Craig Silverman, media editor of Buzzfeed, was showing a picture of an ABC News article recently to a crowd at the University of Chicago’s International House Assembly Hall. The headline read “Donald Trump Protester Speaks Out: ‘I Was Paid $3,500 To Protest Trump’s Rally.'” It looked official enough. That is, until the audience began to notice things like the ABC logo font in Arial, the odd kerning, the fact that paid protesting really isn’t a thing, and finally, the author’s name—”Jimmy Rustling,” a nod to the popular 4chan meme, “That Really Rustled My Jimmies....

Local indie-garage linchpins Shannon Candy, who runs DIY label Bernice Records and Tapes and plays guitar in Strawberry Jacuzzi, and Jen Dot, whose virtual zine Disappearing Media and bubblegum punks Swimsuit Addition are Gossip Wolf faves, are totally tired of bros—and they don’t care who knows! According to Candy and Dot, “Being a bro has nothing to do with your gender or clothing—it’s about behavior. They are a fucking drag.” This wolf couldn’t agree more!...

The Reader’s archive is vast and varied, going back to 1971. Every week in Archive Dive, we’ll dig through and bring up some finds. Sure, your aunt may say she made that Thanksgiving pumpkin pie all on her own, but how much does she know about the people who picked and packed the pumpkins before the can of pie filling entered her kitchen? In the 2006 Reader article “Hecho en Illinois,” Linda Lutton and Catrin Einhorn explored Morton, Illinois, which at the time produced as much as 90 percent of all canned pumpkin consumed in the United States....

I was a little too young to catch Ben Hollis’s local travelogue Wild Chicago during its original run on WTTW (1989 to 2003). But based on archived footage on YouTube, there was a lot about it to love. And yet, even though the songs are warbled and out of tune, I felt a bit inspired listening to his story knowing the absurdist, irreverent streak that defined Hollis’s youth is with him today....

To call comedian Candy Lawrence a stand-up would be a misnomer. She’s more like a run-and-jump-and-dance-up. In a bit about her loud upstairs neighbors, she viciously stomps across the stage; when clueing in the audience on how she spells her middle name (not Jasmine, JAZZMAN!), she scats and dances with unparalleled energy; and at any given moment she might roll across the stage, skillfully avoiding getting tangled in the mike cord....

Street View is a fashion series in which Isa Giallorenzo spotlights some of the coolest styles seen in Chicago. “I dress based on how I’m feeling that day, and I create music based on how I feel as well”, singer-songwriter Tatiana Hazel says. “As for my hair, the theme of my upcoming single is split personality, so I dyed it split colors.” Check out her eclectic style on Instagram (@tatianahazel) and listen to her music at soundcloud....

Since setting up shop on the corner of Kedzie and Diversey more than a year ago Bric-a-Brac Records has become an informal base for the local DIY garage and punk scenes. In the past handful of months the store has thrown some eye-catching in-stores featuring talented locals (Son of a Gun, Jimmy Whispers) and scene favorites from around the country (Juan Wauters, Mean Jeans). On Sunday Bric-a-Brac is throwing yet another show with Portland’s Guantanamo Baywatch—they’ll be joined by local groups the Wet, American Breakfast, and Best of Chicago winners the Lemons, who are returning from a West Coast trek....

There’s plenty to do this weekend. Here’s some of what we recommend: Sat 5/6: The Atlas Obscura Society hosts Obscura Day 2017, a day of being a tourist in your own city. Get a private tour of Chicago’s Leather Archives & Museum plus walking tours exploring the city’s early LGBTQ communities, beautiful downtown mosaics and a history of Chicago’s worst disasters. 10 AM-7 PM Sun 5/7: Singer-songwriter Laura Marling performs at Metro (3730 N....

Because reedist Aram Shelton first made his name during his years in Chicago and continues to work in numerous ensembles featuring strong local players, that’s the context in which he tends to get covered by the Reader. But he moved to Oakland, California, in 2005 and he’s been superactive in the Bay Area since then, so even we don’t hear about those activities so much. Shelton has just released On and On (Singlespeed Music) with the second iteration of his long-running group Ton Trio....

Few labels are as synonymous with emo as Jade Tree. Throughout the 90s and early 2000s the independent Delaware label released pivotal albums by the Promise Ring, Jets to Brazil, Pedro the Lion, and Cap’n Jazz, among others. The scope of Jade Tree’s catalog isn’t confined to emo, though, and you can find the evidence on the label’s brand new Bandcamp page. Owners Tim Owen and Darren Walters launched their Bandcamp yesterday following a lengthy quiet period for Jade Tree, which has been in the news again since Brooklyn Vegan said the label “is back” in a throwaway blog post from a couple weeks ago—Walters referenced that post in a Billboard story he wrote about Jade Tree’s history the following week....

Photo courtesy of David Drazin David Drazin has been playing piano at silent-film screenings in Chicago for almost 30 years. If you’ve seen a silent movie in the city (outside of the Music Box, that is, where Dennis Scott is the house accompanist), chances are you’ve heard Drazin play. I can hardly estimate how many screenings I’ve attended where he was providing the soundtrack—at some point I began to take for granted that if I went to a silent-film revival he’d probably be there....

On his bracing new album Cruel Optimism (Room40) veteran Australian sound artist Lawrence English subtly erases boundaries between ambient drift and industrial roar, forging aqueous instrumentals that seem to occupy an entire world. Normally he creates his turbulent recordings entirely on his own, as he did with the 2014’s bruising Wilderness of Mirrors—an appropriate precursor in terms of its visceral chill—but for the first time he’s enlisted a number of guest musicians....

The Hideout 1354 W. Wabansia Runner-Up UP Comedy Club

Ask Your Doctor: A Pharmaceutical Musical It took eight people to write book, lyrics, and music for this Annoyance musical? Maybe too much input diluted the output. The premise is golden: pharmaceutical giant Mendacium pedals a designer pill with such restorative powers that people who take it need only two hours of sleep per night. Supermodel drug reps, tyrannized by glammed-out sibling managers Gabriel and Gabrielle, devolve into amoral profit machines until conscience-stricken ingenue saleswoman Morgan sabotages everything....

Mike Sula Oxtail, polenta, baby fennel at Cellar Door Provisions If you must have a reason to venture out into the rimy hellscape of never-ending winter, I’m going to suggest it should be to hunch over the oxtail polenta at Logan Square’s Cellar Door Provisions and thank Providence for good grain and meat. It’s listed at the very bottom of the changing menu at this new, minimalist breakfast-and-lunch spot from some of the guys behind the underground dining posse Thurk....

David Rabe has spent a lifetime honing his craft. And it shows in Cosmologies, a remarkably well-written play receiving its midwest premiere at the Gift Theatre (which counts him as an ensemble member). Rabe first made his name in the 1970s writing savage, dark comedies about his experiences in Vietnam (Streamers, The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel, and Sticks and Bones, which won him a Tony) and later in the cocaine-addled world of Hollywood in the 1980s (Hurly-Burly)....

Claire Greenway/Getty Images Frankie Knuckles and Danny Rampling at the Def Mix 20th Anniversary Weekender in 2007 To those who knew him well, there was a certain rhythm to Francis Nicholls, better known to Chicago and the world as Frankie Knuckles. Of course there’s the pulse of house music, which the late DJ and producer introduced to Chicago crowds and turned into a worldwide phenomenon. But as celebratory, inclusive, and uplifting as his music is, its power pales in comparison to what Frankie was like in person, according to friends and family who spoke at his funeral last night at Progressive Baptist Church, near 36th and South Wentworth....