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Posted inMusic

Music is for every body

by Brian O'Donnell February 26, 2020August 18, 2021

Chicago’s concert venues have made welcome advances in accessibility, but a regulatory gray area lets them fall short of what they should be.

Posted inMusic

Pass the mike ’n’ cheese on the gig poster of the week

by Salem Collo-Julin November 27, 2019August 18, 2021

This week’s featured gig poster was created by Chicago artist Jake Reeder, aka Jake.PSD.

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Lana Del Rey combines modern technology and her trademark despondency in timeless pop

by Megan Kirby November 1, 2019August 18, 2021

Lana Del Rey is smiling more these days. Sometimes she’s smiling through tears, like she does in a hazy shot from the recent video for “Fuck It I Love You,” but she’s smiling all the same—a sign of a new level of nuance from an artist who made a name for herself peddling dreamy, depressing […]

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Plugging into Chicago’s forgotten house venues

by Leor Galil May 21, 2019August 18, 2021

A tour and oral history of the long-gone spaces that birthed one of the foundational sounds in modern pop

Posted inBlogs

It’s hard to stay quit on the gig poster of the week

by Luca Cimarusti November 7, 2018August 18, 2021

This week’s featured gig poster was designed by Josh Davis of Dead Meat Design.

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Sen Morimoto makes crowded songs all by himself

by Leor Galil October 3, 2018August 18, 2021

Sen Morimoto’s mix of hip-hop, pop, prog, and jazz has won over international entertainment platform 88 Rising, but for now he’s sticking with his friends at Chicago indie Sooper Records.

Posted inBlogs

Something’s wrong with that greyhound on the gig poster of the week

by Luca Cimarusti September 26, 2018August 18, 2021

This week’s featured gig poster was created by local artist Ryan Duggan.

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What caused the melee outside a Public Enemy and Sonic Youth show at the Aragon in 1990?

by Leor Galil February 23, 2018August 18, 2021

In 1991, Reader critic Bill Wyman hit the pavement to figure out how one of the biggest shows of the previous year ended in a brawl that resulted in 18 concertgoers behind bars.

Posted inBlogs

LCD Soundsystem and more of the best things to do in Chicago this week

by Steve Heisler November 6, 2017August 18, 2021

A live recording of Kellye Howard album recording , a cooking demonstration from Chef Damao, and more happenings the week of 11/6-11/9

Posted inBlogs

Kanye West returns to Chicago, makes first live appearance in nearly a year, and other news

by Kate Shepherd November 6, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, the Chicago Police Department discredits terrorism plot rumors.

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The One-Minute Play Festival, a May the 4th Star Wars party, and more things to do in Chicago this week

by Brianna Wellen May 1, 2017August 18, 2021

Female Chicago Comics Panel, Chiang Mai Thai New Year Celebration, and more happenings from May 1-4.

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This month, three silent films will screen in the Chicago area with live music

by Leah Pickett February 1, 2017August 18, 2021

See The Kid at the Arcada Theatre in St. Charles on February 15, The Artist at the Logan Theatre on February 11, and 7th Heaven at St. John Cantius Church on February 26.

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Explosions in the Sky unleash chariots of fire on the gig poster of the week

by Luca Cimarusti September 21, 2016August 18, 2021

This week’s featured gig poster was designed by local artist Dan Grzeca of Ground Up Press.

Posted inBlogs

The Alabama Shakes put up a regal cockfighter on the gig poster of the week

by Luca Cimarusti July 27, 2016August 18, 2021

This week’s featued gig poster was designed by local artist Dan Grzeca of Ground Up Press.

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Memories of growing up in an Uptown hotel in the 1930s and ’40s

by Anne Ford May 5, 2015August 18, 2021

Diane Glick Berolzheimer recalls a childhood spent in the New Lawrence Hotel.

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