CHICAGO’SFREEWEEKLYSINCE | MAY | MAY CHICAGO’SFREEWEEKLYSINCE Jamila Woods builds on legacies that shook the world By TW 22 Seven thumbs up A historic event: our theater critics like everythin! 13 State of the unions Deanna Isaacs 9 2 CHICAOREADER - MAY ll CHICAGOREADER | MAY | VOLUME NUMBER THIS WEEK IN THIS ISSUE T R - ­ ­ fi ghtstoexposethetruthwhile 34 GossipWolfTheCoProsperity @ Rahmtriestohideit Spheredevotesaconcertand 09 Isaacs|CultureChicago exhibittosChicagonowave SymphonyOrchestramusiciansand andtheCHIRPRecordFairreturns P ColumbiaCollegeparttimefaculty TB IEC unionssolidarityforever OPINION SKKH 35 SavageLoveDanSavageoff ers D EKS adviceonscratchingthatopen C LSK D P JR ofcitylifeandI’mGonnaPray relationshipitch CEAL ForYouSoHardshowstheapple M EP M doesn’tfallfarfromthetree A EJL CLASSIFIEDS SWDI CITYLIFE 37 Jobs BJ MS 04 StreetViewAcheerleading FILM 37 Apartments&Spaces SWMD L G coachonhowtodressforthewin 16 ReviewCanthetwocrazykidsin 37 Marketplace G D D C S MEBW 05 PublicService LongShotfi ndhappiness? 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Legacy! -- STM READER LLC private listening BPD RL Movie Tuesday: TE R party S JS Four hours or bust! A- S V Hosted by the Reader. CC EB Ben Sachs introduces fi ve Jamila Woods will be ---------------------------------------------------------------- capsule reviews from the interviewed by Tiff any R ­ISSN - Reader archives of movies Walden before the STMR LLC SM SC IL that are more than epic. album plays. Enter -- to win tickets at C ©C R chicagoreader.com/ P C IL jamila. Thu 5/9, 7 PM A C R R RR T ® ll MAY - CHICAOREADER3 CITY LIFE Street View For the win Clean style, full heart, can’t lose “NO MATTER IF you’re stunting, tumbling, jumping, or sitting on the sidelines, you always need to look clean, tight, and confi dent,” says Charles McDavid Jr. The 26-year-old cheerleading coach is speaking about “perfect posture,” but he might as well be describing his style. McDavid, who works for the Keeping Adolescents Off the Street (KAOS) Bull- dogs, is calm and self-assured in his rainbow puff er jacket on his way to a job interview in Lincoln Park. He says he chose to build his outfi t around burnt- red suspenders because his spirit was screaming Family Matters. “Clothes aren’t alive,” he says. “You wear them. They don’t wear you. You want them to look good. Own it.” McDavid says he pushes his athletes to strive for more than just trophies. “Be the best you for tomorrow and not today,” he says. —IG Three cheers for perfect posture. ISAGIALLORENZO — COMING — 2019 SPECIAL ISSUES June 6 CHICAGO BLUES FESTIVAL June 20 PRIDE ISSUE: STONEWALL 50 July 18 PITCHFORK MUSIC FESTIVAL August 1 LOLLAPALOOZA ADVERTISE WITH US Contact Patti Flynn, Sales Director: [email protected] 312-392-2938 4 CHICAOREADER - MAY ll CITY LIFE ONE AND A HALF FLOORS. MORE STORIES THAN YOU CAN COUNT. FROM BUNGALOWS TO BAUHAUS, DISCOVER CHICAGO’S NEIGHBORHOODS ON OUR 85 CITY-WIDE TOURS. Quimby’s participates in Free Comic Book Day. PATLOIKA/FLICKR PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT Bam! Boom! Pow! Marvel at the super off erings on Free Comic Book Day. FREE COMIC BOOK DAY is upon us again! The Western, will have a day full of in-store appearanc- 17th annual celebration of independent comic book es by local artists and illustrators. And parents who stores happens on Saturday, May 4, and promises are interested in teaching their children the value of plenty of local programming (and, more important- the disco nap can haul out the family at midnight to ly, free issues of select comic books). The official be fi rst in line when Chimera’s in Oak Lawn opens. website at freecomicbookday.com/catalog lists all Some of the following stores will be open but not the titles that may be available for free. Individual necessarily participating in the offi cial Free Comic stores are free to make their own rules, so don’t go Book Day proceedings, so be sure to call