Sixteen years ago, Michael Columbia were one of Chicago’s most compelling bands, combining smooth jazz, twitchy progressive rock, the occasional wacky time signature, and sometimes even a pop-adjacent melody. Dave McDonnell (saxophone, keyboards, bass, vocals) and Dylan Ryan (drums) were cozy with several groups linked to local label Obey Your Brain and South Loop recording […]
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Día de los Muertos parade 2019
Photographer Rick Majewski covered the 40th annual Muertos de la Risa on Saturday, November 2, 2019, in Pilsen. The longest-running Dia de los Muertos celebration in the city honors the lives of those passed with a procession, offerings, performances, and face painting. v Día de los Muertos 2019
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Chicago Pride Parade 2019
Sunday’s Pride Parade celebrated 50 years since the Stonewall uprising which sparked the modern LGBTQ rights movement and 49 years since Chicago hosted its first Pride Parade on June 27, 1970. It was cut short due to afternoon thunderstorms, but not before photographer Kathleen Hinkel captured a few of the day’s memorable moments. Pride Parade […]
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Hip-hop duo Glitter Moneyyy on a rapper who’s demanding respect, not asking for it
Current musical obsessions of Slumpgang777 rapper Vagabond Maurice, hip-hop duo Glitter Moneyyy, and Reader digital managing editor Karen Hawkins
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Mucca Pazza collide surreal silent film and frantic cartoons in ‘Mr. Spider Goes Home to Spiderland’
Punk marching band Mucca Pazza premiere a playful video to celebrate their new Trick or Treat EP.
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White folks! Prepare to squirm!
Steppenwolf’s Pass Over is unflinching on the war against young black men.
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Writers Theatre’s Parade is a powerful—and surprisingly charming—musical about a rape-murder and a lynching
Alfred Uhry and Jason Robert Brown’s Tony Award winner gives us a love story set in hell.
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Chinese New Year events in Chicago: parades, dinners, and more
The Lunar New Year Parade, a dumpling-making dinner, and more ways to ring in the Year of the Rooster
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Northalsted Halloween Parade, Art Spiegelman, and more things to do in Chicago this week
Ten fun things to do in Chicago on Halloween and the rest of the week.
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The Halloween Gathering Festival, Mutt Strutt, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend
Portrait of Myself as My Father, Chicago Moth StorySlam, and more happenings from October 21-23.
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Prince could go anywhere he wanted—and he took us with him
The Purple One could make sheer perfection feel possible for anyone—even a ten-year-old white kid from Crystal Lake.
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Governor Quinn on parade . . . with Martin Sheen
Pat Quinn campaigns for reelection with the help of a little star power.
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Reader’s Agenda Thu 7/3: Eyes to the Skies festival, International Festival of Life, and Singleman Affair
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Thursday, July 3.
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Friday: Bill Frisell plays his score for the new Bill Morrison film
Guitarist Bill Frisell plays his live score for Bill Morrison’s new documentary The Great Flood