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Pick up a print copy of this week’s Chicago Reader

by Chicago Reader August 17, 2022August 17, 2022

The Reader is available free of charge at more than 1,100 Chicago area locations. Issues are dated Thursday, and distributed Wednesday morning through Thursday night of the issue date. Some locations are restocked the following Wednesday.

Posted inPress releases

[PRESS RELEASE] Baim stepping down as Reader publisher end of 2022

by Chicago Reader August 5, 2022August 5, 2022

The board of directors of the Reader Institute for Community Journalism (RICJ), publishers of the Chicago Reader, has announced that Tracy Baim is stepping down as president and publisher at the end of 2022.

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Chicago Reader formally completes transition to nonprofit

by Chicago Reader May 17, 2022May 17, 2022

Sale documents were signed May 16, 2022, to transfer ownership of the Chicago Reader to the Reader Institute for Community Journalism, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.

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Sun and solidarity

by Reader staff April 29, 2022April 29, 2022

Photos from the Reader editorial union’s rally on April 21, 2022.

Posted inNews & Politics

“Free the Reader!”

by Elly Boes, Grace Del Vecchio and 14 East Magazine April 28, 2022April 29, 2022

Staffers picketed Reader co-owner Leonard C. Goodman’s Lakeview home in support of the city’s oldest free alt-weekly.

Still free. Still freaky. The Reader is finally free!
Posted inAnnouncements

The Chicago Reader will be fully nonprofit

by Tracy Baim and Karen Hawkins April 27, 2022May 17, 2022

It is with excitement that we are able to (finally) announce that the Chicago Reader is transitioning fully to its nonprofit status under the Reader Institute for Community Journalism!

Issue cover, October 28, 2021 (Vol. 51, No. 2) | Reader 50: ‘House of Screams’ revisited by Michael Miner, ‘Hello, Woman of Color’ by Karen Hawkins, Long Live Section Three by Leor Galil
Posted inAnnouncements

The Chicago Reader is free—again—and still freaky

by Reader staff April 26, 2022April 29, 2022

Reader co-owner Leonard C. Goodman has reportedly dropped his opposition to the newspaper’s transition to a full nonprofit.

Chicago Reader print issue cover of March 31, 2022 (Vol. 51, No. 13): Spring Theater & Arts Preview
Posted inStaff notes

A note from the writer of this week’s cover story

by Irene Hsiao March 31, 2022April 4, 2022

The battle is only a fraction of the art—to experience breaking is also to experience a dance and a community which exists to itself and for itself, yet which holds hope and promise for anyone willing to watch, learn, and practice. 

Reader Best of Chicago 2021 presented by Green Thumb, sponsored in part by Curaleaf, Goethe Institut, Chicago History Museum | Categories: Arts & Culture, Buy Local, Cannabis, City Life, Food & Drink, Sports & Recreation, Music & Nightlife chicagoreader.com/best
Posted inBest of Chicago

Best of Chicago 2021 final ballot

by Chicago Reader March 2, 2022March 18, 2022

Winners were announced in the March 3, 2022 special issue: Best of Chicago 2021 chicagoreader.com/best.

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About the Chicago Independent Media Alliance (CIMA)

by Chicago Reader February 25, 2022February 25, 2022

The Chicago Independent Media Alliance, a project of the Chicago Reader, is a partnership of independent, local, and community-driven media entities coming together in the spirit of collaboration, especially on creating new revenue.

Chicago Reader print issue cover of February 17, 2022 (Vol. 51, No. 10). Cover story by Katie Prout: Searching for the Pigeon Lady; cover photo by Lloyd DeGrane
Posted inColumns & Opinion

A note on this week’s cover story

by Taryn Allen February 16, 2022February 18, 2022

Are pigeons beautiful? Katie Prout thinks they might be, but she rarely stops to look.

Chicago Reader print issue cover of February 3, 2022 (Vol. 51, No. 9). Cover story: On his new album, Saba reimagines failure and abundance as he draws on ancestral lessons to build new worlds, article by Janaya Greene
Posted inMusic

Sending love letters from Saba’s future

by Philip Montoro February 2, 2022February 2, 2022

“Saba’s releases are such special moments for Chicago and the west side,” Reader contributor Tara C. Mahadevan posted to Twitter this week. His previous album, 2018’s Care for Me, claimed […]

Posted inArts & Culture

Winter Arts Preview

by Kerry Reid January 21, 2022January 21, 2022

When we first started planning this special winter arts issue, there was reason for cautious optimism about live performances. But as December turned to January and the Omicron surge hit, […]

Chicago Reader print issue cover of January 6, 2022 (Vol 51, No. 7): Reply Hazy, try again
Posted inStaff notes

A note on this week’s cover

by Salem Collo-Julin January 6, 2022January 6, 2022

Our cover this week was born out of a sense of uncertainty, something most of us have been feeling for about 22 months now.

Posted inReader

Giving Tuesday was a success!

by Chicago Reader December 1, 2021December 9, 2021

Your donation today will help keep our community-funded nonprofit newsroom publishing.

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