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Music, Music Feature Aug 14, 2020
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Dave ‘Medusa’ Shelton was a fairy godmother to Chicago’s club scene

He didn’t just found the legendary Medusa’s—he also helped everyone in his orbit shine like a star.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Feature, Dave Shelton, Dave Medusa, Dave “Medusa” Shelton, Medusa’s, RIP, obituary, death, cause of death, Teri Bristol, the Warehouse, Frankie Knuckles, house music, punk, industrial music, Wax Trax!, Wax Trax! Records, Front 242, Ministry, Smashing Pumpkins, Fugazi, Julia Nash, White Zombie, Bernie Hansen, Lakeview, Elgin, Congress Theater, Miguel Ortuno, Howard Bailey, Beat Parlor, Slick’s Lounge, Greg Pittsley, Greg “Blue” Pittsley, Blue Pittsley, Dugan’s Bistro, La Mere Vipere, Carol’s Speakeasy, Robert Williams, Jeffery Pub, 161 West, Joe Michelli, Berlin, Mark Stephens, Tom Hemingway, WLUW, Jennifer Prietz Marszalek, Lorri Francis, Sean Duffy, Last Rites, Val Scheinpflug, DJ Psycho-Bitch, juice bar, 120 Minutes, Rights of the Accused, Jonathan "Scrappy" Gilbert, Jim Nash, Leroy Fields, Foxy’s, Video

Music, Music Feature Apr 8, 2020
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The saga of Punkin’ Donuts

How a doughnut-shop parking lot became a confluence of Chicago youth subcultures—and what killed it off
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Feature, Punkin’ Donuts, Dunkin’ Donuts, punk, Belmont, Clark, the Alley, Wax Trax! Records, Medusa’s, Mark Thomas, Wild Chicago, Ben Hollis, John Davies, WTTW, Pat Denny, Punk Rock Park, Tuts, Target, Lakeview, BlitzLake Partners, Boystown, Marc Ruvolo, No Empathy, Johann’s Face, Alkaline Trio, Smoking Popes, 161 West, Dave Shelton, Frankie Knuckles, Warehouse, juice bar, Sean Duffy, Last Rites, Exit, Mark Stephens, Bud Sweet, Neo, Front 242, Family Plan, Jonas Lowrance, Fred Ingram, Val Scheinpflug, DJ Psycho-Bitch, Jim Nash, Bernie Hansen, 44th Ward, Aetna park, Gustav Roman, Lost Cause, the Avalon, Berlin, Cubby Bear, Metro, Adrian Padron, Adam Leavitt, Leroy Fields, Scary Larry, Gravetones, Dwayne Thomas, Woodfield Mall, Dr. Martens, Black Rose, Boy of London, New Town, Mike Quigley, Central Lakeview Merchants Association, Taboo Tabou, Architectural Revolution, 99th Floor, Mick Levine, Clark Martell, Chicago Area Skinheads, CASH, Romantic Violence, Maximum RocknRoll, Don De Grazia, American Skin, Scott Gravatt, Whitey Powers, Christian Picciolini, Life After Hate, Brian Czarnik, Oblivion, Bollweevils, Underdog, Harmless Records, Scott Thomson, Duane Powell, Congress Theater, Fireside Bowl, Green Day, Alternative Shopping District, Lincoln Towing, Elia Einhorn, Scotland Yard Gospel Choir, Tom Tunney, Video

Music, Music Feature May 30, 2018
Does Chicago have too many music festivals?

