THIS WEEK

NEWS & POLITICS

12 Joravsky | Politicsy Michael Madigan can play it nice or nasty.

13 Dukmasova | News Lightfoot turns the city’s infrastructure into weapons against protesters.

City Life

04 Shop Local Tinyshop is a zerowaste grocer “where the shop is eensie, the waste is weensie, and your impact is teenie-tiny.”

FOOD & DRINK

06 The Art of Cuisine Read all about it in the Chicago FoodCultura Clarion

Theater

25 Controversy Social media allegations rock the fantasy/sci-fi theater Otherworld.

Film

29 Movies of note R.J. Cutler’s Belushi charts the rise and fall of the beloved comedian, Dolly Parton’sChristmas on the Square is a campy hot mess for the whole family, and the unyielding Monsoon features a standout performance by Henry Golding.

16 Whose Town? Boystown, the enclave billed as a place where LGBTQ+ people of all stripes are safe to be themselves, faces a racial reckoning decades in the making.

22 Isaacs | Culture Bending the COVID curve’s not enough.

ARTS & CULTURE

23 Tis the Season From digital events to socially distanced popups, things in 2020 can still be merry and bright.

MUSIC & NIGHTLIFE

30 Feature For decades, Danny’s Tavern nurtured a devoted and welcoming community of music lovers—but it couldn’t survive the pandemic.

08 Quarantinis Here’s where you can get to-go cocktails.

10 Feature The power of the Snack Collective pivot

24 Visual Art Em Kettner’s little performative objects exemplify disability and protection.

34 Chicagoans of Note Nick Acosta, publisher of New Morality Zine

36 Records of Note A pandemic can’t stop the music, and this week the Reader reviews current releases by Judson Claiborne, William Basinski, Cabaret Voltaire, Aya Nakamura, Sam Smith, and more.

39 Early Warnings Rescheduled concerts and other updated listings

39 Gossip Wolf Hideout talent buyer Sullivan Davis steps down, and CIVL launches a virtual concert series to push a new benefit fund.

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