Update 8/10: Chuck Prophet’s SPACE concert in August has been postponed till March 17, 2022. The FitzGerald’s show in October is still scheduled to proceed. If the best parts of your classic British Invasion, 50s country, 60s pop, and pure rock ’n’ roll records could be transformed into a person, they might look and sound […]
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Give it away, give it away, give it away now
Upcoming events and distractions from our listings coordinator
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Mutual aid networks help keep us warm
Upcoming events and distractions from our listings coordinator
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Halloween events, loud music, and mascot run-ins
Upcoming events and recommendations from our listings coordinator
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The Reader’s stay-at-home chronicles: days 43 and 44
What we’re reading, watching, listening to, etc., to pass the time.
Posted inMusic
Local bluesman Toronzo Cannon is one of Chicago’s finest string-bending storytellers
Toronzo Cannon’s 2016 breakout debut album for Alligator is titled The Chicago Way, but it doesn’t include a song of the same name. Since that release, the homegrown bluesman has become so enamored with the phrase that he wrote a song around it in time for his next album, The Preacher, the Politician or the […]
Posted inArts & Culture
Belkis Ayón retrospective, the International Women’s Day Festival, and more to do this weekend
Arts and culture happenings from Fri 3/6 to Sun 3/8.
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Day of the Dowd 2 aims to stock the shelves at Pilsen food pantry
When Chicago drummer Gerald Dowd released his first full-length album, Home Now, in 2014, he threw a daylong release party with the tongue-in-cheek name Day of the Dowd. Over the course of 13 hours, Dowd sat in with 16 of the artists he’s accompanied during his long career, including children’s musician Justin Roberts and alt-country […]
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The 38th FitzGerald’s American Music Festival features longtime favorites and new faces
Every year since 1981, FitzGerald’s American Music Festival has celebrated the Fourth of July with a great lineup of roots music, and the 38th edition is no exception: it has plenty of highlights on its four days on three stages (the club, the smaller SideBar, and a tent outside). Chicagoan Robbie Fulks rolls in with […]
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Fireworks, High Fidelity in the park, and more of the best things to do in Chicago this week
Rich Homie Quan concert and more goings-on 7/2-7/5.
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The Chicago History Museum, Zanies, and more places to watch tonight’s presidential debate
Watch Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump’s first official debate at these Chicago venues.
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A sword fight with Rahm Emanuel, Tracy Morgan, and more to do this week
The Chicago Underground Film Festival, Neo New Wave Prom, and more happenings from May 31-June 2.
Posted inMusic
Children’s musician Laura Doherty on her amp in an Altoids tin
Current musical obsessions of producer Rich Rankin, children’s musician Laura Doherty, and Reader bowling captain Kevin Warwick
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FitzGerald’s 33rd annual American Music Festival
The American Music Festival’s best lineup in a decade features old standby Billy Joe Shaver and rising stars Zoe Muth and John Fullbright.