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A 1970 one-panel cartoon from Charles Johnson.
Posted inArts & Culture

Drawing beyond the margins

by Aaron Cohen June 25, 2021August 18, 2021

Black cartoonists from Chicago are featured in a new book and included in a new exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago.

Johnny Sampson
Posted inArts & Culture

The last idiot standing

by Jake Austen March 3, 2021August 16, 2021

Cartoonist Johnny Sampson finally got his dream job at MAD magazine. Now he’s one of the only artists keeping the legendary publication going.

Posted inMusic

‘The Fan Club’ uses gig posters to support music venues

by Salem Collo-Julin October 21, 2020August 18, 2021

This week features an outdoor group exhibition of posters curated by Someoddpilot and Public Works.

Posted inMusic

The Hyde Park Jazz Festival takes it to the streets

by Bill Meyer October 1, 2020August 18, 2021

With short sets from small groups in unexpected spots, the Hyde Park Jazz Festival creates a communal experience that’s pandemic safe.

Posted inArts & Culture

Chicago’s gay grandaddy of tattooing

by Micco Caporale June 24, 2020August 18, 2021

How Cliff Raven changed the city’s ink culture forever

Posted inArts & Culture

Making comedians look funny

by Rima Parikh March 11, 2020August 18, 2021

These photographers put Chicago’s thriving comedy scene into focus.

Posted inArts & Culture

Photos: Midwest FurFest 2019

by Jamie M. Moore December 20, 2019August 18, 2021

Photographer Jamie M. Moore attended the Midwest FurFest at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont December 5-8, capturing the fursonas, the fur piles and, for many the premier event of the weekend, the Saturday night dance party. v Midwest FurFest 2019 Slideshow

Posted inMusic

Life was just a party: Prince’s 1999 and Chicago house music

by Jack Riedy November 20, 2019August 18, 2021

Prince could hardly have avoided influencing Chicago house, whose earliest, most ardent fans were queer Black and Brown kids.

Posted inArts & Culture

Día de los Muertos parade 2019

by Jamie Ramsay November 4, 2019August 18, 2021

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

Posted inNews & Politics

Photos: Monday’s anti-Trump protest

by Reader staff October 29, 2019August 18, 2021

On Monday, October 28, President Donald Trump visited Chicago. And Chicago was not happy about it. Police estimate a crowd of 3,000 to 4,000 people attended protests that began outside Trump Tower and snaked through the Loop. Photographer Joeff Davis was there to capture images of the day’s events. Trump Protest 10-28-19

Posted inNews & Politics

Striking teachers say paychecks are the least of their problems

by Maya Dukmasova October 17, 2019August 18, 2021

At an Englewood elementary school, teachers and staff describe working conditions that hurt kids most.

Posted inMusic

Photos: The Hyde Park Jazz Festival

by Philip Montoro and Michael Jackson September 30, 2019August 18, 2021

The south side’s own world-class jazz fest played host to dozens of shows and more than a hundred musicians.

Posted inArts & Culture

The dog days of summer

by Adam Jason Cohen September 13, 2019August 18, 2021

Photos from Dog Day at Guaranteed Rate Field

Posted inMusic

Photos: AMFM fights food deserts with the Feast festival

by Aaron Allen September 11, 2019August 18, 2021

Arts and culture organization AMFM brought food, art, and music to Homan Square Park to call attention to hunger on the west and south sides.

Posted inMusic

Photos from the 3 Yards Bangin’ House Fest

by Leor Galil and Sehar Sufi August 19, 2019August 18, 2021

The three backyards where this party started aren’t big enough for Chicagoans’ love of house—so now the festival happens on a blocked-off street next to a high school.

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