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Say goodbye to the old yams, and hello to the new, when Dozzy’s Grill returns...
In the depth of the pandemic Dozzy Ibekwe found hope in a yam. “I was incubating Dozzy’s Grill at [the former] Retreat at Currency Exchange Cafe in Washington Park. Across the street was a U. Chicago...
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A landmark Bruce LaBruce retrospective is coming to Facets
The end of Bruce LaBruce’s Hustler White (1996) makes me cry. The film is a half-fictionalized, half-cinema verité journey through the annals of Los Angeles’s male hustling and kink communities with...
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UK laptop-twee duo Bassvictim summon strange delights by going to opposite...
Bassvictim Thu 10/22 at Radius The post UK laptop-twee duo Bassvictim summon strange delights by going to opposite extremes appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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Midwest free-improv trio collaborates with foundational figure Wadada Leo Smith
Wadada Leo Smith with Stein/Smith/Shead Trio Fri 10/23 at Constellation The post Midwest free-improv trio collaborates with foundational figure Wadada Leo Smith appeared first on Chicago Reader.
View ArticleOpen House Chicago® returns this fall
This fall, Chicago’s architecture takes center stage as Open House Chicago® returns October 17–18, 2026. Open House Chicago® (OHC) is a free, citywide architecture festival that opens the doors to more...
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Audrey Niffenegger’s highly anticipated sequel to The Time Traveler’s Wife
In 2025, 23-year-old Alba DeTamble gets married. Then, in the 1980s, at age 27, she marries a different man. On the date of the second wedding, Alba is not yet born nor are the groom’s parents. It may...
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Kowalski explores and explodes the myths of Tennessee Williams and Marlon Brando
Kowalski, through 10/25 at Lookingglass Theatre The post <i>Kowalski</i> explores and explodes the myths of Tennessee Williams and Marlon Brando appeared first on Chicago Reader.
View ArticleBest AI Hentai Generators of 2026
AI-generated hentai sits at a provocative crossroads where fantasy meets technology, and desire is woven into each and every line of code. Once a niche corner of anime fandom, hentai has since evolved...
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The Uncanny Attic Chapters I-L keeps Edward Gorey’s Gashlycrumb Tinies alive
The Uncanny Attic Chapters I-L, through 9/25 (sold out), returning Fri 10/30 at Newport Theater The post <i>The Uncanny Attic Chapters I-L</i> keeps Edward Gorey’s <i>Gashlycrumb...
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Play On! celebrates Duke Ellington by way of Twelfth Night
Play On!, through 10/18 at Chicago Shakespeare Theater The post <i>Play On!</i> celebrates Duke Ellington by way of <i>Twelfth Night</i> appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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The Front Page is a rollicking love letter to Chicago theater and journalism
The Front Page, through 10/25 at Northlight Theatre, Evanston The post <i>The Front Page</i> is a rollicking love letter to Chicago theater and journalism appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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Black Girl From a White Suburb traces Tania Richard’s ‘double consciousness’
Black Girl From a White Suburb, through 10/4 at American Blues Theater The post <i>Black Girl From a White Suburb</i> traces Tania Richard’s ‘double consciousness’ appeared first on...
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Prayer Circle looks at the power of faith turned deadly
Prayer Circle, through 11/8 at Redtwist Theatre The post <i>Prayer Circle</i> looks at the power of faith turned deadly appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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Yamel Cucuy provides a bold and inspiring kickoff for this year’s Destinos...
Puppet horror, cryptids, and myth combine in Yamel Cucuy, a fantastic bilingual Spanish and English tale about a girl on the edge of adolescence and society. Mexican folklore, Aztec myths, and the...
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American Son confronts a Black parent’s worst nightmare
American Son, through 10/4, Ghostlight Ensemble at Friendship Community Place The post <i>American Son</i> confronts a Black parent’s worst nightmare appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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Rehearsing the end
“I’m covering all my bases,” says Rob*, wearing a Cubs shirt, on the grounds of Rosehill Cemetery on July 18. After a doctor told him to get “his things in order” following his diagnosis of incurable...
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The Windy Pop Weekender hits year two of ‘being super precious and adorable’
Before the COVID pandemic, when Chicagoans Leigh Kelsey and Emily Hilleren began cooking up plans for a local festival dedicated to indie pop and twee, they had a dream lineup in their heads. In a...
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Review: Barbara Forever
Barbara Forever at the Music Box The post Review: <I>Barbara Forever</I> appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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Liliom makes its Joffrey debut
Liliom, through 9/27, Joffrey Ballet at Lyric Opera House The post <i>Liliom</i> makes its Joffrey debut appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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Jason Weaver represents Chicago wherever he goes
Cubs fandom among Black folks usually originates from one of three places: The nationwide reach of WGN-TV, which broadcast Cubs games for 72 years, from 1948 to 2019. Comedian Roy Wood Jr., a...
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