By the time singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Aaron Earl Livingston released his first full-length album as Son Little in 2015, he’d already worked with genre-bending artists such as the Roots and RJD2 and produced the 2015 Mavis Staples EP Your Good Fortune (he also wrote its first two tracks). In keeping with the musical openness of […]
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Wash your hands and practice social distancing
Advice for these uncertain and anxious times
Can sex get better after marriage?
Dan gets an earful from people whose sex lives improved after the event.
How Kevin Warwick learned to stop worrying and cultivate a coffee addiction, just like the rest of us
A Reader writer embarks on an epic quest to understand the seductive power of caffeine.
Punk Talks works to change the conversation about musicians and mental health
Social worker Sheridan Allen and her organization Punk Talks hold a fund-raising concert in Chicago this month to help connect DIY musicians with mental-health care.
Old-fashioned romantic wants to torture your gonads
Dan Savage seeks expert advice from a specialist in cock-and-ball torture, and gets some advice of his own.
ChronicBabe.com founder says chronic illness sufferers can still be sexy
Chicagoan Jenni Prokopy created ChronicBabe.com, a resource for women like herself suffering from chronic illness.
Artist on Artist: Fingerstyle guitarist William Tyler talks to Douglas McCombs of Brokeback and Tortoise
Artist on Artist: Fingerstyle guitarist William Tyler talks to Douglas McCombs of Brokeback and Tortoise.
Veronica Roth divides to conquer
The author of the wildly popular Divergent trilogy talks about success, fear, and which faction she’ll join after society collapses.
How I learned to stop worrying and drink coffee already
A caffeine newbie tries not to lose his mind as he navigates the wide world of coffee
Testing in kindergarten: whatever happened to story time?
Chicago kindergarteners could spend a third of their school year taking standardized tests
A portrait of David Foster Wallace as a midwestern author
A portrait of David Foster Wallace as a midwestern author
From 6/24 — Free Animal Anxiety Reduction Classes
PAWS Chicago will offer a free eight-week course aimed at helping people overcome feelings of fear or anxiety they experience when interacting with animals.