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Elsa Harris has followed gospel into the orbits of pop stars
In December, the Secret History of Chicago Music extolled the virtues of studying an LP’s liner notes to learn who’s involved in a recording. In this case, I was talking about Kitty Haywood, whose...
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Review: A Poet
A Poet screening through Thu 2/12 at the Siskel Film Center The post Review: <i>A Poet</i> appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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Review: My Father’s Shadow
My Father’s Shadow screening through Thu 2/19 at the Siskel Film Center The post Review: <i>My Father’s Shadow</i> appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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Review: Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die
Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die in wide release in theaters The post Review: <i>Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die</i> appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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Review: Mercy
Mercy in wide release in theaters The post Review: <i>Mercy</i> appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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No Sé Discos raises funds for a vinyl release of 80s postpunks Stations
In 2022, Steve Krakow dug into the tale of postpunk band Stations for his long-running Reader column the Secret History of Chicago Music. Formed in 1979 around the core of guitarist David Stowell and...
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It’s a pizza party with Billy Zureikat at the next Monday Night Foodball
Back in September 2023, Billy Zureikat made a pizza for the Green Bay Packers. Like any self-respecting Chicago Bears fan, Zureikat hates the Packers, but making the pizza and sharing it with...
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Jah Pool, hip-hop manager and promoter
Jah Pool threw his first show in May 2023 to spotlight Chicago hip-hop artist Snipy, his first management client. Since then, he’s become a workhorse in the emerging #NewChicago movement, which has...
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Anthropomorphic omnivores
The Enormous Crocodile: The Musical, through 2/21, Roald Dahl Story Company at the Studebaker Theater The post Anthropomorphic omnivores appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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Marathon solo
Too Fat to Run, through 3/4 at Redtwist Theatre The post Marathon solo appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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The Hobbit takes families on a fantastic journey
The Hobbit, through 3/1, Young People's Theatre of Chicago at the Greenhouse Theater Center The post <i>The Hobbit</i> takes families on a fantastic journey appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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Delight and depression
The Irish . . . and How They Got That Way, Porchlight Music Theatre at Ruth Page Center for the Arts The post Delight and depression appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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Political violence, personal vengeance
La muerte y la doncella (Death and the Maiden), through 3/8 at Aguijón Theater The post Political violence, personal vengeance appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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Reader-recommended Black History Month events
Each month in our print issue, we’re curating events actually worth leaving your house for. Here we’ve pulled together a small selection of Black History Month–related events. Check out our print...
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Comedy à la Karnataka
Once Upon a Time in Bangalore, Sat 3/21 at iO Theater The post Comedy à la Karnataka appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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Natural disaster, personal traumas
Rising Water, through 2/22, Theatre L'Acadie at Facility Theatre The post Natural disaster, personal traumas appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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Ghosts of Mississippi
Trial in the Delta: The Murder of Emmett Till, through 3/1, Collaboraction at Kimball Arts Center The post Ghosts of Mississippi appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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Global romance at Doc Films
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. This quarter’s programming at Doc Films at the University of...
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Marriage, Strindberg-style
The Dance of Death, through 3/22 at Steppenwolf Theatre The post Marriage, Strindberg-style appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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Screwball billionaires
Holiday, through 3/8 at Goodman Theatre The post Screwball billionaires appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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The view from somewhere
In the project 60 wrd/min art critic, writer Lori Waxman explores how art writing can serve an expanded field of artists—including those incarcerated, trying to gain visas, working to establish...
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Chicago guitarist Goran Ivanović ties together a world of musical tradtions
Goran Ivanović Thu 2/19 at Epiphany Center for the Arts The post Chicago guitarist Goran Ivanović ties together a world of musical tradtions appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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Embittered make blackened death postrock for gnostic seekers
Embittered Fri 2/20 at Reggies Rock Club The post Embittered make blackened death postrock for gnostic seekers appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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In a surprisingly crowded winter festival season, Music Frozen Dancing still...
Even in a Chicago winter, the music festivals keep coming. The number of fests is growing (Doin’ the Dale debuts late this month at Live Wire Lounge and DMen Tap), and existing fests keep growing...
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English singer-songwriter Naima Bock charts her own path with gorgeous results
Naima Bock Mon 2/23 at Constellation The post English singer-songwriter Naima Bock charts her own path with gorgeous results appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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No contest: Cook County judicial primary elections draw dwindling field of...
