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Home » Vol. 48 No. 30

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Vol. 48, No. 30

Issue of May. 2 – 8, 2019

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Posted inArts & Culture

The Star Wars Celebration laid bare a franchise in transition

by Andrea Thompson May 4, 2019August 18, 2021

The films’ diversity on-screen hasn’t yet made its way behind the camera—or to the four-day convention.

Posted inArts & Culture

RuPaul’s Drag Race winner Raja and Tiffany Pollard will headline Chicago’s first drag fest

by KT Hawbaker May 3, 2019August 18, 2021

Chicago Is A Drag will include performers from across generations, neighborhoods, and performance styles.

Posted inNews & Politics

A Long Walk Home uses art and activism to center sexual-violence survivors of color

by Ishena Robinson May 3, 2019August 18, 2021

The decades-old nonprofit credits Surviving R. Kelly with bringing Black girls into the cultural conversation about gender-based violence.

Posted inArts & Culture

Prairie Pothole

by John Porcellino May 3, 2019August 18, 2021

A note from the editors about comics serials

Posted inArts & Culture

Violet, Private Eye

by Melissa Mendes May 3, 2019August 18, 2021

A note from the editors about comics serials

Posted inArts & Culture

P.L. Dermes in “Acceptance”

by Mike Centeno May 3, 2019August 18, 2021

A note from the editors about comics serials

Posted inArts & Culture

Comics serials farewell (for now)

by Reader staff May 3, 2019August 18, 2021

The last installments of Prairie Pothole, Violet, Private Eye, and P.L. Dermes

Posted inColumns & Opinion

Mayor Rahm v. Robert Caro

by Ben Joravsky May 3, 2019August 18, 2021

Robert Caro fights to expose the truth while Rahm tries to hide it.

Posted inCity Life

Bam! Boom! Pow!

by Salem Collo-Julin May 2, 2019August 18, 2021

Marvel at the super offerings.

Posted inMusic

DJ King Hippo on the holy grail of Chicago spiritual jazz

by Leor Galil May 2, 2019August 18, 2021

Current musical obsessions of DJ King Hippo (aka Alejandro Ayala), Resavoir bandleader Will Miller, and Reader writer Leor Galil

Posted inArts & Culture

Reverse Gossip, a polyphonous portrait of city life, brings theater to Bridgeport

by Dmitry Samarov May 2, 2019August 18, 2021

Walnut Spaceship Studio in the Bridgeport Art Center makes its debut.

Posted inArts & Culture

City Lit presents not one, but Two Days in Court

by Albert Williams May 2, 2019August 18, 2021

The Devil and Daniel Webster and Trial by Jury make up the musical doubleheader.

Posted inReader

Print issue of May 2, 2019

by Chicago Reader May 2, 2019August 18, 2021

Volume 48, Number 30

Posted inArts & Culture

In How to Hide an Empire, Daniel Immerwahr pulls back the curtain on American imperialism.

by Rachel Hawley May 2, 2019August 18, 2021

“The history of the United States,” says the Northwestern prof, “is the history of empire.”

Posted inFood & Drink

Arigato Market slings tacos with a side of beef

by Mike Sula May 2, 2019August 18, 2021

The West Town storefront is part butcher shop, part Japanese American taqueria.

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