Vol. 49 No. 17 Archives - Chicago Reader

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At the Chicago Marathon

by H. Melt February 18, 2020August 18, 2021

Food & Drink

Drink like a Mayan god at Avondale’s Caravanserai

by Mike Sula February 17, 2020August 18, 2021

Dark Matter Coffee’s newest cafe is a collaboration with Mexico City chocolatier La Rifa.

Columns & Opinion

Local arts reviews, like Oscar nominations, aren’t covering America

by Coya Paz Brownrigg January 31, 2020August 18, 2021

Coverage and awards send a disappointing—but not unexpected—message about whose stories really matter.

Arts & Culture

Luftwerk’s Requiem: A White Wanderer, Lunar New Year on Marz, and more to do this weekend

by Reader staff January 31, 2020August 18, 2021

Arts and culture happenings from Fri 1/31 to Sun 2/2.

Columns & Opinion

The first music critics’ poll in Reader history

by Philip Montoro January 30, 2020August 18, 2021

As we at the Reader head into 2020, a spirit of transformation and renewal prevails. In keeping with that spirit, we’re publishing what as far as anyone here knows is the first music critics’ poll in the paper’s nearly 50-year history. Initially the brainchild of Reader senior staff writer Leor Galil, it quickly grew to […]

Music

The best Chicago albums of the 2010s: the critics’ ballots

by Reader staff and contributors January 30, 2020August 18, 2021

Here’s where to see who voted for what and how the points got divvied up.

Music

The best Chicago albums of the 2010s

by Reader staff and contributors January 30, 2020September 30, 2021

The Reader polled dozens of critics to arrive at an absolutely indisputable ranked list of several hundred records that will definitely not start any arguments.

Arts & Culture

Jane and Roe wade into the history of abortion rights

by Paula Kamen and Kerry Reid January 29, 2020August 18, 2021

The author of Jane: Abortion and the Underground and the Reader theater editor talk about putting reproductive justice center stage.

Arts & Culture

Leaping into live performance for February

by Irene Hsiao, Kerry Reid and Brianna Wellen January 29, 2020August 18, 2021

Our critics suggest ten ways to fill out that slightly longer calendar this month.

Arts & Culture

Spoken Word muddies the issue of consent

by Dan Jakes January 29, 2020August 18, 2021

MPAACT’s campus drama pushes some hot buttons, but casts an ugly pall.

Arts & Culture

If/Then needs star power to compensate for its shallow story

by Taryn Allen January 29, 2020August 18, 2021

Brown Paper Box Co. struggles to make sense of its parallel storylines.

News & Politics

The fight to release Beto

by Irene Romulo and Borderless Magazine January 29, 2020August 18, 2021

After ICE detained Jesus Alberto “Beto” Lopez Gutierrez on his drive home from camping, one family has banded together to challenge his detention and deportation.