The Reeling Film Festival is in its last days, but there's still time to catch what's sure to be one of the most fascinating movies in the program. Quearborn & Perversion, a new documentary by Columbia College alum Ron Pajak, tells stories of lesbian/gay Chicago life spanning the years 1924-1974. It's surely a beautiful irony of history: what is today the epicenter of the Viagra Triangle was, in the 50's, the epicenter of gay life;... more ›

Last night the concert most likely to be stormed by media was KFed at the House of Blues, which we almost attended before deciding that the $31 a pop they wanted to charge us at the box office was a little steep for a night of schadenfreude. Instead, we hopped on the Red Line and caught Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 at the Metro. more ›

WARNING: Do not click on the following links with your office speakers turned up. In fact, probably best to save this post for the privacy of your own home. more ›

Remember everybody's favorite homeless-man-in-the-sky Richard Dorsey? He was charged with criminal trespass in December when police found him living in a structure constructed underneath the Lake Shore Drive bridge. Dorsey outfitted the "drawbridge dorm" with a TV, microwave, spaceheater and a Playstation powered by electricity from the bridge. more ›