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Latest Stories

Be good to yourself with the return of Tasting India to the next Monday Night Foodball

Keep yourself alive with Jasmine Sheth’s menu of Indian comfort food at the Reader’s weekly chef pop-up at the Kedzie Inn.

by Mike Sula

On Politics

State of anxiety

Darren Bailey’s anti-Semitic abortion rhetoric is part of a larger MAGA election strategy. Sad to say, so far it’s worked.

by Ben Joravsky

Music

Young-Holt Unlimited were more than Ramsey Lewis’s rhythm section

Eldee Young and Redd Holt played catchy, danceable, adventurous soul-jazz that stands the test of time—it’s been sampled hundreds of times for hip-hop tracks.

by Steve Krakow

Ghost Light

Susan V. Booth talks about coming home to the Goodman

The new artistic director is the first woman to head the theater; plus Gabrielle Randle-Bent named new associate AD at Court.

by Kerry Reid

Theater Review

A musical class clown at 20

A new company shows that Urinetown still has heart and scrappiness on its side.

by Dan Jakes