Vol. 49 No. 14 Archives - Chicago Reader

Columns & Opinion

Busting the myths of modern porn

by Dan Savage January 14, 2020August 18, 2021

Plus, advice on whether you should delete NSFW pictures of your exes.

Columns & Opinion

‘I decided to try convincing a weed delivery guy to show me his world’

by Maya Dukmasova January 13, 2020August 18, 2021

Maya Dukmasova on her December 26 cover story “Weedman’s not worried”: Drug Dealing doesn’t exactly lend itself to close-up media coverage. But on the eve of Illinois’s recreational cannabis legalization I decided to try convincing a weed delivery guy to show me his world. I had little to offer him as an incentive—for obvious reasons […]

Arts & Culture

A piece of Lithuania in the heart of Chicago

by Sruthi Darbhamulla January 10, 2020August 18, 2021

The Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture provides a piece of home to Lithuanian immigrants.

Film

Caitlin Ryan explores radical empathy with Picture Yourself in Water

by Cody Corrall January 9, 2020August 18, 2021

The filmmaker’s shorts program looks at an ever-changing world.

Columns & Opinion

Explaining the inexplicable

by Ben Joravsky January 9, 2020August 18, 2021

How to talk to children about legal weed, Donald Trump, and endless Middle Eastern wars

Columns & Opinion

Build it and they will come

by Deanna Isaacs January 9, 2020August 18, 2021

Arts and Business Council heads to the south and west sides.

News & Politics

High hopes

by Mari Cohen January 8, 2020August 18, 2021

A dispatch from a seven-hour-long line to buy weed at a dispensary, where the tote bags are free, the branding is consistent, and security wears Blue Lives Matter hats.