Alicia Garza Archives - Chicago Reader

Nasty Women attempts to sum up what it’s like to be a feminist in Trump’s America

The new essay collection includes contributions from Cheryl Strayed, Samantha Irby, Jessica Valenti, and more.

The Chicago Humanities Festival launches its new spring festival, a weekend of discussions on the subject of style.

The writer-director-filmmaker talks about what drew him to August Wilson; plus changes in faces at Broken Nose Theatre

by Kerry Reid

Forty years ago, Stations made a brilliant EP with Joy Division producer Martin Hannett. It was never finished or released—until now.

by Steve Krakow

Lucy Darling opens up the Rhapsody Theater.

by Kerry Reid

Madeline Sayet’s Where We Belong traces her journey to reclaim her Mohegan heritage.

by Irene Hsiao

Hell in a Handbag’s whodunit parody is a little overstuffed.

by Dan Jakes