This week’s featured gig poster was designed by local artist Jay Ryan of the Bird Machine.
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Marvell Wesley and his mini-me stroll in style on 95th Street
Crisp but comfortable is key.
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Sleep Out raises funds and awareness for homeless, trafficked, and at-risk youth
Participants spent the night outside, heard from youth about their experiences, and explored the idea of home.
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Singer-guitarist Haley Fohr hunts for a path forward with a colorful Hideout residency
Fohr’s three freewheeling Wednesday shows feature guests such as Hamid Drake, Tim Kinsella, and Olivia Block, plus an eight-piece version of her Circuit des Yeux band.
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Archive dive: Revisiting the canal that made Chicago what it is today
A glimpse into Chicago’s history on the 200th anniversary of the state it resides in.
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A quick primer to mayoral ballot access challenges
With the Christmas season upon us, Chicago Democrats will get in the spirit by dropping into the mud and doing a little wrestling, eye-gouging included. The battle will heat up as mayoral and aldermanic candidates attempt to exploit arcane and arbitrary election laws to bounce their opponents from the ballot. Because, as we all know, it’s […]
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Tavi Gevinson says goodbye to Rookie
“Thank you for growing up with us,” says the founder of the website that became the public diary for a generation of teenage girls.
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Chance the Rapper offers a video preview of the new Chicagoist
An explainer on Chicago’s City Council system is the first release since he bought the shuttered site in July.
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How Logan Arcade got its Misfits-playing robot dogs
The Biscuits began life as decrepit Chuck E. Cheese animatronics in the collection of Logan Arcade proprietor James Zespy—and now they’re lean, mean horror-punk machines.
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A highly unprofessional trepanation on the gig poster of the week
This week’s featured gig poster was designed by local artist Bill Connors.
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‘Fashion helps me connect with people’
Head-to-toe emojis help security officer Vickie Gould cope with a tough day.
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A resolution to a five-year-old Title IX complaint
Olivia Ortiz’s 2013 Title IX complaint was one of the catalysts for the University of Chicago to reevaluate its sexual assault report process.
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Archive dive: how grassroots groups around Chicago put police abolitionist ideas into practice
Jessica Disu didn’t always consider herself a police abolitionist, but an appearance on Fox News in 2016 made her the face of the movement. In a Reader article that same year she said, “our police is not working—we need to replace it with something new.”
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Goodbye to Tony Adler, the best weekly theater critic Chicago’s ever had
His retirement after 38 years will leave a void both at the Reader and in Chicago’s theater scene.
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Remember to floss your nipples on the gig poster of the week
This week’s featured gig poster was designed by local artist and comedian Sarah Squirm.