The films’ diversity on-screen hasn’t yet made its way behind the camera—or to the four-day convention.
Tag: Vol. 48 No. 30
Issue of May. 2 – 8, 2019
Posted inArts & Culture
RuPaul’s Drag Race winner Raja and Tiffany Pollard will headline Chicago’s first drag fest
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
The decades-old nonprofit credits Surviving R. Kelly with bringing Black girls into the cultural conversation about gender-based violence.
Posted inArts & Culture
Comics serials farewell (for now)
The last installments of Prairie Pothole, Violet, Private Eye, and P.L. Dermes
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Mayor Rahm v. Robert Caro
Robert Caro fights to expose the truth while Rahm tries to hide it.
Posted inMusic
DJ King Hippo on the holy grail of Chicago spiritual jazz
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
Walnut Spaceship Studio in the Bridgeport Art Center makes its debut.
Posted inArts & Culture
City Lit presents not one, but Two Days in Court
The Devil and Daniel Webster and Trial by Jury make up the musical doubleheader.
Posted inFood & Drink
Arigato Market slings tacos with a side of beef
The West Town storefront is part butcher shop, part Japanese American taqueria.