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CHICAGO’SFREEWEEKLYSINCE | OCTOBER | OCTOBER CHICAGO’SFREEWEEKLYSINCE Still ghoulin’ after all these years A conversation with Chicago’s legendary horror host, Rich Koz, on 40 years of Svengoolie By SC-J 12 THIS WEEK CHICAGOREADER | OCTOBER | VOLUME NUMBER IN THIS ISSUE T R - hostedaconcentrationofcreative @ entrepreneurshipwhoseinfl uence onBlackpopularmusicisstillfelt today PTB 32 ShowsofnoteJSOndara ECSKKH DEKS FEATURE BrutusRhiannonGiddensand CLSK 18 AsylumCityIntheirownwords morethisweek D P JR theharrowingstoriesofsixasylum 34 TheSecretHistoryof M EP M TD KR seekerswhonowcallChicago ChicagoMusicRemembering A EJL home drummerpharmacistactivistand S MEBW seekerAlvinFielder SWDI CITYLIFE ARTS&CULTURE BJ MS 04 ShopLocalBronzeville 12 TelevisionAsventillating THEATER 38 EarlyWarningsDreamcatcher SWMD L G BoutiquebyLadyMochaoff ers conversationwithChicago’s 25 Review GreyHouseprovidesa MeshellNdegeocelloWireand EA SN L garmentsandblingforevery legendaryhorrorhostRichKozon feministtwisttoahorrorstaple morejustannouncedconcerts L CS C -J F L CPF walkoflife yearsofSvengooliecelebrity 26 PlaysofnoteTwo 38 GossipWolfNotNormal CEB LC fansandBerwyn antidepressanttestsubjects Tapesgivesitselfayeartolive S C -J NLC 14 Preview Marginaliapullswomen’s wonderiftheirpassionisrealinThe RabbleRabblereunitetobenefi t C C J F FOOD&DRINK IG M H 05 CannabisClassDabbingfor movementsferociousand Eff ectaweddingopenswoundsfor Resilienceandmore MH IH S K beginners intimateintothespotlight aprodigaldaughterinKentucky B MS M LM 14 ReviewLovereignssupremein andtheriseoffascismsinksall JRN LP OPINION BSCS theJoff rey’sremountofJaneEyre hopeinTheMerchantofVenice 40 SavageLoveDanSavageoff ers ---------------------------------------------------------------- butthefeminismsometimesfalters adviceforinveteratecheaters D D J D lookingforhappiness D P E &P FILM K K A A 16 FeatureKartemquinFilms CLASSIFIEDS J GYD nurturesrisingChicago 42 Jobs documentarians 42 Apartments&Spaces ADVERTISING -- -@ 16 MoviesofnoteWillemDafoe 42 Marketplace C @ andRobertPattinsongive NEWS&POLITICS performancesofalifetimeinThe SD P F V PSA M 07 Joravsky|PoliticsChicago LighthouseGoodKisserisan CRM TP hadbillionsforAmazonbutnowit’s anxioustightlywoundrefl ectionon SA R suddenlytoobrokeforkids sexualityandFilmAboutaWoman O B GJ L L M- MTV H L S 08 Dukmasova|NewsStriking Whousesmonologuestextand MUSIC&NIGHTLIFE CSM W R teacherssaypaychecksarethe lyricaldancetocomealive 28 FeatureFortwodecadesa leastoftheirproblems shortstretchofMichiganAvenue NA V MG --- J LSB ---------------------------------------------------------------- DC THIS WEEK ON CHICAGOREADER.COM [email protected] -- STM READER LLC BPD R L TE R S J S A- S V CC E B ---------------------------------------------------------------- R ISSN- STMRLLC SM SC IL -- C ©C R P C IL Movie Tuesday: The lighter Arts—and aquatic— Chicago tenants continue to A C RR side of class confl ict activities for kids during demand ‘rent control now’ RR T® Ben Sachs on fi ve fi lms that the CPS strike Li the Ban Coalition braces for successfully temper heavy social a 2020 fi ght in Springfi eld, Maya analysis with laughs. 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DISPENSARY By MS ichard Park’s budtenders go through a one-year training program before they’re allowed to talk, unmoni- tored, to customers at Anderson- ville’s Dispensary 33, where he’s a Rfounding partner and director of operations. That’s why pastry chef Mindy Segal suggested he would be a good person to explain the do’s and don’ts of dabbing, or vaporizing cannabis concentrates. Dabbing is the most efficient and direct method of consuming cannabis, but it requires specialized and sometimes bewildering gad- getry to produce the inhalable vapors, which are turbocharged with highly concentrated cannabinoids and terpenes, the compounds that give cannabis its various fl avors. Segal, apart from developing her own line of caps, and vape pens are some of the tools one on the cannabis plant that contain most of its rate cannabis industry, Park says, are “masters edibles, is an avid cannabis user. But she’d rec- can apply to the multitextured extractions cannabinoids, fl avors, and aromas. of making up their own names for shit.”) They ognized a hole in her resumé. “I’d only dabbed that are pulled from the carboniferous struc- The varieties of amorphous blobs that result look good enough to eat—like candy—and in a couple times, and didn’t know the proper ture of the cannabis plant through processes are sold in appetizing shades of honey, amber, fact, employing them in the kitchen is one of way to do it,” she says. such as physical separation and chemical cream, and gold, with names such as shatter, the easiest, most predictable ways to cook No doubt, the options can be overwhelming. extraction. Concentrates come from collecting sugar, sauce, budder, batter, crumble, rosin, with cannabis. Vaporizers, rigs, torches, nails, bangers, carb trichomes—the tiny, twinkly, sticky structures kief, and good old hash. (Those in the corpo- But that’s another story. Dabbing is by J BOOK YOUR HOLIDAY PARTY — with — 16” ON CENTER BITE CAFE REVIVAL FOOD HALL 6TH FLOOR REINDEER ROOM MONEYGUN For more info, visit 16oncenterchicago.com/private-events. Mention “reader” when you book! ll OCTOBER - CHICAOREADER 5 Search the Reader’s online database of thousands of Chicago-area restaurants FOOD & DRINK at chicagoreader.com/food. continued from 5 the chip of shatter in the bowl. As vapors far the most popular method of consuming began to swirl and collect in the banger, Park concentrates, and yet to novices, it’s daunting, inhaled from the top. even scary. It looks like freebasing. “To me this is pretty complex,” said Park, “I can completely understand, when we who used to own Cha’va Café, and approaches start breaking out blowtorches and things, concentrates the same way he did his co ee why people don’t like the way it looks,” says and tea tastings. “I’m tasting a little bit of Park, who invited Segal and me to a truncated greenery. Honey, even. A melon quality. If we concentrate training session one lazy Sunday dropped the temperature it would taste much A vape pen and holder earlier this month. more fl oral.” stand DISPENSARY “It’s intimidating,” says Segal. Less rigorous dabbers than Park will sim- “It’s contraptiony,” agrees Park. ply torch the banger—preferably made from He and budtender Aleks Glass set up a dab quartz or ceramic material—for a minute or station on a conference table spread with a so, until it starts glowing. variety of rigs, vapor straws, and handheld “You gotta learn your rig,” he says. “From vaporizers, along with a microscope, an in- when it’s