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Looking for Family Friendly Museums? These Are the 5 Top Options
If you’re looking for Chicago outings that spark curiosity, create lasting memories and encourage active learning, the city’s museum scene delivers. From classic natural history halls to immersive...
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Guide to Parking Garages in Downtown Chicago: Your 4 Best Options
Downtown Chicago parking is competitive on any given day, but if you drive an electric vehicle, you face an extra step — confirming charger access before you arrive. Finding top-rated parking garages...
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Your Guide to Upscale Glamping: Locations, Tips and More
Camping has long been a favorite way to disconnect from busy schedules and spend time outdoors. For many people, though, sleeping bags, shared bathrooms and packing bulky gear can make the experience...
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Home movies tell the story of Chicago’s Polish diaspora
At the reception following the May 15 screening of The Highlanders Wedding (1961), at the University of Chicago’s Film Studies Center, an attendee raised his cup of lemon vodka and toasted the film’s...
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Max Subar grows into a sophisticated folk sound on his debut album
Singer-songwriter Max Subar got a feel for the local scene by gigging at house shows and playing open mikes at Uncommon Ground and the Elbo Room. In 2017, he made his recorded debut by self-releasing...
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The School of Memory explores the Spanish Civil War through one family’s...
The School of Memory, through 7/19 at Theatre Y The post <i>The School of Memory</i> explores the Spanish Civil War through one family’s shifting POV appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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Tongue of a Bird marks the first flight for Rosebud Theatricals
Tongue of a Bird, through 8/1, Rosebud Theatricals at Greenhouse Theater Center The post <i>Tongue of a Bird</i> marks the first flight for Rosebud Theatricals appeared first on Chicago...
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No Dogs in the Kitchen brings comic physicality to The Importance of Being...
The Importance of Being Earnest, through 7/26, No Dogs in the Kitchen at Facility Theatre The post No Dogs in the Kitchen brings comic physicality to <i>The Importance of Being Earnest</i>...
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It’s Wall Street vs. Main Street in Dry Powder
Dry Powder, through 7/26, Gwydion Theatre Company at Greenhouse Theater Center The post It’s Wall Street vs. Main Street in <i>Dry Powder</i> appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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Newsies returns with Surging Films & Theatrics
Newsies, through 8/2, Surgings Films & Theatrics at Theater Wit The post <i>Newsies</i> returns with Surging Films & Theatrics appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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The Best Musical Ever is a loving but sharp-elbowed parody fest
The Best Musical Ever, through 8/1, Corn Productions at the Cornservatory The post <i>The Best Musical Ever</i> is a loving but sharp-elbowed parody fest appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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Here comes a regular
Dive, through 8/1, Dark Room District at Fritzy's Tavern The post Here comes a regular appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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Review: Our Hero, Balthazar
Our Hero, Balthazar screening Thu 7/23 at 7 PM at Facets The post Review: <i>Our Hero, Balthazar</i> appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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Turning trash, and DNA, into art
Doyle Chappell exhibition through 8/7 at First Free Church Chicago The post Turning trash, and DNA, into art appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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The Huns exemplify Chicago’s joyful 1960s garage-rock explosion
Last year I walked into the Laurie’s Planet of Sound in Lincoln Square, and owner John Laurie handed me a copy of a new compilation called A Blast From the Cellar! Lost Gems From the ’60s Chicago...
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Disaster rehearsal
This piece was copublished with n+1 as part of City Mouse, a column by Morley Musick. At 7 AM on a Saturday in September 2025, I participated in a mass-casualty simulation drill held in the...
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Indigenous-inspired fermentation fraternity Piñatta comes out of retirement...
Emilio Guerrero was moved to make something delicious, elegant, accessible, and ethically sound: a sugary churro with tart cherries and hibiscus vinegar piped with a squiggle of rich duck liver mousse...
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Parts and sums
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. Movies are the sum of their parts, but those parts are also...
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Getting Wilde with SALOMÉ
In an introduction to Lord Alfred Douglasʼs English translation of Oscar Wilde’s Salomé, his friend Robbie Ross shared Wilde’s apparent belief that the play was “a mirror in which everyone could see...
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SAIC’s Palestine problem
Savneet Talwar is a well-respected art therapist, a subject she has taught at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago for nearly 20 years. Talwar’s approach to art therapy is rooted in...
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Is southeast Chicago at the quantum crossroads?
The post Is southeast Chicago at the quantum crossroads? appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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Review: The Odyssey
The Odyssey in wide release in theaters The post Review: <i>The Odyssey</i> appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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The power is in the people at the Chosen Few Picnic
In the more than 40 years since house music emerged from Chicago’s gay Black nightlife scene, it’s become vital to survival for many. Chicago-born DJ crew the Chosen Few helped turn the music into a...
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Mike DFG plays the rap game as a team sport
Rising Chicago artists, whether they sign to major labels or stay independent, often partner with established local managers as their careers gain traction. South-side rapper Recoechi, fresh off last...
