION MANAGER KIRK WILLIAMSON

SENIOR GRAPHIC DESIGNER AMBER HUFF THEATER AND DANCE EDITOR KERRY REID MUSIC EDITOR PHILIP MONTORO CULTURE EDITOR: FILM, MEDIA, FOOD & DRINK TARYN ALLEN

MacKay & Ryley Walker, Voice of Baceprot, and Tropa Magica

06 People A profile of cartoonist and library clerk Alex Nall

FOOD & DRINK

17 Isaacs | On Culture The local connections to Oppenheimer

18 On Prisons Recent Supreme Court decisions make our Union less perfect.

ARTS & CULTURE

20 Visual Art A DePaul Art Museum exhibition explores a 1980s pan-American artists’ solidarity movement.

22 Exhibitions of Note

26 Screenings The Gene Siskel Film Center will host Chicago’s first retrospective of filmmakers Camille Billops and James Hatch.

29 Movies of Note Barbie is a freewheeling kaleidoscope of saturated colors and snark; Oppenheimer sears its way into the viewer’s brain.

MUSIC & NIGHTLIFE

30 Galil | Roundup Nine great Chicago records to hear now

42 Early Warnings Newly announced and other concerts on the horizon

42 Gossip Wolf Two former Electric Eels help celebrate a new compilation, and local musicians soak up sounds at Pitchfork.

Opinion

44 Savage Love Sex advice and more from Dan Savage

Classifieds

08 Sula | Restaurant Feature Maman Zari has the only fine-dining Persian tasting menu in the country.

NEWS & POLITICS

10 Immigration The O-1B visa wasn’t built with the realities of artists in mind.

Recommended exhibitions at Povos, Sulk Chicago, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, and more

Theater

24 Reid | Review The Wiz Walk shows us a way forward.

25 Plays of Note Beauty and the Beast at Chicago Shakespeare, No

34 Chicagoans of Note Lily Glick Finnegan, drummer and Option Series curator

36 City of Win Galaxy Francis leans into community to reinvent himself.

38 Shows and Records of Note Previews of concerts including the final Silver Room Block Party, Bill

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