Lollapalooza’s ticket sales have slowed, and Reggae Fest and Chicago Open Air are canceled—are these the growth pangs of a healthy but crowded ecosystem, or is a crash on the way?
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Feature, Lollapalooza, Pitchfork, Pitchfork Music Festival, Hideout Block Party, Chicago Open Air, Ruido Fest, Riot Fest, North Coast Music Festival, Chosen Few Picnic, Chosen Few Picnic & Festival, music festivals, festival, festivals, bubble, crash, downturn, Michael Berg, Silver Wrapper, Silver Wrapper Productions, Brian Griffin, React Presents, Spring Awakening Music Festival, Addams/Medill Park, Union Park, Douglas Park, Pat Grumley, Alan King, Jackson Park, Lucas King, Adam Krefman, Mike Petryshyn, Mike Reed, Matt Rucins, Mamby on the Beach, Oakwood Beach, Tim Tuten, Katie Tuten, Hideout, Max Wagner, Metronome, Ed Warm, Joe’s on Weed Street, Joe’s Live, Windy City Smokeout, Chuck Wren, Reggae Fest Chicago, Fyre Fest, Aahh! Fest, Common Ground Foundation, Tamara Brown, Pemberton Festival, IowaStock, Karoondinha, UpNorth Music & Arts Festival, Get in It MusicFest, Chicago Blues Festival, Chicago Jazz Festival, Chicago House Music Festival, Wicker Park Fest, West Fest, All Tomorrow’s Parties, Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, Danny Wimmer Presents, C3, Taste of Randolp, Siren Music Festival, Eduardo Calvillo, Congress Theater, Humboldt Park, Hip-Hop Summerfest, Country LakeShake, Live Nation, Subterranean, Beat Kitchen, Robert Gomez, Kickstand Productions, Optimum Events, John Ugolini, Sean P. McKeough

Blogs, Bleader Oct 13, 2017
Open House Chicago, and more of the best things to do in Chicago this weekend

The Annoyance Theatre's 30th anniversary party, Robot Riot at Emporium Arcade Bar, and more happenings from October 13-15
- By Steve Heisler
- Tags: Do This, Arts, robot riot, emporium arcade, that's weird grandma, neo futurarium, barrel of monkeys, cameron esposito, rhea butcher, the annoyance, mick napier, jennifer estlin, Ingrid Laubrock, constellation, congress theater, chicago architecture foundation, open house chicago

Blogs, Bleader May 6, 2016
Patio Theater lights up its silver screen again

Under general manager Dennis Wolkowicz, the Patio Theater in Portage Park reopens as a neighborhood movie house.
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, Moviegoing, Neighborhoods, Dennis Wolkowicz, Silent Film Society of Chicago, Jay Warren, Patio Theater, Portage Park, Alexander Kouvalis, Demetri Kouvalis, Eddie Carranza, Congress Theater, Nicholas Sposato, Charlie Burns, Steven Spielberg, Jaws, The Breakfast Club, Back to the Future, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Frank Capra, Lost Horizon, Billy Wilder, One Two Three, Harold Ramis, Caddyshack, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, All About Eve, Victor Fleming, Gone With the Wind, Carmen Miranda, That Night in Rio, movies

Blogs, Bleader Apr 13, 2013
Reader's Agenda Sat 4/13: CHIRP Record Fair, History of Freestyle, and Phosphorescent

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Saturday, April 13, 2013
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Tennessee, CHIRP Record Fair, Plumbers Hall, History of Freestyle, Congress Theater, Phosphorescent, Muchacho, Matthew Houck, Peter Margasak, l Phosphorescent, Lincoln Hall, Strand of Oaks

Blogs, Bleader Mar 2, 2013
Reader's Agenda Sat 3/2: Dr. Seuss, Major Lazer, and hunger relief

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Saturday, March 2, 2013.
- By Katie Kather
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Dr. Seuss, Major Lazer, Congress Theater, Martha Bayne, Kendall College

Blogs, Bleader Jan 13, 2013
Reader's Agenda Sun 1/13: Indoor farmers' markets, Nerds at Heart, and Jonathan Safran Foer

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Sunday, January 13, 2013
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Do This, Arts, farmers' markets, Logan Square Farmers' Market, Congress Theater, Green City Market, Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, Nerds at Heart, Christian Mingle, Alikewise, Market Pub, Star Trek, Jonathan Safran Foer, Everything Is Illuminated, Eating Animals, Spertus Institute, Judaism Writing and Inspiration