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The transformative power of public housing
“Nathaniel Mary Quinn: A Love Letter to My Mother” through 8/23 at the National Public Housing Museum The post The transformative power of public housing appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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Chicago songwriter Ktwheels refreshes classic alt-rock
Ktwheels Fri 8/7 at Cole's Bar The post Chicago songwriter Ktwheels refreshes classic alt-rock appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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Anne Helen Wells’s new album honors the intimacy and care in BDSM
For the past couple years, Chicago electronic artist Anne Helen Wells has been working on pulsating, sugary tracks that cleave to a single theme: desire. That feeling smolders through her arty new...
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Review: Manhunter: The Final Cut
Manhunter: The Final Cut in limited release in theaters The post Review: <i>Manhunter: The Final Cut</i> appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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Review: Everybody to Kenmure Street
Everybody to Kenmure Street screening Fri 7/24–Thu 7/30 at the Siskel Film Center The post Review: <i>Everybody to Kenmure Street</i> appeared first on Chicago Reader.
View Article10 Best AI Sex Chat Sites of 2026
AI sex chat sites occupy a strange and fascinating space between entertainment, technology, and human connection. What started as simple chat experiments has evolved into a growing category of tools...
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Good People returns in a stellar revival with 4 Chairs Theatre
Good People, through 8/23, 4 Chairs Theatre at Theater Wit The post <i>Good People</i> returns in a stellar revival with 4 Chairs Theatre appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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Kokandy’s Hair connects the 60s to the present
Hair, through 9/13, Kokandy Productions at the Chopin Theatre The post Kokandy’s <i>Hair</i> connects the 60s to the present appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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SALOMÉ dances with the dichotomies in Oscar Wilde’s tragedy
SALOMÉ, through 8/2 at United Church of Rogers Park The post <i>SALOMÉ</i> dances with the dichotomies in Oscar Wilde’s tragedy appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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Jiashun Zhou weaves an expansive world
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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Review: Her Private Hell
Her Private Hell in wide release in theaters The post Review: <i>Her Private Hell</i> appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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Two of a kind
“Let's Go Exploring" through 8/22 at Patron The post Two of a kind appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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Chicago’s new indie print publications want to highlight today’s cultural scene
When Ian Fugett began promoting his new magazine, the pub, he quickly realized that he wasn’t alone. “I would be hanging flyers, and someone would come up to me, like, ‘Oh, you started a publication....
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Hit me, baby, one more time
“Organgrinder" through 8/29 at M. LeBlanc The post Hit me, baby, one more time appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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Morgan Garrett and Gloorp are Philadelphia’s most inspired musical weirdos
Morgan Garrett and Gloorp (DJ set) Thu 8/6 at Sportsman's Club The post Morgan Garrett and Gloorp are Philadelphia’s most inspired musical weirdos appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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Chicago punks NightFreak bury you in the pleasures of fast and furious riffs
NightFreak Sun 8/9 at Beat Kitchen The post Chicago punks NightFreak bury you in the pleasures of fast and furious riffs appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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Herr God summon righteous rage with slow-burning shoegaze
Herr God> Sun 8/9 at Cole's Bar The post Herr God summon righteous rage with slow-burning shoegaze appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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Jamaican singer-songwriter Lila Iké reimagines reggae by living her truth
Lila Iké Thu 8/6 at Millennium Park The post Jamaican singer-songwriter Lila Iké reimagines reggae by living her truth appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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The smoke rises again when K-Tex BBQ returns to Monday Night Foodball
The animals were running the streets in crop tops and cargo shorts last February 2. The ice dome that covered the city had cracked—up 32 degrees Fahrenheit from the previous week’s gelid 8. They’d...
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What does it mean to preserve a prison?
For nearly a century and a half, people entered the gates of Joliet Correctional Center because the state sent them there. On the last day of April this year, people paid their way in to watch a...
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The anti-monumentality of the Obama years
“Longer Than the Sky" through 10/11 at Logan Center The post The anti-monumentality of the Obama years appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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Boston posthardcore veterans Fiddlehead sound revitalized on Baby I’ll Change
Fiddlehead Fri 8/14 at Thalia Hall The post Boston posthardcore veterans Fiddlehead sound revitalized on <i>Baby I’ll Change</i> appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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Racetraitor dismantle ego and power on the new EP Nobody, Son of Nobody
Racetraitor Fri 8/14 at Hideout The post Racetraitor dismantle ego and power on the new EP <i>Nobody, Son of Nobody</i> appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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Chicago experimental jazz gets a downtown shrine you can touch
When tenor saxophonist Fred Anderson died in 2010, the Velvet Lounge died with him. Since the 1980s, his Near South Side club—just “the Velvet” to regulars—had been Chicago’s most reliable showcase...
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Picture this
“Picture(s)" through 8/15 at Document The post Picture this appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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A solo show that’s anything but
“I just really want to tell you this one thing" through 8/23 at the Chicago Cultural Center The post A solo show that’s anything but appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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