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On a warm and sunny afternoon in June, I meet up with Claudia Ferme in Palmer Square Park for an interview that turns into a picnic. We nibble on pastries I picked up from Lost Larson and si…
"I'm a twentysomething / Don't you think it's about time?" Chicago singer-songwriter Claudia Ferme, aka Claude, sighs on "Twenty Something," which opens her debut full-length, A Lot's Gonna …
At noon, KAN-WIN, a local nonprofit focused on eradicating gender-based violence, especially for women and children across Asian American communities, is holding a rally outside of the Wrigl…
In July 2017, the hosts of WLUW 88.7 FM's weekly electronic-music program, Abstract Science, celebrated the show's 20th anniversary with a blockbuster 20-hour broadcast. (Gossip Wolf managed…
There's a brand new dance / But I don't know its name / That people from bad homes / Do again and again / It's big and it's bland / Full of tension and fear / They do it over there / But we …
Experimental metal trio Locrian have spent the past 17 years branching out into unknown realms, but lately they've been reexamining their roots. Formed in Chicago in 2005 by guitarist André…
After School Matters, the nonprofit that provides after-school and summer programs for Chicago teens (while offering them stipends), presents Spotlight on Peace, a performance featuring spok…
Wolfgang Amadeus Aleksandr "Aleks" Fa has a lot of baggage. The protagonist of Joe Meno's new novel Book of Extraordinary Tragedies has that name, after all"which also serves as a clue about…
If you're still COVID-hesitant about sitting in the dark with strangers at the theater, then A Theater in the Dark is here to help! The company, which focuses on creating original audio dram…
"No tiene ningún sentido organizar una reunión comunitaria si nada de lo que la comunidad dice hace una diferencia en cómo Riot Fest hace las cosas", dijo uno residente.
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In 2019, the Tang Museum at Skidmore College presented The Second Buddha: Master of Time, an exhibition concerning Padmasambhava, the guru credited with bringing Buddhism to Tibet during the…
Got room for a little more love in your life? Check out Famous Fido Rescue's adoption open house today. Famous Fido (3124 W. Irving Park), a no-kill shelter, finds homes for animals surrende…
Sound healing is both an art and a science, and that's why many boundary-pushing electronic musicians have worked in the (maligned! misunderstood! incredible!) territory of "new age" music. …
It's a story about a storyteller who is creating a story about how mythology (stories) are created. It is also an acute reminder of how easy it can be to hide secrets in plain sight.
The pos…
Filmmaker Danny Cohen gave Barnett a Dictaphone and asked her to talk into it as she traversed the world on tours over three years, in support of her celebrated second album in 2018, and onw…
Arrive at the field house in McKinley Park (2210 W. Pershing) by 7 PM to be led to Orchidelirium, a live performance about the history and symbolism of orchids by Mitsu Salmon. The action wi…
For as long as Bruce Finkelman can remember, the Morton Salt factory has set his heart racing. It's not that he gets salt cravings any worse than the next guy. Rather, he remembers that when…
In March 2020, when I wrote about underground industrial label Chicago Research and the tight-knit community that surrounded it, I heard that local duo Conjunto Primitivo planned to release …
The board of directors of the Reader Institute for Community Journalism (RICJ), publishers of the Chicago Reader, has announced that Tracy Baim is stepping down as president and publisher at…
Clothing reseller Sasha Smith, 20, claims to dress like a "pink 2000s bimbo Harajuku ballerina." She's inspired by dolls, the Playboy universe, and the now-defunct Japanese street style maga…
At one point in Theatre Y's ambulatory Laughing Song: A Walking Dream, Marvin Tate as George W. Johnson (the first Black American recording artist) is asked by a reporter at a press conferen…
Writer Debbie-Marie Brown hired for this position, made possible in part by grant funding from the Field Foundation.
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A recent community meeting provided few answers.
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Windy City Smokeout kicks off a weekend of beer, barbecue, and bands representing both new faces in country music and some old favorites; tonight's 9 PM headlining set by Willie Nelson and F…
Chicago audiences love the Music Box and Film Center, so, naturally, I wanted to ensure that MUBI GO is as exciting a premise for them as it is for viewers.
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