Central Illinois police training for mental health cases questioned
Significant issues remain around police use of involuntary commitments.
Agenda: Things to do
Livestreaming class, pasta, Tsai Ming-liang, and meditation
Things to do in Chicago for Monday 10/3/2022
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The Hyde Park Jazz Festival returns to full flower
The crowd at the fest—activists, dancers, students, radio hosts, dog walkers, retired teachers, an ironworker in a tiara—is just as much fun as the top-shelf musicians on its stages.
Maria Breaux’s crowdfunded feature film is Spinal Tap for queers
Vulveeta skewers riot grrrl rock with mockumentary wit at Reeling.
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Showing up for one another
Poet and organizer JazStarr builds bridges on the page and in the community.
The Reader’s guide to World Music Festival Chicago 2022
The festival’s 11 free concerts, spread out over ten days and 11 venues, offer more than inspiration and fun—they invite us to forge new bonds of community and care.
Arts & Culture
Refraction opens Hubbard Street’s 45th season
A world premiere and two other recent works signal a change in the company’s direction.
Temporary beauty
Trap Door’s The Ugly One is a cautionary tale.
Whose life is it, anyway?
Tebas Land maps the territory between artist and subject.
Split personality with a twist
Idle Muse’s take on Jekyll/Hyde dissects gender and class politics.
Feast of feats
Cabaret ZaZou picks up where Teatro ZinZanni left off.
Film
‘Let’s make the funniest movie we can make’
Billy Eichner and Luke Macfarlane discuss their new LGBTQ+ film Bros, which brings equal parts comedy and authenticity to theaters.
Marilyn-Monroe; or, Blonde
Andrew Dominik’s epic allegory has Melvillian ambition.
News & Politics / Columns & Opinion
A performance for the people
Organizers of the People’s Fest want Douglass Park to be accessible to the community year-round.
Writers on the wall
A new exhibit at the American Writers Museum featres prominent and lesser-known Black authors, poets, and journalists.
Hip-hop blogs spread fake news about O-Block
The TRiiBE investigates what’s going on behind the lies.
Bigger than basketball
The WNBA season is over. Brittney Griner remains in a Russian prison. What’s next?
Shooting ourselves in the foot
Harsh penalties for gun crimes don’t make communities safer.
Anti-abortion activists float a new argument: ageism
But the 14th Amendment isn’t on their side, yet.
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Gaining momentum: the Active Transportation Alliance discusses its campaigns to fight car-dependency
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Marching for joy
Mucca Pazza delivered their mesmerizing cheer to the Chicago Botanic Garden.
Strong and steady
A long-established Chicago martial arts school is run by a uniquely experienced grandmaster.
Food & Drink
It’s a night of fresh pastabilities with Gemma Foods at the next Monday Night Foodball
Check out chef Tony Quartaro’s menu of fresh, seasonal, local pasta, plated to-order at the Reader’s weekly chef pop-up at the Kedzie Inn.
Chả Cá Nuggs takes a nose-to-tail fin approach to eating the invasive copi
Jaren Zacher’s Asian carp nuggets are coming to Monday Night Foodball, the Reader’s weekly chef pop-up at the Kedzie Inn.
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