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Posted inArts & Culture

Alexis J. Roston fully inhabits Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill

by Sheri Flanders September 26, 2018August 18, 2021

Congo Square Theatre’s revival paints a vibrant portrait of Billie Holiday.

Posted inBlogs

Dead Writers Collective now dead after allegations of harassment and abuse

by Aimee Levitt February 22, 2017August 18, 2021

Another Chicago theater company shuts down after actors and crew members speak up about abuse.

Posted inMusic

Kittyhawk’s Kate Grube on sassy Japanese math-rock

by Leor Galil August 9, 2016August 18, 2021

Current musical obsessions of Kittyhawk’s Kate Grube, Peggy Fioretti of Kickstand Productions, and Reader writer Leor Galil

Posted inBlogs

On the cover: An investigation into abuse at Chicago’s acclaimed Profiles Theatre

by Reader staff June 8, 2016August 18, 2021

Profiles Theatre actors and crew members break their 20-year silence.

Posted inBlogs

Comedian Beth Stelling opens up about surviving rape and abuse

by Brianna Wellen December 28, 2015August 18, 2021

The stand-up comic took to Instagram to reveal publicly that she was raped as well as physically and verbally abused.

Posted inNews & Politics

This week’s Chicagoan: Cat, formerly homeless youth

by Anne Ford May 4, 2014August 18, 2021

This week’s Chicagoan: Cat, formerly homeless youth: “It’s hard to be a female on the streets, but to be a gay female was harder.”

Posted inColumns & Opinion

Savage Love: No Therapy, No Wedding

by Dan Savage March 31, 2011August 19, 2021

No therapy, no wedding. Plus: Get Dan on your mobile, how to slink out of a kink party, and what happens when you shack up with a deployed soldier’s husband

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