John Kolvenbach's Love Song gets a "dynamic and delicious" staging with Remy Bumppo that you can feel in your body.
Chicago hip-hop comes together for treasured veteran Gq tha Teacha, and sibling shoegazers Twin Coast preview a noisy, ...
Hip Linkchain was more journeyman than star, but his raw west-side blues guitar continues to reverberate 35 years after his ...
"I can be a woman for you," by Nicki Cherry, is a self-portrait of bursting emotions and the embarrassment of being human.
A note from the Reader's editor in chief: artists, writers, musicians, actors—all these citizens are going to show us how to ...
The Reader's film editor highlights film festivals, previews, and events taking place in Chicago for the Spring Theater and ...
April’s Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo will create space for enthusiasm and fandom at McCormick Place, with something ...
Founded by Kaylen Ralph in 2019, Ladies Who Lit hosts events that pair a book discussion with an activity complementing the book’s themes.
You’re just a woman.”  The scrutiny directed at Michiko mirrors the conflicting and hypocritical responses that Tanaka and ...
From Palestinian stories to climate justice, from experimental to silent film, explore the city’s upcoming series and ...
Police officers made hundreds of arrests after being added to the state’s attorney’s office’s Brady list. Credit: James Hosking On a balmy August day in 2020, Chicago police officers James ...
Lora Fosberg made a name for herself baring the midwestern psyche in farcical installations replete with snippy, conversational bits of text.