Salem Collo-Julin
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Performance art on film, 1919, and more
Steppenwolf for Young Adults brings its acclaimed production of 1919, J. Nicole Brooks’s stage adaptation of Eve L. Ewing’s poems about the “Red Summer” race riots and white supremacy in […] → Read More
Chicago Reader announces new hires
Kerry Cardoza and Chasity Cooper join the Chicago Reader team → Read More
Chefs for Puerto Rico, Mayorkun, and more
A fundraiser and curated tasting event to benefit Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane Fiona; Nigerian pop music, and more to do in Chicago. → Read More
Enrique Limón named Editor in Chief of Chicago Reader
The writer and alt weekly veteran will start with the newspaper in October. → Read More
Cookies, dancing, Louder Than a Mom
Things to do in Chicago including Louder Than a Mom storytelling event at Martyrs, a cookie competition in Garfield Ridge, and more. → Read More
Soul food, International Voices Project, Perturbator, Glassing
Shows and activities tonight in Chicago including Monday Night Foodball soul food pop-up at Kedzie Inn and noise at Park West and Beat Kitchen. → Read More
Ableton demos, Sweeney Todd, and more
Chicago events for Thursday 9/8 including audio production, Sweeney Todd at the Chopin, and Mexican wrestler films from the 60s. → Read More
Ballet, salsa, and trivia
SummerDance at Portage Park, Hideout Trivia, and Ballet 5:8 at Colvin House are some of our suggestions for Chicago things to do. → Read More
Potato pancakes, Mary Jane, and more
Events in Chicago on Tuesday including Live at Mr. Kelly's screening, a marijuana growing workshop, Manny's anniversary, and more. → Read More
Sapphire and Crystals, Funeral Potatoes, and more
Monday's events in Chicago include art from the longtime African American women artists collective Sapphire and Crystals at Bridgeport Art Center. → Read More
Art on the south side, Dining Out for Life, and more
Things to do in Chicago on Thursday including the Arts Incubator and Logan Center for the Arts, Dining Out For Life, Full Moon Jam, and more. → Read More
Jail support, political consultants, and The Bat
Things to do this week in Chicago including a teach-in from Chicago Community Jail Support, silent films at Comfort Station, and more. → Read More
Blasian March, Laughing Song, Dummy, and Giallo Gelato
Blasian March in downtown Chicago plus outdoor theater in Lawndale and more to do this weekend. → Read More
The tastes of home
It’s a common refrain in the city: Chicago summer is so worth the wait. Newbies and transplants can feel the buzz of opportunity in the air when the weather starts to turn. Visceral summer memories fuel locals through even the coldest, darkest months. And many of those memories involve food and drink—cookouts, summer cocktails, farmers’ […] → Read More
Taste, watch, and find your homeland
Recommended Chicago events and activities for the next seven days including plays, music festivals, dance performances, and more. → Read More
A bigger and more colorful world
Drag queen and RuPaul’s Drag Race alumna Denali talks ice skating, Alaska, and Chicago. → Read More
Broken Nose, American Writers Festival, and a Crystal Ball
Chicago events and activities during the next seven days including theater, dance, film, fundraisers, shopping, and more. → Read More
It’s quiet around here until it’s not
What does a neighborhood sound like? And what does that mean? → Read More
Haunted bars, Ibsen, Mardi Gras, and wrestling
Another round of events and activities to choose from in Chicagoland including plays, dance, concerts, and Mardi Gras shenanigans. → Read More
Streaming plays, Sonic Celluloid, and Deep House Yoga
Choose your own adventure with this week’s Reader recommended events happening in Chicago and online. → Read More