In the digital sprawl of sex work and self-expression, far from the boardrooms and studios that once dictated who gets seen ...

After the hectic pace of Pride, drag and burlesque performers share their insights for resting, reconnecting, and recharging.

On “Ready,” the opening track of his self-released 2024 debut album, Ready Now, Chicago singer-songwriter Deonte Baker shares ...

Last fall, a few months after Robinson left Oxbow, Buñuel released their fourth full-length, Mansuetude (Skin Graft), a ...

Celine Song's one-act Tom & Eliza provides a dark and absurdist twist to a relationship drama at TUTA Theatre.

Madhuri Shekar's Dhaba on Devon Avenue at Writers Theatre is a touching family drama set in a struggling Indian restaurant.

Twenty years after its premiere, The Color Purple gets a glorious production at the Goodman under Lili-Anne Brown's direction ...

Gun violence is highest in Chicago’s poorest neighborhoods, where organizers say tackling poverty is the only way to create ...

The Reader is free. Producing it isn’t. And without your support, we can't continue. So we need you to chip in, even if it’s ...

With a new EP of meticulous, melodramatic emo, Chicago five-piece Boundary Waters prove you don’t have to quit your basement ...

Aria Pedraza launches the Midwest Rave Culture Archive with a park party, Elastic Arts executive director Adam Zanolini steps ...

The Moviegoer is the diary of a local film buff, collecting the best of what Chicago’s independent and underground film scene has to offer.