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Posted inStaff notes
Changing Directions
Thanks to a tremendous staff, support from our owners and donors, and generous readers and foundations, we were able to make it to our 50th anniversary this year. But the future for all media is still tenuous. Our pivots have worked, but we need to continue to be nimble, and responsive to changes.
Posted inMusic
Chicago’s independent musicians stepped up their activism in 2020
With concerts and tours on hold for most of the year, Chicago’s music scene doubled down on mutual aid and fundraising for community groups.
Posted inReader
Reader Coloring Book available to benefit paper, artists
The Chicago Reader has published a coloring book to raise funds for the paper and the artists who contributed drawings to the effort. The 52-page Reader Coloring Book is available in both PDF download and limited-edition print form. More than 50 local artists contributed an amazing mix of illustrations, from legendary people (Gwendolyn Brooks, Frankie Knuckles, […]
Posted inNews & Politics
Preckwinkle fund-raising e-mail seeks to capitalize on Cyntoia Brown case
But the mayoral candidate doesn’t mention ways to help the Tennessee woman who killed her sexual assaulter at 16 and got a life sentence.
Posted inBlogs
Readers and writers rally to rescue Volumes Bookcafe
The owners of the Wicker Park bookstore asked their friends to help them stay open.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
A Chicago theater veteran’s view from Puerto Rico
Longtime Theater Oobleck ensemble member Dave Buchen sees hurricane devastation from his house on a hill in San Juan.
Posted inBlogs
Rahm’s reelection campaign is largely funded by people outside Chicago
Most of the $28 million raised by Mayor Emanuel’s campaign comes from beyond the city limits.
Posted inBlogs
Toni Preckwinkle: I’m out of the mayoral contest!
The Cook County Board president says she won’t challenge Rahm Emanuel.
Posted inBlogs
Preckwinkle says that she’s not going to say whether she’s running for mayor
The Cook County board president says she’s focused on her reelection effort but refuses to rule out a mayoral bid.
Posted inBest of Chicago
Best Three-Hit Run by a Theater Raising $31 Million
While hustling to build its Jeanne Gang-designed dream house, the North Shore theater born in a bookshop put on a brilliant season.
Posted inBlogs
Will anyone challenge Mayor Emanuel in 2015? Anyone? Anyone?
A short list of people who, under some circumstance, could challenge Mayor Rahm Emanuel in 2015.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Under a new general director, Chicago Opera Theater aims to seduce
Under general director Andreas Mitisek, Chicago Opera Theater courts a new audience.
Posted inNews & Politics
1977
Forty Years: A weekly series in which we take a look at a specific year in Chicago history via the pages of the Reader.