Vol. 49 No. 12 Archives - Chicago Reader

2019: Year in review

by Chicago Reader December 18, 2019August 18, 2021

My year of eating You want a list, I’ll write a damn list. By Mike Sula Looking on the bright side As the teens turn to the twenties, it’s a struggle to find a little cheer in the gloom. By Ben Joravsky Safe bet, sucker deal The Chicago casino is still in the works, but […]

Food & Drink

My year of eating

by Mike Sula December 18, 2019August 18, 2021

You want a list, I’ll write a damn list.

Columns & Opinion

Looking on the bright side

by Ben Joravsky December 18, 2019August 18, 2021

As the teens turn to the twenties, it’s a struggle to find a little cheer in the gloom.

Music

A clan with a dental plan on the gig poster of the week

by Salem Collo-Julin December 18, 2019August 18, 2021

This week’s featured gig poster was designed by the artist Goons.

Arts & Culture

No one is alone: the year in dance

by Irene Hsiao December 17, 2019August 18, 2021

The best moments in dance this year focused on the power of community.

Arts & Culture

To tell the truth: 2019 in theater

by Kerry Reid and Catey Sullivan December 17, 2019August 18, 2021

Four plays that recast history—collective and personal—with searing defiance.

Arts & Culture

Working does more than punch the clock

by Kerry Reid December 17, 2019August 18, 2021

Theo Ubique’s staging celebrates the dignity of everyday labor.

Arts & Culture

The Mystery of Edwin Drood provides a music-hall take on Charles Dickens

by Dan Jakes December 17, 2019August 18, 2021

Blank Theatre Company shows off some chops in this Rupert Holmes musical.

Arts & Culture

Death Tax can’t overcome implausible plot points

by Catey Sullivan December 17, 2019August 18, 2021

Lucas Hnath’s drama feels overheated but undercooked at Redtwist.

Arts & Culture

America’s Best Outcast Toy is heartfelt and funny

by Jack Helbig December 17, 2019August 18, 2021

Some familiar cast-offs get a chance to show off their reality-competition chops in this new musical.

Music

‘Do what the good Lord gave you and keep going’

by Aaron Cohen December 17, 2019August 18, 2021

The new compilation No Other Love shines a light on a self-reliant strain of midwest gospel that’s survived outside the mainstream for more than 50 years.