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Posted inArts & Culture

In An American Summer, Alex Kotlowitz creates a portrait of a city battling intractable ills

by Dmitry Samarov April 5, 2019August 18, 2021

He doesn’t offer solutions, but he’s an empathetic witness to the damage done by violence.

Posted inArts & Culture

In High-Risers, Ben Austen delivers a long-overdue requiem for Cabrini-Green

by Maya Dukmasova January 30, 2018August 18, 2021

A new history of the notorious project reminds us why public housing mattered to the people who lived there—and why it matters still.

Posted inMusic

A people’s history of Kevin Coval

by Leor Galil April 12, 2017August 18, 2021

Louder Than a Bomb cofounder Kevin Coval in the words of people in Chicago’s poetry, spoken-word, and hip-hop scenes whose lives he’s touched

Posted inNews & Politics

Chicago responds to President Trump

by Reader staff January 19, 2017August 18, 2021

Artists, writers, musicians, academics, activists, and politicians—even Rahm!—weigh in on the new administration: the threats, the fears, the absurdity.

Posted inBlogs

Adam Green’s Aladdin, the Reader’s Cocktail Challenge, and more things to do in Chicago this week

by Sara Cohen September 12, 2016August 18, 2021

The Fifth Star Awards, “Every Building in Baghdad,” and more happenings from September 12-15.

Posted inBlogs

Emanuel discovers the need for police accountability reforms

by Steve Bogira December 2, 2015August 18, 2021

Four and a half years after he assumed office—but only one week after the release of the Laquan McDonald video—the mayor determines that the city’s police review authority needs to be examined.

Posted inBlogs

Arts expo Lake FX opens with a question: What’s the ‘lake effect’?

by Deanna Isaacs April 17, 2015August 18, 2021

Lake FX, Chicago’s weekend of workshops and events for the creative community, launched Thursday with a discussion of the “lake effect.”

Posted inBlogs

Remembering Reader writer Robert McClory

by Michael Miner April 4, 2015August 18, 2021

Writer Robert McClory dies at 82

Out in Oak Park, Steve James has cultivated an unassuming life—one that reflects his approach to filmmaking.
Posted inFilm

Reluctant auteur Steve James on life and Life Itself

by Ben Sachs July 2, 2014August 18, 2021

Acclaimed documentary filmmaker Steve James discusses his life in the Chicago suburbs and his new film on Roger Ebert, Life Itself.

Posted inBest of Chicago

Best nonfiction writer

by Chicago Reader June 25, 2014August 18, 2021

Samantha Irby

Posted inBlogs

How a story about the horrors of housing projects became part of a horror movie

by Steve Bogira March 14, 2014March 16, 2022

On the parallels between a 1987 Reader article and the movie Candyman.

Posted inBlogs

After 20 years, Neighborhood Writing Alliance signs off

by Aimee Levitt December 6, 2013August 19, 2021

The nonprofit, which encouraged ordinary people to write their own stories, has shut down due to lack of funds.

Posted inMusic

Listen closely to Jimmy Whispers

by Leor Galil October 28, 2013August 19, 2021

His street art and love songs have a powerful antiviolence subtext—and his Summer in Pain Festival benefits CeaseFire.

Posted inBlogs

Coming Tuesday: The first Good Pitch Chicago, a fund-seeking round table for documentary filmmakers

by Michael Miner October 21, 2013August 19, 2021

After success in other American cities, a forum that sits documentary filmmakers down with potential backers comes to the Chicago Cultural Center.

Principal Leonetta Sanders and social worker Crystal Winfield-Smith
Posted inBest of Chicago

Best Heartbreaking Reporting of Staggering Genius

by Mara Shalhoup June 20, 2013August 19, 2021

The stories of the lives of these students illuminate a culture of violence that has come to define Chicago but is hardly unique to it

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