Sometime last summer Jennifer Kim told me she was keenly interested in collaborating with Nariba Shepherd for a proposed Monday Night Foodball, the Reader’s ongoing weekly guest chef pop-up series at the Kedzie Inn in Irving Park. Kim, of course, is the ex-Passerotto chef who emerged amid the pandemic as the driving force behind Alteconomy, […]
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Like a moth to a flame
A solo show by artist Hyun Jung Jun at Goldfinch Gallery in East Garfield Park.
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K-pop star Chung Ha pulls no punches on her debut album, Querencia
Chung Ha’s unmistakable ferocity is palpable immediately upon hearing her music or watching her videos. She’s among the biggest K-pop artists of the moment, and her rise to stardom wasn’t exactly a surprise. She was introduced to the world on the reality show Produce 101, and her first audition was a major highlight—the judges immediately […]
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Park Hye Jin’s house music transforms your room into an emotive, prismatic dance floor
South Korean producer Park Hye Jin makes evocative house music for late nights. On her new EP, How Can I (Ninja Tune), her vocal delivery and production are poised and searing, building on the template of her 2018 debut, If U Want It. On the EP’s first track, “Like This,” she accompanies a swell of […]
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Tengger embraces nature and movement on their spirit lifting new album Nomad
A vacation sounds pretty good right about now, doesn’t it? Or it would in a world without COVID-19, large-scale lockdowns, and an overabundance of existential dread. Seoul-based Korean/Japanese duo Tengger can’t do anything about the pandemic, but their music can provide a bit of a mental escape, or at least uplift the spirit. Inspired by […]
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Chicago has its own beachhead in the K-pop invasion
Shopping at K-Pop of Chinatown is as close as you can get to Shinee and BTS without a concert ticket.
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“Sportin’ Waves,” Mixed Bag, and the rest of your weekend in visual arts
Your guide to visual arts in the city this weekend.
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The Asian effect: How early in life does it start?
A new study examines just how early Asian-American children start outperforming their peers, and ponders why it happens.