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Q: I’m a gay guy in my late 40s with a straight sister in her early 50s. She’s been married for a bit over two decades to guy who always registered as a “possible” on my average-to-good gaydar. But I put “BIL,” aka my brother-in-law, in the “improbable” bucket because he actively wooed my sister, was clearly in love with her, and fathered four boys with her, all in their late teens now....

Cumin Runner-Up: Rangoli

Ramen Vegan Finalists: Vegetarian, Omakase, Nashville Hot Schnitzel

On May 11, Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced that the city had expanded COVID-19 testing, opening six new test sites. The city had chosen sites “based on community testing needs.” Moore is not alone in looking for answers. Other aldermen have been clamoring for more pandemic-response information from the administration since March—when, as I reported previously, Mayor Lightfoot fired off an emergency executive order that gave her administration sweeping budgetary and procurement powers during the COVID-19 pandemic....

Throughout Pitchfork weekend, Reader photographer Oriana Koren captured a great cross-section of performers backstage—Digable Planets, Empress Of, and hometown heroes BJ the Chicago Kid, Twin Peaks, Homme, and Haley Fohr (aka Circuit des Yeux). Thankfully, the weather was on our side, and our outdoor studio didn’t get rained out. Koren was able to create lovely portraits of some of our favorite artists.

Domu HotPads Finalists: PadMapper, AptAmigo, Spaces

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As the world shut down early last year, Brandon Breaux began questioning the intention of his artistic practice. Art began to feel like a luxury to him, and he didn’t feel particularly compelled to make new work. In addition to being available on Breaux and Rebuild’s respective Instagram accounts, physical portraits will be posted outside the foundation’s Stony Island Arts Bank towards the end of February, so that the campaign will be accessible to Greater Grand Crossing residents....

Named after the devilish sprite in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and established in New York in 1876 by Austrian immigrant Joseph Keppler, Puck was a German-language satirical magazine (with an English edition following in 1877) that skewered powerful people and high society for the next 40 years. “With a Wink and a Nod—Cartoonists of the Gilded Age,” now open at the Driehaus Museum, displays 74 original drawings and some 20 magazines from this pioneering publication, providing invaluable insight into how the visual and written press interpreted, elucidated, and took the piss out of events in American history in the years between the Civil War and World War I....

Welcome to the Reader‘s morning briefing for Monday, February 15, 2016. Happy Presidents’ Day! Axelrod recalls Scalia’s interesting SCOTUS nomination suggestion Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia, who passed away over the weekend, and former senior advisor to President Obama David Axelrod didn’t have much in common ideologically. But Axelrod recalls that Scalia suggested to him that the president appoint the justice’s liberal friend Elena Kagan to the court. What do Kagan, Axelrod, and Scalia have in common?...

The Whistler Sleeping Village Finalists: Chicago Magic Lounge, Gman Tavern

Lorena Cupcake (MOCA: Modern Cannabis Dispensary) Sarah Mitchell (Dispensary 33) Finalists: Quinn Stifler (Dispensary 33), Nick Modica (Zen Leaf), Sam Fantauzzo (New Age Care)

Making something like a pot joke on 4/20 Three years ago Cook County state’s attorney Anita Alvarez described marijuana as a dangerous “gateway drug” while prosecuting thousands of cases involving the possession of dime bags. But as calls for reform grow louder—and she prepares for a potentially difficult reelection campaign next year—Alvarez has changed her approach. People caught with as much as an ounce of marijuana will now have their cases dropped; if it happens three or more times, they’ll be directed to education programs....

Grubhub Uber Eats Finalists: Caviar, Door Dash, Postmates

FRANK OKAY frankokay.com Runner-Up: Chema Skandal

Maria Burnham Lauren Nicole Fields Finalists: Stefan Roseen, Tony Lawry

Fresh from winning the 2017 BroadwayWorld New York Cabaret Award in the category “Best Show, Celebrity Male,” Charles Busch returns to Chicago with his latest cabaret act, My Kinda 60s. The witty Busch is best known as the author and original star of the 1980s camp comedies Vampire Lesbians of Sodom, Psycho Beach Party, and Die, Mommie, Die!—gender-bending spoofs of the genre films (biblical epics, beach-blanket comedies, horror films) that Busch grew up watching in the 1960s....

Is there a mass audience for Chappaquiddick? John Curran’s new drama about the 1969 scandal involving Massachusetts senator Ted Kennedy opened April 6 on 1,560 screens across the U.S. but so far has grossed only $11.8 million and appears to be fading at the box office. Actor Jason Clarke, who plays Kennedy in the movie, has publicly lamented its shutout from such liberal TV programs as The Rachel Maddow Show and Real Time With Bill Maher....