ahead or in thinking you’re going to walk out with a wheelbar- check out the store’s websites to see what they are row full of titles. Some stores, like Challengers on planning. —SC-J FAC C DTC E. TH N. Western N. Western -- -- -- firstaidcomics.com challengerscomics.com darktowercomics.com GC C C C AR E. Madison N. Clark W. th -- -- -- grahamcrackers.com/chstore. chicagocomics.com myalternatereality.com htm G-MC C’C Q’ N. Kedzie W. th, Oak Lawn W. North -- -- -- g-mart.com/chicago.html chimerascomics.com quimbys.com ll MAY - CHICAOREADER5 MADELINEHESTER 6 CHICAOREADER - MAY ll EXPLORE Arts & Culture Health & Wellness Shopping Gus Giordano Dance School RE: chiropractic + wellness Alley Cat Comics 5230 N. Clark 5347 N. Clark St., #2 5304 N. Clark St., Suite Rear (773) 275-5230 (773) 334-5300 (773) 907-3404 gusgiordanodance.com www.rechiropractic.com www.alleycatcomics.com Whole Body Kinetics Chicago Dance Supply Beauty 5301 N. Clark St., Floor 2 5301 N. Clark St., Fl. 2 Salon 10 (773) 963-2358 (773) 728-5344 5245 N. Clark https://wholebodykinetics.com/ www.chicagodancesupply.com (773) 728-4055 https://www.salon10chicago.com/ Dearborn Denim & Apparel Professional Services 5202 N. Clark St. A and N Mortgage Services (773) 293-6451 Drinks & Dining 1945 N. Elston https://dearborndenim.us/ Jerry’s Sandwiches (773) 305-7010 5419 N. Clark St. http://www.kikicalumet.com/ Early to Bed (773) 796-3777 5044 N. Clark www.jerryssandwiches.com Iloilo Custom Framing (773) 271-1219 1478 W. Berwyn Ave. early2bed.com Ranalli’s of Andersonville (773) 784-3962 1512 W. Berwyn Ave. Rattleback Records (773) 334-1300 Urban Pooch 5405 N. Clark St. www.ranallispizza.com 5400 N. Damen Ave. (773) 944-0188 (773) 942-6445 http://rattlebackrecords.com/ Vincent Restaurant www.urbanpooch.com 1475 W. Balmoral Women & Children First (773) 334-7168 5233 N. Clark St. www.vincentchicago.com Shared Workspace (773) 769-9299 The Writers WorkSpace www.womenandchildrenfirst.com 5443 N. Broadway (by appt only) (773) 907-0336 www.writersworkspace.com VISIT ANDERSONVILLE FOR THESE UPCOMING EVENTS! - Andersonville Farmers Market: Wednesdays from 3-8PM starting May 8. Located on Berwyn between Clark & Ashland - Andersonville Wine Walk: Sunday, May 19 from 3-6PM: Tickets on sale now for two wine walk routes, each featuring 14 wine tasting destinations. andersonville.org - Andersonville Midsommarfest: June 7 - 9 #AlwaysAndersonville Summer Starts Here. Join us in celebrating our 54th Midsommarfest on Clark Street between Foster & Catalpa. ll MAY - CHICAOREADER7 NEWS & POLITICS Le : Author Robert Caro JAYGODWIN/FLICKR Right: Mayor Rahm Emanuel DANIELXO’NEIL/FLICKR Bending over backward to be fair, Mick religious beliefs and his military service—are says there’s no proof that Rahm didn’t write part of a larger narrative about Mayor Pete’s them—which, of course, is not quite the same life that Mayor Pete’s campaign has carefully thing as saying he did. constructed to divert us from the fact that I, on the other hand, insist that the real Mayor Pete’s barely taken a stance on any of issue is whether he even reads them. the major issues of the day. To be continued—right, Mick? Concentrating on any piece of the narra- In his latest essay in the Atlantic—“What tive—military, religion, or sexual orienta- the Press Is Missing About Pete Buttigieg”— tion—helps Mayor Pete dazzle voters into Rahm criticizes journalists for being too shal- supporting him, even if they have no clue as to low in their coverage of the 37-year-old mayor what he stands for. of South Bend, Indiana, who’s among the In any event, I hope there are no aspiring front-runners in the race for the Democratic journalists out there who really think it’s a presidential nomination. good idea to take journalistic advice from “Voters relying on mainstream coverage to Rahm. keep them informed probably know only three Good god, this is the guy who spent the last things about him,” Rahm writes.