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Rebelle Cunt, a writer, activist, and self-proclaimed Chicago "heaux-storian," is the founder and director of Heaux History, a multimedia archive that explores the history of Black, Brown, a…
Oranges were the only fruit aboard the Revenge. Even if Captain Stede Bonnet couldn't taste them in the 40-orange cake he ordered"and even if the crew got scurvy"at least he […]
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"You know, even assholes need some love." So said Jaimie Branch in a 2019 interview with Aquarium Drunkard. She was explaining "Love Song," one of the tunes on her 2019 […]
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Am I being jerked around?
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Organizational consulting is like a cube of lard: it looks like a sweet bite of white chocolate but sits heavy in the stomach. Stupid people are to be avoided, like […]
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Christian Alexander is the writer and co-star of this world premiere production from his brand-new company, Campfire Repertory Theatre. James (Keith Ferguson) and Michelle (Ashley Graham) co…
The Black Ensemble Theater continues its four-play season with My Brother Langston, written and directed by Rueben D. Echoles. The 90-minute play zooms into the life story of American poet […
A growing coalition of drivers is organizing nationwide.
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I can't rattle off a list of my most beloved guitarists, despite being a so-so guitar player myself, but I can quickly tell you my top ten bassists. One of […]
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In March 2020, Theatre L'Acadie opened a production of Tennessee Williams's The Two Character Play the same week the city locked down for the COVID-19 pandemic: sibling actors, mad and […]…
The most arresting facet of Diamanda Galás's music is that it treats terror as an affecting, illuminating experience. Her 1982 solo debut, The Litanies of Satan, combines tape music with …
From 5-7 PM, the Chicago Park District has organized a listening session seeking community dialogue about visions for Douglass Park. The park district's Douglass Park Community Engagement Fo…
Last month, local darkwave band Kill Scenes dropped "Acid Black Window," the first single from the upcoming full-length album Masque. The five-piece group, anchored by songwriters Meghan Lam…
Hemorrhoids, cock rings, and more quickies
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At Destroy Your Art, taking place this year at the Music Box Theatre on Thursday, August 25, at 7 PM, the four invited filmmakers will each screen a film they made specifically for the event…
Hopefully you've been following our recent comics journalism pieces on art and artists created by Reader contributor and former Chicagoan Coco Picard (her latest, an interview with artist an…
Does your work from home soundtrack need a refresh? Patrixia, our latest Chicagoan of Note, is a DJ who dominates the digital club space. She's so good at getting the […]
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Chicago Vinyl Connection celebrates one year of bringing independent record sellers, vintage vendors, and music lovers together with today's latest edition of their nomadic gatherings of goo…
Wanna learn more about community groups organizing around issues like tenants rights and the cop academy? The Humboldt Park Housing Project (HPHP), a group fighting for affordable housing fo…
Editor's note: for this issue, Coco Picard talked to Chicago artist and professor Nick Cave about his art practice and work, as well as his exhibition "Forothermore." Edited text from […]
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Wanuri Kahiu's Look Both Ways in other contexts might simply be a fairly inoffensive feel-good romance riff. As it is, though, the film's lack of courage is painful and unforgivable.
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She-Hulk is the kind of smart, funny production that proves that like Ms. Marvel, Thor: Ragnarok, or Guardians of the Galaxy, Marvel is at its best when it combines self-conscious humor with…
Ultimately, Day Shift feels like it has more in common with a video game than a movie.
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A timeline of community organizing to oust music fests from Douglass Park
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Collaboraction's youth artist-activist ensemble, The Light, concludes its summer tour with Night Out in the Parks this weekend, with a show tonight at 5 PM at Austin's LaFollette Park (1333 …
