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
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.
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.
Comics serials farewell (for now)
The last installments of Prairie Pothole, Violet, Private Eye, and P.L. Dermes
Mayor Rahm v. Robert Caro
Robert Caro fights to expose the truth while Rahm tries to hide it.
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
Reverse Gossip, a polyphonous portrait of city life, brings theater to Bridgeport
Walnut Spaceship Studio in the Bridgeport Art Center makes its debut.
City Lit presents not one, but Two Days in Court
The Devil and Daniel Webster and Trial by Jury make up the musical doubleheader.
Arigato Market slings tacos with a side of beef
The West Town storefront is part butcher shop, part Japanese American taqueria.