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Tag: The Hideout
Posted inCity Life
Readings, livestreams, and drunk farmers
Upcoming events and distractions from our listings coordinator
Posted inNews & Politics
The new normal
What the aftermath of coronavirus will bring for Chicago’s small businesses
Posted inMusic
Billy Helmkamp, co-owner of the Whistler and Sleeping Village
“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
The new Michael Reese TIF plan tries to undo the damage of the old one.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
The show goes on
One era ends and another begins for our beloved First Tuesdays.
Posted inArts & Culture
Helltrap Nightmare wishes Chicago a fond, freaky farewell
The weirdo-comedy staples perform a sold-out show before heading west.
Posted inArts & Culture
The rise of the viral drag queens
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
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?
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
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
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
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
In a surprise decision, Mayor Rahm Emanuel has announced he won’t seek a third term in office.