If you head down to the basement of Chicago Comics, past the endless rows of back issues and vintage titles waiting to be priced, you’ll find 15 white boxes. They contain a pretty standard collection of 60s and 70s comics—Thor, Conan the Barbarian, X-Men, MAD magazine. But these comics have a special allure. They belonged […]
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Mapping out a reader’s delight
Upcoming events and distractions from our listings coordinator
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Chicago-based Kitchen Toke, the first zine devoted to cooking with weed, preaches the green word
Along with providing recipes, the new quarterly demystifies weed as a stoner staple.
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The One-Minute Play Festival, a May the 4th Star Wars party, and more things to do in Chicago this week
Female Chicago Comics Panel, Chiang Mai Thai New Year Celebration, and more happenings from May 1-4.
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David Leggett at Shane Campbell Gallery, Kweku Collins, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend
Scientific Art + Karaoke, MAC & Cheese Cook-Off, and more happenings from March 24-26
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Avoid Saint Patrick’s Day in Chicago this weekend with works by Larry Clark at the MCA and more things to do
Louder Than a Bomb, the We Watch Wrestling podcast, Claudia Pop-Up dinner, and more happenings from March 10-12
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Andersonville Restaurant Week, Ballet de Lorraine, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend
Black Eye No 3, #BringHer, and more happenings from February 17-19.
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Winter Mix-Off, Chicago Theatre Week, and more things to do in Chicago this week
Deadpool at Cinema Slapdown, the dance party Black Girl Magic, and more happenings from February 6-9
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Bill T. Jones, Chicago Restaurant Week, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend
Young Playwrights Festival, Forward Motion Activist Fundraiser, and more things to do this weekend.
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The year in Chicago bookstores
Amazon is coming, but the indies have built a true community for the city’s readers
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Book Fort Fair, Hot Heels Club, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend
Dance Theatre of Harlem, Sub Chroma, and more happenings from November 18-20.
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SOFA Chicago, Strange Foods Festival, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend
Jessica Campbell, Criminal, and more happenings from November 4-6.
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Celebrate Groundhog Day, drink some winter brews, and more to do this weekend
Pie Fight 2016, Quimby’s Zlumber Party, other weekend happenings in Chicago from January 29-31.
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Edie Fake’s Memory Palaces dazzles
Comics artist Edie Fake reimagines spots from Chicago LGBTQ history in a new book.