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Home » The Hideout

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When it comes to corruption, folks, Chicago is hands-down (or handcuffs up?) a champion.
Posted inColumns & Opinion

We’re number one!

by Ben Joravsky May 5, 2021August 18, 2021

With two aldermen indicted on just one day, Chicago proves it’s second to none when it comes to corruption.

Posted inCity Life

Readings, livestreams, and drunk farmers

by Salem Collo-Julin September 11, 2020August 18, 2021

Upcoming events and distractions from our listings coordinator

Posted inCity Life

Veggie Bingo lives on

by S. Nicole Lane August 10, 2020August 18, 2021

From the Hideout to Zoom, community finds a way.

Posted inNews & Politics

The new normal

by Rachel Hawley June 10, 2020August 18, 2021

What the aftermath of coronavirus will bring for Chicago’s small businesses

Posted inMusic

Billy Helmkamp, co-owner of the Whistler and Sleeping Village

by Philip Montoro May 12, 2020August 18, 2021

“This is gonna devastate our industry. We were the first to close; we’re gonna be the last to reopen. A lot of venues aren’t gonna make it.”

Posted inColumns & Opinion

Bob Dylan’s ode to Chicago

by Ben Joravsky May 12, 2020August 18, 2021

The new Michael Reese TIF plan tries to undo the damage of the old one.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

The show goes on

by Ben Joravsky October 16, 2019August 18, 2021

One era ends and another begins for our beloved First Tuesdays.

Posted inArts & Culture

Helltrap Nightmare wishes Chicago a fond, freaky farewell

by Anna White September 19, 2019August 18, 2021

The weirdo-comedy staples perform a sold-out show before heading west.

Posted inArts & Culture

The rise of the viral drag queens

by Meggie Gates June 18, 2019August 18, 2021

A generation that grew up queer on the Internet finds a home on Chicago’s drag stages.

Posted inArts & Culture

Making the radical left laugh

by Anne Elizabeth Moore March 2, 2019August 18, 2021

Monkey Wrench host Arish Singh and collaborator Basim Usmani on political comedy, Trump, and why you can’t trust white liberals.

Posted inMusic

Why won’t City Hall fight for Chicago’s homegrown music scene?

by Mark Guarino January 23, 2019August 18, 2021

The Chicago Independent Venue League shouldn’t have to push back against the Live Nation handouts in the Lincoln Yards development—but City Hall doesn’t protect Chicago’s homegrown music scene.

Posted inArts & Culture

The three hilarious women of It’s a Guy Thing bring their act to the Tomorrow Never Knows festival

by Jack Riedy January 18, 2019August 18, 2021

Catherine Cohen, Patti Harrison, and Mitra Jouhari can explain men to you—with songs!

Posted inMusic

Racetraitor guitarist Dan Traitor on connecting hardcore and union organizing

by Jamie Ludwig December 14, 2018August 18, 2021

Current musical obsessions of Racetraitor guitarist Dan Traitor, Decline front man Fern X Decline, and Reader associate editor Jamie Ludwig

Posted inBlogs

More than 100 people showed up at a public meeting in order to save the Hideout

by Marissa De La Cerda November 15, 2018August 18, 2021

Instead Alderman Brian Hopkins announced he’d already introduced a zoning ordinance to protect the beloved bar.

Posted inBlogs

I guess we won’t have Rahm to kick around anymore

by Ben Joravsky September 4, 2018August 18, 2021

In a surprise decision, Mayor Rahm Emanuel has announced he won’t seek a third term in office.

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