CHICAGO’SFREEWEEKLYSINCE | NOVEMBER | NOVEMBER CHICAGO’SFREEWEEKLYSINCE The Niht of the Third Coast Percussion Strippin Dead and Philip Glass ‘IT WAS A HAPPENING’ EVOKING THE SOUTH SIDE’S WEEKLY JAZZ PARTY Excerpts fromTALPPR THIS WEEK CHICAGOREADER | NOVEMBER | VOLUME NUMBER TR A NOTE FROM THE EDITOR IN THIS ISSUE - @ SOMANYBIGCHANGES have taken place at the style, will give you a peek into this moment of Chi- CITYLIFE Reader in recent years, from minor masthead shifts cago’s past that still informs our present. 3 Shop WindowAPilsenstudio P TB specializesinuniquejeans EC AEM to several handovers in ownership. We have new Also, we have an inside peek at Philip Glass’s M E D print facilities. (Do you like the new cover stock?) fi rst-ever collaboration with a percussion ensem- 4 Joravsky|PoliticsPredictionsforthe KH comingelections We made new T-shirts. Few changes are likely to ble—Third Coast Percussion—premiering as part DEKS 5 NewsTwonewprogramsoff er CDVC be as impactful, however, as the one we’re about to of the Chicago Humanities Festival on November 9; D P youngwomenofcolorsupporttoenter make: the Reader is headed to the south side. a preview of the Eyeworks Festival of Animation— JR STEMfi elds CEAL Our new offices will allow for many splendif- the best experimental animation series around; 7 Dukmasova|PoliticsRauner’s MEP M erous wonders, such as the entire workforce of and a look at “Night of the Stripping Dead,” a hor- AEJL campaignrhetorichasn’tfazedfolksin SWDI the paper being under one roof and able to com- ror-themed adult show, as our comics journalism Madigancountry BJ MS municate without scheduling meetings days in feature. Maya Dukmasova gets us into the electoral STCTA S W advance, convenient parking facilities, and not mood with her journey to the heart of Mike Madi- FOOD&DRINK MD LG having to walk through another newsroom to get gan’s home turf, and Ben Joravsky o ers a slew of 8 RestaurantReviewAnoodlehero SMEBW lurksinafoodcourtinChinatown GD S K to our newsroom, a path that always made me hopeful election predictions. ML C feel a bit like I was walking past the adults’ table A mea culpa for an error in the last print edition: L C ARTS&CULTURE F L C at Thanksgiving to get to the kids’ table in the we misidentified the Door as a branding firm; 14 ComicsJournalismAcomicsreview PF back. Most exciting to me, however, is that we’ll be in fact, it’s a PR fi rm. The company did not name C NB ofahorrorthemedstripshow E BL C operating from such a vibrant historical center of the Saint Jane Hotel and was not involved in the 17 Culture|IsaacsTheObama IGA G Chicago culture. branding of the hotel. And cheers are due to our PresidentialCentermovesforward J H JH IHDJMK It’s not a history or a culture everyone is familiar very own board president, Dorothy R. Leavell, 18 TheaterAplayaboutBillieHoliday’s S KMMBM with—inside or outside of the city—so I’m thrilled who was recently honored with the Chicago Urban legacyexploresquietstruggle SMJRN 18 DanceTheBetterHalftakeson MO LP we were able to work with the curators of “The League’s Lester H. McKeever, Jr. Individual Service JPBS matrimony Time Is Now” exhibition at the Smart Museum of Award. According to the Urban League, the award KSDS 19 OperaSiegfriedtriumphantlycarries KS RS Art to bring you some oral histories of the Alley, “recognizes an individual who has demonstrated ontheRingCycleatLyric AWAW an event for spontaneous music, art, and literary a strong commitment to improving the quality IE C 19 TheaterMobyDick!TheMusical MDLC J H production that took place for about 30 years, of life for African Americans in Chicago through NeverlandTheScientifi cMethodand BH MO’M every Sunday, in Bronzeville. Excerpts from audio volunteerism and embodies excellence through thelatestatBoHoTheatre ---------------------------------------------------------------- recordings, transcribed and edited for clarity and community service.” —AE M 21 VisualArt“TheTimeIsNow!”atthe SM PF Smartismorerelevantthanever SAR AM 22 BooksTheambitiousvolumeArtin AR Chicagotakesontoomuchbutlooks LM-H greatdoingit NS PHOTO FEATURE CRM 23 MoviesTheGirlintheSpider’sWeb T P getscaughtinitsowntraptwofi lm D D Electoral fashions festivalshittownthelatestfromTyler JD O M “Who wore it best” wasn’t Perryandothernewfi lms SNL on the midterm ballot. MUSIC &NIGHTLIFE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Maybe it should have been? D C 30 ShowsofnoteLosCampesinos! 