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The cover of Bonnie Koloc's 1971 debut album, After All This Time, with ads from the very first issue of the Reader—which came out not long before the record did.
Posted inMusic

In 1971 the Reader’s free classifieds hosted a future folk star

by Salem Collo-Julin January 6, 2021August 18, 2021

Music discovery has changed a lot in 50 years, but the Reader is still around—and so is Bonnie Koloc.

Posted inArts & Culture

Working does more than punch the clock

by Kerry Reid December 17, 2019August 18, 2021

Theo Ubique’s staging celebrates the dignity of everyday labor.

Posted inArts & Culture

Ensemble is the first gossip-free oral history of Chicago theater

by Jack Helbig August 8, 2019August 18, 2021

Mark Larson explains how he created his 700-page behemoth.

Posted inBlogs

Anne Ford, the Reader’s Studs Terkel, reveals her secrets: ‘It’s all being curious’

by Aimee Levitt June 8, 2018August 18, 2021

The author of 190 as-told-to profiles of Chicagoans on the column’s genesis, challenges, and satisfactions

Posted inBlogs

The Reader’s greatest—and now most obsolete—treasure

by Aimee Levitt March 13, 2018August 18, 2021

How people stored information in the good old analog days.

Posted inBlogs

Studs Terkel in letters (to the editor)

by Julia Thiel February 15, 2018August 18, 2021

Studs was not only an oral historian, author, and radio legend but also an opinionated writer of letters to the editor.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

The Chicago Picasso isn’t the only public artwork worth celebrating

by Deanna Isaacs August 2, 2017August 18, 2021

The Wall of Respect is gone, but its impact shouldn’t be forgotten.

Posted inMusic

George and Gerry Armstrong were Chicago’s first family of folk in the 50s and 60s

by Steve Krakow September 13, 2016August 18, 2021

Folk-music power couple George and Gerry Armstrong helped launch the Old Town School and the University of Chicago Folk Festival.

Posted inBlogs

Adam Green’s Aladdin, the Reader’s Cocktail Challenge, and more things to do in Chicago this week

by Sara Cohen September 12, 2016August 18, 2021

The Fifth Star Awards, “Every Building in Baghdad,” and more happenings from September 12-15.

Posted inBlogs

WFMT wants to Kickstart a vast online Studs Terkel archive

by Michael Miner January 21, 2016August 18, 2021

The radio network turns to Kickstarter to get an expanded Studs Terkel digital archive up and running.

Posted inNews & Politics

The Declaration of Independence is still important

by Aimee Levitt October 29, 2015August 18, 2021

An interview with political philosopher Danielle Allen about the Declaration of Independence

Posted inArts & Culture

Sandra Cisneros comes home

by Brianna Wellen October 1, 2015August 18, 2021

In her new memoir, A House of My Own, the 60-year-old author recounts more than 30 years’ worth of personal stories about the places she’s lived and the writing they inspired.

Posted inBlogs

Two more writers weigh in on the Greatest Ever Chicago Book

by Aimee Levitt April 16, 2015August 18, 2021

A few more thoughts on Working versus The Warmth of Other Suns

Posted inBlogs

Isabel Wilkerson is ‘so grateful’ for Greatest Chicago Book tourney victory

by Aimee Levitt April 16, 2015August 18, 2021

The author of The Warmth of Other Suns talks about her admiration for Studs Terkel and Working and offers her own list of great Chicago books.

Posted inArts & Culture

What is the Greatest Ever Chicago Book?

by Chicago Reader April 16, 2015August 18, 2021

Studs Terkel’s Working takes on Isabel Wilkerson’s The Warmth of Other Suns in the Reader tournament’s championship bout.

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