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Home » dating

Tag: dating

Posted inCity Life

Dating at a distance

by Rachel Hawley April 10, 2020August 18, 2021

What it’s like to virtually flirt at the hot new first-date spot: Google Hangouts

Posted inArts & Culture

For a good time, come all over the dating satire Grindr the Opera

by Josh Flanders July 3, 2019August 18, 2021

Pride Films and Plays’ new musical gleefully skewers the modern gay-dating scene.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

How to get laid without freaking out

by Dan Savage April 11, 2018August 18, 2021

Advice for a victim of sexual abuse and rape. Plus: Help, I snooped and discovered what I most feared!

Posted inBlogs

‘Spinning Singles’ search for love atop a Ferris wheel—in 12 minutes or less

by Ryan Smith March 9, 2018August 18, 2021

At the Navy Pier’s speed dating event, 90 participants tried to make a love connection while trapped in a tiny gondola 150 feet in the air.

Posted inArts & Culture

Dating during chemotherapy isn’t easy

by Brianna Wellen February 11, 2016August 18, 2021

Trapped in a failing body, a single white female twentysomething cancer patient joins Tinder.

Posted inArts & Culture

That moment the relationship got complicated

by Brad Einstein February 11, 2016August 18, 2021

Six short stories of dating difficulties.

Posted inArts & Culture

In Fear of Dying, Erica Jong explores sex and death in the age of Internet dating

by Gwynedd Stuart October 14, 2015August 18, 2021

And renounces the zipless fuck for good.

Posted inBlogs

Aziz Ansari is the dating guru we didn’t realize we needed

by Tyler Daswick July 13, 2015August 18, 2021

The comedian blends zaniness with sharp observations about love in the Internet age in his book Modern Romance.

Posted inArts & Culture

Lakeview lawyer has looks and brains—the left and the right ones

by Chicago Reader February 12, 2015August 18, 2021

One of our readers’ awesome single friends is ready for his close-up.

Posted inArts & Culture

She’s Pretty in the Windy City and looking for someone tall, dark, and handsome

by Chicago Reader February 12, 2015August 18, 2021

One of our readers’ awesome single friends is ready for her close-up.

Posted inArts & Culture

Arts administrator blends southern charm and nice arms

by Chicago Reader February 12, 2015August 18, 2021

One of our readers’ awesome single friends is ready for his close-up.

Posted inArts & Culture

Ten Chicagoans you won’t believe are single

by Chicago Reader February 12, 2015August 18, 2021

They’re attractive and successful—and their friends can’t figure out why the hell they’re single.

Posted inArts & Culture

Dating this Reader music editor won’t be an error

by Chicago Reader February 12, 2015August 18, 2021

One of our readers’ awesome single friends is ready for his close-up.

Posted inArts & Culture

Smart, sexy femme seeks smart, sexy butch

by Chicago Reader February 12, 2015August 18, 2021

One of our readers’ awesome single friends is ready for her close-up.

Posted inArts & Culture

Model-beautiful CEO loves #MCM—and cuddling

by Chicago Reader February 12, 2015August 18, 2021

One of our readers’ awesome single friends is ready for her close-up.

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