On a clear day you can clone forever
Frankenstreisand repurposes Barbra’s legend for the Halloween season.
Agenda: Things to do
Reeling online, Between Friends, Black heritage in Evanston, dating at the Hideout
Things to do in Chicago for Thursday 10/6/2022
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Un concierto para el pueblo
Residentes y organizadores realizaron su propio concierto y exigieron: ‘Devuélvanos nuestro Douglass Park’.
Arts & Culture
Artistic licentiousness
First Floor Theater’s Botticelli in the Fire takes some liberties in its glam-trash history lessons.
Alma offers more than just a mother-daughter conflict
The American Blues production for Destinos weaves a domestic rift with national themes.
Sexy screwball comedy with a twist
Private Lives gets a fresh and funny outing at Raven.
A life in song
Flaco Navaja’s Evolution of a Sonero lights up the UrbanTheater Company stage.
To heal and hear
Congo Square’s anti-racist What to Send Up When It Goes Down lands at Lookingglass.
Film
Maria Breaux’s crowdfunded feature film is Spinal Tap for queers
Vulveeta skewers riot grrrl rock with mockumentary wit at Reeling.
Music
In a scene full of big personalities, Jim Post was a giant
He helped shape Chicago’s folk boom, he scored a hippie-era hit single, he wrote and performed one-man shows, he toured the country as Mark Twain—and that’s not the half of it.
The Pleiades Series celebrates its first year of elevating women and nonbinary improvisers
Plus: New releases from psych-rock group Pleasant Mob, power-pop craftsman Bossa IV, and chill indie-rock maestro Pete Cautious
News & Politics / Columns & Opinion
MAGA flip-flops
Men from Blago to Bolduc are trying to sing a new song.
A literary mission
Chicago Books to Women in Prison partners with Women and Children First to get books behind bars.
Central Illinois police training for mental health cases questioned
Significant issues remain around police use of involuntary commitments.
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.
City Life
Continuing education
Sewing, self-defense, and other classes to sharpen your mind
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Marching for joy
Mucca Pazza delivered their mesmerizing cheer to the Chicago Botanic Garden.
Food & Drink
It’s the Night of the Copi with Chả Cá Nuggs at the next Monday Night Foodball
The invasive fish formerly known as Asian carp is on the menu at the Reader’s weekly chef pop-up at the Kedzie Inn.
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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Showing up for one another
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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.
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