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An oral history of Chicago nightlife’s most beloved visitor
No one has been to as many Chicago shows this century as Claudio Velez. For decades, he visited between 20 and 50 bars and venues each night (his own estimates have varied), mostly on the northwest...
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Chicago champion of storefront theater passes away at 63
I first saw Wm. Bullion (as he was known professionally) onstage in 2005. He was playing Polonius in the now-gone Building Stage’s inaugural production of Hamlet. As I wrote in my review for the...
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V.V. Lightbody poured sweat into a serene new album
Vivian McConnell hoped that making her third V.V. Lightbody album, Period Piece, would be more carefree than it was. “I had a migraine for, like, a year from being so stressed out about the record,”...
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Alien worlds
“The Secondaries" through 10/25 at Ignition Project Space The post Alien worlds appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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Review: Verity
Verity in wide release in theaters The post Review: <i>Verity</i> appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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Women and children first
“Mary Cassatt: After Impressionism" through 1/3/27 at the Art Institute of Chicago The post Women and children first appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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Review: The History of Concrete
The History of Concrete in limited release in theaters The post Review: <i>The History of Concrete</i> appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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Review: Never After Dark
Never After Dark in limited release in theaters The post Review: <i>Never After Dark</i> appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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Taper’s Choice are the perfect gateway drug for the jam-band curious
Taper's Choice Fri 10/30 at Garcia's The post Taper’s Choice are the perfect gateway drug for the jam-band curious appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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Art-rockers Sweeping Promises step up their home-studio game on You Say I...
Sweeping Promises Fri 10/30 at Empty Bottle The post Art-rockers Sweeping Promises step up their home-studio game on You Say I Romanticize appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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A plethora of places
The Cinema Scrapbook places film screenings in conversation with other local creative happenings, illuminating Chicago’s rich cultural connectivity. Spooky season is quite special for unearthing...
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TV on the cinema
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. I think one of my earliest memories is of my parents...
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Detroit ʼ67 tackles grief, love, and legacy in a Black family
Detroit ʼ67, Pulse Theatre Chicago at eta Creative Arts Foundation The post <i>Detroit ʼ67</i> tackles grief, love, and legacy in a Black family appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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Red Bike gives a child’s-eye view of late-stage capitalism
Red Bike, Backyard Theatre Company at Berger Park Cultural Center Coach House The post <i>Red Bike</i> gives a child’s-eye view of late-stage capitalism appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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Dead Girl’s Quinceañera brings a police procedural spin to a coming-of-age tale
Dead Girl's Quinceañera, through 11/1 at Goodman Theatre (part of Destinos: 9th Chicago International Latino Theater Festival) The post <i>Dead Girl’s Quinceañera</i> brings a police...
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Vampire Playlist takes the Eurocentrism out of undead stories
Vampire Playlist, through 10/31, Concrete Content at El Schomburg (part of Destinos: 9th Chicago International Latino Theater Festival) The post <i>Vampire Playlist</i> takes the...
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The Trick of Threes offers an interactive call-and-response portrait of one...
The Trick of Threes, through 10/25, Instrumental Theatre Company at LFC Center for the Arts The post <i>The Trick of Threes</i> offers an interactive call-and-response portrait of one...
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What the Constitution Means to Me returns at an actual American Legion post
What the Constitution Means to Me, through 10/25, Ways & Means Theatre at American Legion Tattler Post 973 The post <i>What the Constitution Means to Me</i> returns at an actual...
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The Hyde Park Jazz Festival maintains twenty-twenty vision in its 20th year
Under the long shadow of the 225-foot Obama Presidential Center, which has received more than 175,000 visitors since opening in June, lies the Midway Plaisance. For the past two decades, folks have...
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Darshita, Sarah, and Shivani embrace friendship as a practice of hope
Despite the structural barriers to traveling between Chicago’s 77 community areas, many friends are willing to face the city’s geographic hurdles and sustain relationships that transcend race, gender,...
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