Arts & Culture, New Year's Eve Dec 21, 2012
New Year's Eve Guide 2012

Our picks for the best places to be when the ball drops
- Tags: New Year's Eve, Black Ensemble Theater, The Jackie Wilson Story, The Marvin Gaye Story, One Name Only, Bootlegger's Ball, Moonshine Brewing Company, Burlesque New Year's Eve Striptacular, Gorilla Tango's Geek Girls, Chemically Imbalanced Comedy, Chemically Imbalanced Theater, Kiss Kiss Cabaret New Year's Eve Hullabaloo, Greenhouse Theater Center, Nerd Year's Eve, Star Wars, Challengers Comics + Conversation, DANK Haus, Feuerzangenbowle, The Poseidon Adventure, Music Box, Morseland, Slo 'Mo, the Whistler, Time Travel Spectacular, Elastic, Messing and the Wisemen, Antony and the Tramps, Airborne Toxic Event, Metro, Charles Bradley and His Extraordinaires, Lincoln Hall, Eternals Espiritu Zombi Group, Hideout, Marked Men Bad Sports, Empty Bottle, Wanda Jackson, Double Door, Porter Robinson, Congress Theater, Beauty Bar, Hood Internet, Moon Boots, Only Children, The Castle, Paul Oakenfold, Evil Olive, Porn and Chicken, Funky Buddha Lounge, The Mid, The Shrine, DJ B-Man, Teedra Moses, Spy Bar, Kalendr, Inphinity, Gene Farris, Acadia, Big Jones, Blackbird, Hoppin' John, Blackbird, Chef David Posey, Chilam Balam, Natalie Oswald, Deleece, Due Lire Vino and Cucina, Fork, Tim Cottini, Grass Fed, Jerry's Andersonville, Longman and Eagle, Jared Wentworth, Mercadito, Ryan Poli, Mercat a la Planxa, Nana, Park Grill, People Tapas Lounge, The Publican, Brian Huston, Senza, Noah Sandoval, Sepia, Andrew Zimmerman, Slurping Turtle, Godzilla, Takashi Yagihashi, SmallBar Division, Storefront Company, Tesori, Trenchermen, Yusho, Matthias Merges, Zed 451, Zocalo

Blogs, Bleader Dec 8, 2012
Reader's Agenda, Sat 12/8: Christmas bar crawl, Oliver Twist, and Young Jeezy

What's on the Agenda for Saturday, December 8, 2012
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Arts, Twelve Bars of Xmas, Cubby Bear, Wrigleyville, Second Saturdays Silent Film, Music Box Theatre, Frank Lloyd, Oliver Twist, Lon Chaney, Jackie Coogan, Congress Theater, Logan Square, Young Jeezy, Thug Motivation 103: Hustlerz Ambition

Blogs, Bleader Nov 9, 2012
The Reader's Agenda: Fri 11/9

What's on the Agenda for Friday, November 9, 2012
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Do This, Smart Bar, Wrigleyville, Open Books, Neal Brennan, Chappelle's show, Hideout, Wicker Park, Logan Square, French Montana, Congress Theater, Miles Raymer, Coke Boys 3, Bo Deal, M.I.C, AFM, P Coakley

Blogs, Bleader Oct 31, 2012
The Reader's Agenda: Wed 10/31

What's on the Agenda for Wednesday, October 31, 2012
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Do This, Halloween, Granville Anvi, Edgewater, Dance of the Dead, Priscilla Darling, Garfield Park Conservatory, Creatures of the Night, Die Antwoord, Congress Theater, Logan Square, Azari & III, Seth Troxler, Paul Kalkbrenner, Tiga, Gesaffelstein, Nic Fanciulli

Blogs, Bleader Oct 24, 2012
The Reader's Agenda: Wed 10/24

What's on the Agenda for Wednesday, October 24, 2012
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Do This, Chicago History Museum, Second City, Tomb Talks and Ghost Stories, Congress Theater, Logan Square, Justice, Audio Video Disco, Miles Raymer, The Lincoln Lodge, Eat This! Stories for the Love of Food, Doug Sohn, Hot Doug's, Victoria Wiedel, Center Square Journal

Blogs, Bleader Oct 21, 2012
The Reader's Agenda: Sun 10/21

What's on the Agenda for Sunday, October 21, 2012
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Do This, Waka Flocka Flame, Congress Theater, Logan Square, Miles Raymer, Doug Benson, Doug Loves Movies, Zanie's, Old Town, Lakeview, Stage 773, 33 Variations, 33 Variations on a Waltz, Albert Williams

