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I sat down with [Billy] Eichner and costar Luke Macfarlane to discuss the joy of the theatrical experience, bringing the film from idea to reality, and the exuberant messiness of loving both…
Artist Khaaliq Haneef closes out his debut solo show, "The Devious Mind of Khaaliq Haneef" with Sounds & S'mores, an open mike at the Lawndale Pop-Up Spot (1408 S. Central […]
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Born in Pennsylvania, Ben Zucker lived in Berkeley, New England, and London before moving to Chicago for a graduate composition program at Northwestern University. He was excited to come her…
Now celebrating its 45th anniversary, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago presents Refraction, a mixed bill of contemporary works consisting of the world premiere of Chicago choreographer Randy Dun…
Dread can be suffocating, but Ganser make it work like a spark. On their new EP, Nothing You Do Matters (Felte), the Chicago postpunk four-piece take cues from dance punk […]
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On a cloudy afternoon a couple of Saturdays ago, faint lyrics could be heard echoing down Marshall Boulevard, which exits Douglass Park on the park's south side. The sound was […]
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Marilyn Monroe is the American public's white whale, that which we seek to dominate and claim as our own.
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A new exhibit at the American Writers Museum featres prominent and lesser-known Black authors, poets, and journalists.
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The TRiiBE investigates what's going on behind the lies.
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Nobody makes eating fresh pasta at home easier than Tony Quartaro. Since I wrote about him last summer, the former Formento's chef installed his roving fresh pasta delivery service Gemma [ 
The invasive fish formerly known as Asian carp was renamed "copi" earlier this summer by the Department of Natural Resources. Short for "copious," the state hopes that a vaguely Mediterranea…
She might just be annoyed.
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The WNBA season is over. Brittney Griner remains in a Russian prison. What's next?
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Poet and organizer JazStarr builds bridges on the page and in the community.
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Spooky season is upon us, and what a more uncomfortable way to celebrate than with dolls. Through November 6, the Chicago History Museum (1601 N. Clark) presents "Haunted Dolls & […]
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Harsh penalties for gun crimes don't make communities safer.
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Formed by drummer Christian Vander in Paris in 1969, Magma have made a career of defying convention, and the fact that they're still actively recording and playing live today is […]
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Chicago's hospitality community comes together tonight to raise funds and awareness for those affected by Hurricane Fiona with the curated tasting event Chicago Chefs Cook for Puerto Rico. D…
Lette (Dennis Bisto) assumes that since he's the inventor of his company's latest product, he'll be the one to present it at the big upcoming corporate event. But then his […]
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What is an artist's relationship to their art? The complexities of that question form the central story in Franco-Uruguayan playwright Sergio Blanco's Tebas Land, now appearing under the dir…
Idle Muse Theatre Company's The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is good, dark Halloween-season entertainment, especially if you're a fan of the Hammer/Amicus/American International P…
Picking up where Teatro ZinZanni left off, the newest attraction under the medium top (that is, the classic circus-meets-Victorian-bordello spiegeltent in the Hotel Cambria), Cabaret ZaZou's…
If you've paid even the slightest bit of attention to Chicago music over the past, say, 35 years, you've surely heard Doug McCombs. He's held down the low end for […]
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Over the next six issues of the Chicago Reader, we'll be talking with local sustainable transportation organizations that are working to make the Chicago area a safer, more just, more […]
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