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Posted inNews & Politics

Hip-hop blogs spread fake news about O-Block 

by Mark Braboy, Matt Chapman and The TRiiBE September 29, 2022September 29, 2022

The TRiiBE investigates what’s going on behind the lies.

Posted inBlogs

Indigo Nation paints Pilsen blue

by Isa Giallorenzo November 30, 2016August 18, 2021

Street View covers the denim-centered Indigo Nation event in Pilsen.

This is what a few thousand VHS copies of Jerry Maguire look like.
Posted inArts & Culture

Everything is wonderful in the world of Everything Is Terrible!

by Drew Hunt May 20, 2014August 18, 2021

Everything Is Terrible! is collaborating with the likes of MTV and Fox, but its core mission—to be as weird as possible—holds true.

Chicago firefighters on the scene at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance last month, after an electrical fire broke out
Posted inColumns & Opinion

For the Hamburg Ballet, the show doesn’t go on

by Deanna Isaacs March 3, 2014August 18, 2021

After a fire forced performance cancellations, the Harris Theater for Music and Dance plans to reopen this week.

Posted inCity Life

An all-local holiday gift guide

by Kevin Warwick, Jillian Sandler, Aimee Levitt, Deanna Shilkus, Tanya Flores, Gwynedd Stuart, Luca Cimarusti, Rachel Graf, Drew Hunt, Brianna Wellen and Deanna Isaacs November 26, 2013August 19, 2021

Our all-local gift guide features vintage-suitcase boom boxes and beer-brewing classes, just to name a couple of highlights.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

Marina Shifrin dances her way out of a job

by Michael Miner October 9, 2013August 19, 2021

She danced her way out of a job, but Marina Shifrin’s still in good standing with the troupe of oddball media makers.

Posted inArts & Culture

Bitches gotta write

by Marya Hornbacher September 23, 2013August 19, 2021

Samantha Irby, the acerbic author of the hyperpopular blog Bitches Gotta Eat, publishes her first book.

Posted inNews & Politics

This week’s Chicagoan: Tiffany Tucker, fashion blogger

by Anne Ford September 6, 2013August 19, 2021

This week’s Chicagoan is Tiffany Tucker, fashion blogger.

Posted inBlogs

Why be a restaurant blogger in a postblog world?

by Michael Gebert August 29, 2013August 19, 2021

Answers from some still posting away.

The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die at Swerp Mansion
Posted inMusic

Midwestern emo catches its second wind

by Leor Galil August 5, 2013August 19, 2021

Midwestern underground emo is coming back—and it’s turning up overseas and on the charts.

Lemuria
Posted inMusic

In Rotation: Rafa Alvarez, aka Different Sleep, on Miley Cyrus twerking in a frog suit

by Leor Galil June 21, 2013August 19, 2021

DJ and producer Different Sleep on Miley Cyrus twerking in a frog suit, and more

Posted inBest of Chicago

Best Local Visual Arts Blog

by Chicago Reader June 20, 2013August 19, 2021

Artists on the Lam

Posted inBest of Chicago

Best Local Music Blog

by Chicago Reader June 19, 2013August 19, 2021

Loud Loop Press

Posted inBest of Chicago

Best Nightlife Blogger

by Chicago Reader June 19, 2013August 19, 2021

A/S/L

Brandon Baltzley is a chef who's been as consumed with creation as with destruction.
Posted inFood & Drink

Who does Brandon Baltzley think he is?

by Sarah Nardi June 6, 2013August 19, 2021

Who does chef-memoirist-addict Brandon Baltzley think he is?

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