At the corners of Cullerton and Carpenter sits La Esquina, a community center that opened this spring to provide free art classes and provide safer space for neighborhood youth to […] The …
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 02:38PM[SHARE]Thursday night punk music at One City Tap (3115 S. Archer)? Must be Otro Ritmo! Rejoice in the frenzied guitars of Poison Boys, Liquids (a favorite of Reader senior writer […] The post Otr…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 12:23PM[SHARE]Manny's Cafeteria and Delicatessen (1141 S. Jefferson) is celebrating a staggering 80 years in business today, with special offerings and a cake cutting ceremony at lunchtime. The food is st…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 10:08PM[SHARE]Rogers Park hosts Chalk Howard Street today, the annual chalk art festival where the neighborhood is the canvas. Renowned 2D and 3D chalk artists will share the streets with kids, […] The …
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 07:37PM[SHARE]Have you hit a summer festival in Chinatown yet? Starting today through Sunday, Hip Hop in Chinatown is happening at Chinatown Square (2133 S. China Pl.), a three-day festival celebrating [�…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 01:07PM[SHARE]From 5-7 PM, the Chicago Park District has organized a listening session seeking community dialogue about visions for Douglass Park. The park district's Douglass Park Community Engagement Fo…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 04:34PM[SHARE]Hopefully you've been following our recent comics journalism pieces on art and artists created by Reader contributor and former Chicagoan Coco Picard (her latest, an interview with artist an…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 01:05AM[SHARE]Does your work from home soundtrack need a refresh? Patrixia, our latest Chicagoan of Note, is a DJ who dominates the digital club space. She's so good at getting the […] The post Work fro…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 09:09PM[SHARE]Chicago Vinyl Connection celebrates one year of bringing independent record sellers, vintage vendors, and music lovers together with today's latest edition of their nomadic gatherings of goo…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 03:36PM[SHARE]Wanna learn more about community groups organizing around issues like tenants rights and the cop academy? The Humboldt Park Housing Project (HPHP), a group fighting for affordable housing fo…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 08:17PM[SHARE]The city's SummerDance series is well under way, and today's fusion of live music, dance instruction, and outdoor activities takes place in Englewood's Ogden Park (6500 S. Racine). The fun […
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 05:34PM[SHARE]Patrixia reigns supreme in digital clubspace. It's where the 29-year-old DJ feels empowered to be her spookiest, silliest Latinx self. Locally, she's known for DJing goth and industrial part…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 05:10PM[SHARE]That's what makes the Pioneers of Queer Cinema series at Gene Siskel Film Center this month a true event "for the culture": it's a broad survey of movies made by queers, for queers that offe…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 03:15PM[SHARE]Tuesdays are a good day (and night) to visit the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, as there are extended hours for both the museum and the store (10 AM-9 PM) and museum admission is free o…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 05:56PM[SHARE]FroSkate, a BIPOC-led skate collective that centers female, trans, queer, and gender nonconforming skaters, is celebrating the release of the FroSkate x Nike SB Dunk. The skate shoe drops th…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 03:23PM[SHARE]Get some fresh air today by joining a free garden tour at the Lincoln Park Zoo (2001 N. Clark). Every second Saturday, a staff horticulturist leads groups through the zoo's […] The post Ga…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 02:51AM[SHARE]Summer is coming to a close, and Yollocalli Arts Reach, the free youth arts education program offered through the National Museum of Mexican Art, is looking back at another hot one in the ci…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 01:28AM[SHARE]Through September 11, the University of Chicago's Arts + Public Life initiative is celebrating 10 years of their artists-in-residence program (dubbed AIR) with the exhibition "All That Light…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 08:06PM[SHARE]At noon, KAN-WIN, a local nonprofit focused on eradicating gender-based violence, especially for women and children across Asian American communities, is holding a rally outside of the Wrigl…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 02:02PM[SHARE]After School Matters, the nonprofit that provides after-school and summer programs for Chicago teens (while offering them stipends), presents Spotlight on Peace, a performance featuring spok…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 07:10PM[SHARE]Got room for a little more love in your life? Check out Famous Fido Rescue's adoption open house today. Famous Fido (3124 W. Irving Park), a no-kill shelter, finds homes for animals surrende…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 07:45PM[SHARE]Sound healing is both an art and a science, and that's why many boundary-pushing electronic musicians have worked in the (maligned! misunderstood! incredible!) territory of "new age" music. …
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 06:20PM[SHARE]Arrive at the field house in McKinley Park (2210 W. Pershing) by 7 PM to be led to Orchidelirium, a live performance about the history and symbolism of orchids by Mitsu Salmon. The action wi…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 03:57PM[SHARE]Chicago Community Jail Support, the volunteer mutual aid network that supports people recently released from Cook County Jail, hosts two teach-ins and volunteer training sessions on Zoom thi…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 10:51PM[SHARE]Join local musicians Makaya McCraven and Sons of Kemet for an outdoor show to celebrate the inaugural evening of the Salt Shed (1357 N. Elston), Chicago's newest independent music venue, whi…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 01:25PM[SHARE]Have you scheduled your monkeypox (MPV) vaccine yet? While the virus is spreading rapidly among people who have sex with MSM (men who have sex with men), anyone can catch it. Intimate skin-t…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 08:22PM[SHARE]While everyone's distracted by that big downtown music festival, sneak in a leisurely stroll at the Art Institute of Chicago (111. S Michigan). Today is one of the final days to catch Igshaa…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 02:22PM[SHARE]The Blasian March, cofounded in New York by onetime Chicago dancer and performer Rohan Zhou-Lee in the wake of the George Floyd Black Lives Matter protests, has grown to encompass other citi…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 01:33PM[SHARE]The 2022 Newberry Book Fair is back and under way today after a three-year break while all of us adjusted to concerns around COVID-19. The fair has traditionally been a must-go event for boo…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 12:27PM[SHARE]Today kicks off the 50th year for Fiesta del Sol, which organizers call the "largest Latino festival of its kind in the country." The festival is a dizzying combination of workshops, vendors…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 05:07PM[SHARE]Atomic Sketch, which bills itself "Chicago's original drink and draw" event, celebrates its 14th birthday today in the best way it knows how: a special anniversary drinking and drawing sessi…
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