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YYYOCZUJCRG[EQO preneur produces customized pants that take illustrations sell for $35. “Sometimes I even do sewing demos for the OCZUJCRG["CQNEQO one to two weeks for completion, fashioned in With a background in industrial and graphic interested few,” he says. His prime spot on NWG TQUU NWG 5JKGNF 2TGHGTTGF 2TQXKFGT quality 11- to 13-ounce stretch selvage denim design, Rials, 32, does almost everything re- Halsted and 18th has helped him grow his KIPC 2TGHGTTGF 2TQXKFGT made in America, Italy, and even Japan . “The lated to his line—from taking photos and cre- clientele thanks to the abundant foot tra c in jeans are one of a kind; you can’t fi nd anything ating the illustrations printed in his merchan- the area: “It is great from spring to fall. Win- like what I make elsewhere in the city,” he dise to product development, pattern making, ter is terrible in Chicago.” Even though Rials says. Each wash is unique and handmade, and garment construction. His mother, who opened his brick-and-mortar store in June created with soap, water, and bleach, and taught him to sew, helps him in the manufac- last year, he’s run an online shop for over six dyed in pieces. The fi nished product has been turing process. Inspired by Japanese designer years. His graphic design skills are evident in sported by local celebrities such as photogra- Hiroshi Fujiwara of the cult streetwear label his tasteful and eye-catching website, fi lled pher Trashhand, streetwear designers Don C Fragment Design, Rials cares deeply about with high-quality photos. “What I want is to and JoeFreshGoods, and rappers Joey Purp , the image of his brand: “I’ve always been at produce work that inspires others to create please recycle Vic Mensa , and Towkio . All that hard labor the heart of design, but I’m not so much an work that inspires others—this motto is also this paper doesn’t come cheap: BLRdesign’s customized in-your-face seller or marketing guru. This written in large letters on the wall in my stu- denim prices range from $350 to $650. Other past year has been about training myself to dio.” —IG ll NOVEMBER - CHICAOREADER­3 Listen to The Ben Joravsky Show on WCPT, AM, CITY LIFE Monday through Friday from to PM. endorse Hillary Clinton—so I think we’ll all agree that the Trib’s pretty worthless when it comes to election advice.) At the start of the election cycle, many oddsmakers said Underwood didn’t have a chance. But over the last few weeks the polls have tightened. I’m going with my heart—Underwood in a squeaker. SIXTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT SEAN CASTENVPETERROSKAM For as long as I can remember, the Sixth has been filled with DuPage County Republicans—it was Con- gressman Henry Hyde’s old district. And yet, it too has been moving left—Hillary won it by seven percentage points over Trump. Roskam is an anti-choice, climate-change-denying In the battle of the billionaires, Pritzker (le ) will prevail TAYLORGLASCOCKCOURTESYTHEARTIST Trump rubber-stamper who’s always done as he’s been told to, even when it came to POLITICS state by gerrymandering the legislative and voting for last year’s horrendous tax bill. I congressional maps after the upcoming census. don’t believe a majority of voters in a district ATTORNEYGENERALKWAMERAOULVERIKA that encompasses parts of DuPage, Lake, and Going the NYT one better HAROLD You’d think this would be a gimme for suburban Cook Counties would vote for a cli- Raoul, the Democrat, what with Illinois being mate-change denier over an environmentalist The Reader’s politics writer out-Nate Cohns Nate Cohn by a solid blue state.