Olivia Ortiz’s 2013 Title IX complaint was one of the catalysts for the University of Chicago to reevaluate its sexual assault report process.
Tag: Vol. 48 No. 8
Issue of Nov. 22 – 28, 2018
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Should she tell the man she’s seeing about her new job as an escort?
A woman wonders how much to reveal to a beau. Plus: Can anal sex can ever be pleasurable for women?
Posted inColumns & Opinion
An expression of gratitude for political and local events over the last year
Good job, Illinois voters. Bravo, Jeff Bezos (in a backhanded sort of way).
Posted inFilm
Writer A.S. Hamrah on the crisis in film criticism
The new essay collection The Earth Dies Streaming collects his work from 2002 to 2018.
Posted inBlogs
Archive dive: how grassroots groups around Chicago put police abolitionist ideas into practice
Jessica Disu didn’t always consider herself a police abolitionist, but an appearance on Fox News in 2016 made her the face of the movement. In a Reader article that same year she said, “our police is not working—we need to replace it with something new.”
Posted inBlogs
Goodbye to Tony Adler, the best weekly theater critic Chicago’s ever had
His retirement after 38 years will leave a void both at the Reader and in Chicago’s theater scene.
Posted inArts & Culture
‘African-American Designers in Chicago’ is an important corrective to art history
The new Cultural Center exhibit shows how much design innovation came from black artists in Chicago.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
A peek behind the orange door into the Thoma Art Foundation’s dazzling stash
Or the perks of having your own private museum.
Posted inFood & Drink
Chef David Campigotto spills the beans on Castelnaudary Cassoulet
Each year the French chef takes up residency at Publican Quality Meats and shows les Américains how it’s done at home.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
A note from the editor
My first issue—six weeks ago—hadn’t even hit the streets yet when I got an email from a thoughtful young man inquiring if I had any advice for revitalizing the recently shuttered alt-weekly in his town, and similar notes have been coming from all over the country at a steady pace ever since. There are emails […]
Posted inArts & Culture
Writers’s Twelfth Night doesn’t quite achieve greatness, but it’s still good fizzy fun
A compelling cast breathes new life into Shakespeare’s words.
Posted inArts & Culture
Plainclothes takes a look behind the security cameras at a department store
It doesn’t quite ring true, but it’s still a successful work comedy.
Posted inArts & Culture
Eclipse Theatre rescues The Dark at the Top of the Stairs from being just another curio
The production deals with a number of social issues without allowing them to upstage the story.
Posted inReader partners
Lyft is driven by its values—wherever they lead
Lyft has endeavored to make a positive difference to Chicagoans from all walks of life. [sponsored advertisement]
Posted inCity Life
Our 2018 all-Chicago holiday gift guide
A staff- and contributor-compiled peek at great local wares.