Historian Shermann “Dilla” Thomas debuts his new Chicago Reader column with a look at the city’s Catholic connections beyond ...

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

Many people know Carmack as half of underground queer pop promoters Citypill. In 2019, Carmack met Stevie Logan, and in 2021, ...

In Second City's latest mainstage revue, This Too Shall Slap, the politics stay offstage, but the angst is evident.

The onetime Chicago experimental playwright's 2006 play, The End of Reality, finds a fitting home with Theatre Y.

Shay Youngblood's autobiographical story of a Black girl raised by her elders in the south returns to Pegasus Theatre Chicago ...

Third is a SouthSide born rapper and teacher with a deep affinity for words. As a lyricist and storyteller, Third is always ...

Situated at 79th and Clyde, Chicago Body Shop neighbors a few tire shops, but its mission is not to tune up your car, but a biological vehicle: your body.

Golden Street cofounder Son Amoz wants his organization to build a spiritually rooted ecosystem for musicians, muralists, and more.

Bylines labeled “Chicago Reader Staff” are used for features that contain nonwritten, nonreported information like listings, for event and organization announcements by noneditorial personnel, and for ...

From L: India Huy, Kelcy Taylor, and Teah Kiang Mirabelli in Sweet Charity with Blank Theatre Company Credit: Steven Townshend/Distant Era Through 6/8: Thu–Sat 7:30 PM, Sun 3 PM; also Mon 6/2 7: ...