On paper, Cook County circuit judges have great jobs. They make $258,000 a year, hold extraordinary power, and almost never get fired or even disciplined. But fewer and fewer attorneys are seeking...
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The art of survival
“Graduate Exhibition One" through 2/26 at SAIC Galleries The post The art of survival appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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An interview with visual poet jellystone robinson
Formerly a National Youth Poet Laureate, jellystone robinson is now creating visual poetry that honors the memory of Chicago’s south side while redefining how sound, self, and sensuality are...
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Art about architecture
“Spaces for People, Systems for Spaces" through 3/21 at Western Exhibitions The post Art about architecture appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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Tone Deaf Records owner Tony Assimos plays an in-store with his own band
For the past few years, Tone Deaf Records in Portage Park has been hosting some of the best in-store shows of any music shop in town. Tone Deaf has a special treat in store for showgoers on Saturday,...
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Defamiliarizing the mundane
In the project 60 wrd/min art critic, writer Lori Waxman explores how art writing can serve an expanded field of artists—including those incarcerated, trying to gain visas, working to establish...
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Get right with the prawn gods with South Side Shrimp at the next Monday Night...
Jennifer Moore is the fastest breader in Mount Greenwood. From flour to batter to breadcrumbs, she can dredge 30 pounds of peeled, deveined, wild-caught Gulf shrimp in a cool 15 minutes. That’s...
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Everything is holy
Threads become organs of an unknown body in Judith Brotman’s mixed-media collage work. Those sutures stunt as actors in a magical play. In mystic couplings, they become sacrosanct: a foot that’s a...
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Goodbye, Fred
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. We lost a titan. On Monday, February 16, the documentary...
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The Lower Depths anatomizes the have-nots
The Lower Depths, through 3/8, Gwydion Theatre at Chopin Theatre The post <i>The Lower Depths</i> anatomizes the have-nots appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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Quiet desperation
Come Back, Little Sheba, through 3/22 at American Blues Theater The post Quiet desperation appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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Picking up the pieces
Rupture & Repair, through 3/7, Free Street Theater at Pulaski Park Fieldhouse The post Picking up the pieces appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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Kitty and the Beanstalk updates a classic for Lifeline’s KidSeries
Kitty and the Beanstalk, through 3/22 at Lifeline Theatre The post <i>Kitty and the Beanstalk</i> updates a classic for Lifeline’s KidSeries appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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Love, loss, and literature
Hamnet, through 3/8 at Chicago Shakespeare Theater The post Love, loss, and literature appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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Hedda Gabler gets a comedic edge with Remy Bumppo
Hedda Gabler, through 3/8, Remy Bumppo at Theater Wit The post <i>Hedda Gabler</i> gets a comedic edge with Remy Bumppo appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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Cage match
Miss Julie, through 3/8 at Court Theatre The post Cage match appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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Pot Girls expands and examines Caryl Churchill’s vision
Pot Girls, through 3/8, Story Theatre at Raven Theatre The post <i>Pot Girls</i> expands and examines Caryl Churchill’s vision appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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A timeless take on The Seagull at Red Theater
The Seagull, through 3/15, Red Theater at Edge Off Broadway The post A timeless take on <i>The Seagull</i> at Red Theater appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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‘City in a Garden’ embraces the queer gaze
“City in a Garden" through 8/15 at the MCA The post ‘City in a Garden’ embraces the queer gaze appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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Plov at Faiza Chicago
I can never resist the allure of lamb on a menu, and the plov at North Park’s Faiza Chicago is no exception. Featuring just a few simple ingredients, the dish’s main flavor comes from the large chunks...
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Illinois officials decry proposed cuts to HIV care
State officials, LGBTQ+ advocates, and public health experts across Illinois are sharply condemning efforts by President Donald Trump’s administration to strip $600 million in public health funding...
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‘Subsurface’ uplifts human creativity over AI slop
The logo for the Chicago-based production company putting on “Subsurface: A Behind the Rock Exhibition”—a one-day event and screening experience that will take place at Public Works Gallery on...
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Review: By Design
By Design in limited release in theaters The post Review: <i>By Design</i> appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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Review: Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie
Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie screening through Thu 2/26 at the Music Box Theatre The post Review: <i>Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie</i> appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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Review: Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights in wide release in theaters The post Review: <i>Wuthering Heights</i> appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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