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Home » Ukraine

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Posted inNews & Politics

Ukrainians in Chicago reflect on a year of full-scale war

by Jamie Ludwig January 5, 2023January 5, 2023

Many in Chicagoland have pitched in to help Ukrainian refugees and send aid.

DakhaBrakha
Posted inMusic

DakhaBrakha create eclectic folk music for an antifascist Ukraine

by Noah Berlatsky July 11, 2022July 5, 2022

It’s impossible to listen to DakhaBrakha right now outside a political context; they’re a Ukrainian folk band based in Kyiv. After Russia launched its full-scale war on their country in February, the band published an impassioned anti-Putin post on their website. But long before that explicit statement of solidarity, the four-piece group were using their […]

Posted inFilm

Navalny feels like a Soviet-era infomercial

by Dmitry Samarov May 4, 2022May 5, 2022

I left feeling hollow and angry. Like I’d been manipulated using methods pioneered and perfected under the long-gone Soviet regime of my childhood.

Posted inNews & Politics

Life during wartime

by Jamie Ludwig March 16, 2022March 16, 2022

A Ukrainian student living in Chicago shares her perspective on the Russian invasion of her homeland.

Posted inNews & Politics

Chicago comes together to support Ukraine

by Jamie Ludwig March 4, 2022March 10, 2022

Thousands marched from Ukrainian Village to the Loop last weekend in a show of solidarity.

Posted inOn Culture

‘Are we calling this an invasion? It’s really a war.’

by Deanna Isaacs March 2, 2022March 2, 2022

There were two crowds in front of Saints Volodymyr and Olha Ukrainian Catholic Church in Ukrainian Village on a frigid afternoon last week. One was the medieval crowd that’s always there, on the church’s iconic mural—a depiction of the baptism of the Ukrainian people. The other consisted of several hundred live and livid Chicagoans reacting […]

Posted inNews

Queer Ukrainians in Chicago fear the worst amid Russian invasion

by Adam M. Rhodes February 25, 2022February 25, 2022

Russia’s violent history toward the LGBTQ+ community has many worried that anti-queer violence will be meted out in Ukraine.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

Washington’s lessons

by Ben Joravsky November 27, 2019August 18, 2021

It’s going to take more Harold and less Barack to beat Trump.

Posted inArts & Culture

Odessa tries to shed some light, but only ends up going in circles

by Dmitry Samarov September 20, 2018August 18, 2021

The production’s motivation and accents disappoint.

Posted inArts & Culture

The new Holodomor drama Sickle isn’t sharp enough to draw much blood

by Tony Adler July 12, 2018August 18, 2021

The tragic Ukrainian famine of the early 1930s remains an abstraction in Abbey Fenbert’s new play.

Posted inFood & Drink

The foodways of Chicago’s new immigrants

by Reader staff October 13, 2017August 18, 2021

Newcomers from five countries discuss the differences between eating here and in their homelands, where they dine out and shop for ingredients, what kinds of adaptations they’ve had to make, and which American foods they’re learning to love.

Posted inFood & Drink

Starbucks doesn’t compare to Ukrainian coffee

by Aimee Levitt October 13, 2017August 18, 2021

“But American food? I love it! I like burgers, fries, chicken fingers, and cheese sticks,” Anna Tsymbaliuk says.

Posted inMusic

Lorena Cupcake of Store Brand Soda on an ode to thwarted taco desire

by Philip Montoro February 25, 2016August 18, 2021

Current musical obsessions of Store Brand Soda blogger Lorena Cupcake, Dumpster Babies guitarist Tom Puschautz, and Reader music editor Philip Montoro

Posted inBlogs

Where Rauner sees threat, I see my family’s refugee roots

by Steve Bogira November 17, 2015August 18, 2021

Refugees such as my father have contributed to the vibrant mix that’s made Chicago a fascinating place.

Posted inBlogs

Okean Elzy, Ukraine’s biggest rock band, plays the Riv on Sunday

by Philip Montoro February 26, 2015August 18, 2021

If you’re wondering how big a rock band that is, watch the live stadium footage in the video for today’s 12 O’Clock Track.

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