Blogs, Bleader Oct 20, 2012
The Reader's Agenda: Sat 10/20

What's on the Agenda for Saturday, October 20, 2012
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Do This, Curious George Day, Open Books, River North, Haymarket Pub & Brewery, Drinking and Writing Festival, the Beats, Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Bill Savage, Congress Theater, Logan Square, The XX, Coexist, John Talbot, 2:54

Blogs, Bleader Oct 18, 2012
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12 O'Clock Track: The XX, "Chained"

London R&B trio the XX release a video to match the romanticized melancholy of "Chained"
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: 12 O'Clock Track, Music, the XX, Coexist, Chained, 12 O'Clock Track, Congress Theater, Fall Arts, Video

Blogs, Bleader Oct 17, 2012
The Reader's Agenda: Wed 10/17

What's on the Agenda for Wednesday, October 17, 2012
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Do This, Maria's Packaged Goods & Community Bar, Bridgeport, Jungle Boogie, Cult of the Cobra/Exotica 2046, One Book, One Northwestern, Alex Kotlowitz, Never a City So Real: A Walk in Chicago, Congress Theater, Logan Square, Miike Snow, Happy to You, Miles Raymer

Blogs, Bleader Oct 11, 2012
The Reader's Agenda: Thu 10/11

What's on the Agenda for Thursday, October 11, 2012
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Do This, D.T. Max, David Foster Wallace, Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story: A Life of David Foster Wallace, Craig Fehrman, Cassandra Wilson, Old Town School of Folk Music, Peter Margasak, Blue Note, Pitchfork Festival, A$AP Rocky, Schoolboy Q, Danny Brown, Congress Theater, A$AP Mob

Blogs, Bleader Sep 24, 2012
A tale of two singers: Bobby Womack and the Weeknd in concert

Pairing these two talented singers in one weekend ends with enraptured results
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music, Abel Tesfaye, the Weeknd, Bobby Womack, Brilliant Corners of Popular Amusements, Congress Theater, The Bravest Man in the Universe, The Trilogy, XL, Universal Republic, Drake

Blogs, Bleader Sep 23, 2012
The Reader's Agenda: Sun 9/23

What's on the Agenda for Sunday, September 23, 2012
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Do This, Kitchen Sink Cafe, Oven Lovin', Pitchfork, Kendrick Lamar, Congress Theater, Logan Square, Dr. Dre, Good Kid Mad City, Sideshow Theatre Company, Idomeneusm, Storefront Theater, Loop, Albert Williams

Blogs, Bleader Aug 7, 2012
The Reader's Agenda: Tue 8/7

What's on the Agenda for Friday, August 7, 2012
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Do This, Ernest Lubitsch, The Loves of Pharoah, Gene Siskel Film Center, J.R. Jones, Hidden Shamrock, The Chicago Way, the Outfit, Matisyahu, Congress Theater, Logan Square, The Dirty Heads, Moon Taxi

Blogs, Bleader Jul 26, 2012
The Reader's Agenda: Thu 7/26

What's on the Agenda for Thursday, July 26, 2012
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Do This, Pilsenm, Fiesta del Sol, Newberry Book Fair, Refused, Congress Theater, Logan Square, Kevin Warwick, Off!

Blogs, Bleader Jun 6, 2012
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Today in my inbox: an Off! music video

Check out the new music video for Off!'s "Cracked"
- By Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Things I Love, Music, Off!, Keith Morris, Circle Jerks, Cracked, Refused, Congress Theater, music video, Video

Blogs, Bleader May 16, 2012
What's this again about a Riot Fest carnival in Humboldt Park?

This year's Riot Fest moves into Humboldt Park for two days
- By Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Paranormal, Whoa, Music, Riot Fest, Humboldt Park, Iggy & the Stooges, Rise Against, Congress Theater, NOFX, Descendents, carnival, Elvis Costello

Blogs, Bleader Dec 13, 2011
Go right to the front of the line, you're special

The Empty Bottle introduces one-year passes good for entry to both Empty Bottle and Empty Bottle Presents shows.
- By Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Gift Week, Music, Variations on a Theme, Empty Bottle, Friends of the Bottle, pass, Logan Square Auditorium, VIP, Bite Cafe, entitlement, Congress Theater, no lines, drink ticket

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