The title and story behind Cave In's 2019 LP, Final Transmission, led many to believe that the eclectic rock band's two-and-a-half-decade run had come to an end. Following the tragic passing…
Editor's note: Out Here is a new column for the Reader's City Life section featuring a variety of local writers joining in on adventures with an interesting Chicagoan. This week art writer L…
It may be difficult to comprehend today just how shocking Edward Albee's drama Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? was when it premiered in October 1962, the same week that the Cuban missile cri…
Sale documents were signed May 16, 2022, to transfer ownership of the Chicago Reader to the Reader Institute for Community Journalism, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. The post <em>…
Earlier this year, Japanese psych band Kikagaku Moyo announced that they would go on indefinite hiatus following their 2022 tour. It's always surprising when a successful, globe-trotting ban…
For Chicago-based director Donterrio, the late-00s musical Passing Strange represents a road map for how an artist"no matter the medium in which they create"can live their life. The show…
In a new exhibition, longtime collaborators Dutes Miller and Stan Shellabarger created an immersive multimedia installation that explores intimacy, distance, and the fluctuations between. Th…
This is a column about worries. The post Bewjeweled butt plugs and the war on abortion appeared first on Chicago Reader.
Since January 2020, vocalist Julian Otis and Elastic Arts executive director Adam Zanolini have programmed AfriClassical Futures, a series offering an antidote to the overwhelming whiteness …
"Eyeth"get it? In the Deaf storytelling tradition, utopia is called Eyeth because it's a society that centers the eye, not the ear, like here on Earth." That's the opener to "Ear vs. Eye: De…
London-based Touch isn't a record label in the traditional sense; it's far more multifaceted. It might be more accurate to describe Touch as a collective that also extends into publishing, p…
Looking for some mid-month fun? Check out the following events and ideas. FRI 5/13 Broken Nose Theatre continues its season with the Chicago premiere of Zoe Kazan's dystopic drama After the …
Agreeing to a one-sided open relationship is not the same as agreeing to one-sided polyamory. The post My wife has 'new relationship energy' with her girlfriend appeared first on Chicago Rea…
No amount of cowboy bravado could pump life into director Naveen Chathappuram's debut film. The post The Last Victim appeared first on Chicago Reader.
The no-holds-barred approach to the [abortion] procedure and its aftermath is the kind of interpretation of real life that great cinema does best. The post Happening appeared first on Chicag…
Anaïs in Love is as magnetic as its protagonist. The post Anaïs in Love appeared first on Chicago Reader.
It's tempting to call Adult. electroclash; the synth duo of Nicola Kuperus and Adam Lee Miller debuted in 1998, coinciding with the style's peak, and they've collaborated with notable groups…
In the summer of 2020, the people of Chicago rose up in support of Black life, with thousands taking part in dozens of actions across the city. That season of uprisings had curator and cultu…
An audiologist's study of over-the-counter hearing aids, a guide to radiator noises, an investigation of ShotSpotter, and much more The post The Sound Issue appeared first on Chicago Reader.
In the context of film, silence helps us appreciate the beauty and gift that is our sense of sight. The post Seeing with silence in avant-garde cinema appeared first on Chicago Reader.
The film is the thing, the guiding force behind what they do. The post The sweet sound of silents appeared first on Chicago Reader.
Philip Glass's soundtrack for piano, pipe organ, and chorus mirrors the repetition in the summoning spell. The post Horror is a sound you can't stop saying appeared first on Chicago Reader.
Those once-pestering words on the bottom of television screens I now see as an opportunity to refresh and expand my communication. The post In defense of subtitles appeared first on Chicago …
Walking down North Avenue with his bulky Home Depot purchases in tow, George Blakemore sparkled in a glistening metallic-toned ensemble he painted himself. "I think that we all are artists,"…
Editor's note: Chicago playwright, novelist, actor, director, and disability rights activist Susan Nussbaum died April 28 of pneumonia at 68. Playwright Mike Ervin, who collaborated with Nus…