Here are a few more specific recommendations on Chicago-focused art books that came out this year, from art history to pure ...

A Jewish American playwright tries to unlock the story of her family's history in the Holocaust in The Berlin Diaries at Open ...

Chicago crew Teklife formed in 2011, and they’ve thrived as an electronic dance collective, fashion brand, and record label ...

Local band Beach Bunny's Pool Party on Ice will give you a dose of summer when you most need it, in the dark and gloomy ...

Demetrius Amparan is a music artist and poet from the south side of Chicago. He is a nonprofit leader and father to daughters ...

The Reader revisits a 1987 feature on iconic actor Robert Townsend that reads "like an absolute fever dream of impressions and quotations." ...

Owen Ashworth of Advance Base sets a new record in a horror-movie town, the Ramova Loft hosts the Bridgeport Sessions dance ...

Chicago Record Report covers new local music that's caught the Reader's ear—including by Hannah A. Barnes, Look Both Days, and DJ Manny.

Music Theater Works goes into the high-spirited pink with Legally Blonde this holiday season.

The Reader revisits a 2014 feature on Chicago sculptor Richard Hunt, who died in December 2023 after a career spanning seven decades.

Since opening the first Semicolon bookstore in 2019, Danielle Moore has dedicated her business to closing the literacy gap.

The pledge to host eight Palestinian academics resulted from negotiations between university administration and student ...