The Chicago Reader has published a coloring book to raise funds for the paper and the artists who contributed drawings to the effort. The 52-page Reader Coloring Book is available in both PDF download and limited-edition print form. More than 50 local artists contributed an amazing mix of illustrations, from legendary people (Gwendolyn Brooks, Frankie Knuckles, […]
Tag: Vol. 49 No. 25
Issue of Mar. 26 – Apr. 1, 2020
Posted inCity Life
The Reader’s stay-at-home chronicles: days eight and nine
What we’re reading, watching, listening to, etc., to pass the time.
Posted inCity Life
The Reader’s stay-at-home chronicles: day seven
What we’re reading, watching, listening to, etc., to pass the time.
Posted inArts & Culture
Stuart Gordon, legend of off-Loop theater and horror films, dies at 72
From Warp! to Re-Animator, Gordon told the stories he wanted to see his way.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Should I social distance from my casual lover?
Advice on whether to hook up with an ER doctor during a pandemic.
Posted inCity Life
The Reader’s stay-at-home chronicles: day six
What we’re reading, watching, listening to, etc., to pass the time.
Posted inCity Life
The Reader’s stay-at-home chronicles: day five
What we’re reading, watching, listening to, etc., to pass the time.
Posted inNews & Politics
Essays on isolation
What staying at home has taught us about our city and ourselves
Posted inMusic
The Chicago Underground Quartet bottle their lightning again
For 19 years, the Chicago Underground Quartet’s first album was their only album—but now longtime collaborators Rob Mazurek, Jeff Parker, and Chad Taylor have recaptured the group’s freewheeling jazz spirit.
Posted inArts & Culture
COVID-19 has Chicago theater down, but not out
Here’s a reminder of what the theater community has done in the last five years.
Posted inMusic
La Armada transform adversity into community
Anticolonialist hardcore band La Armada discuss their journey from the Dominican Republic to Chicago and the inspiration behind their new EP series, Songs of the Exiled.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
The new Cold War with China has cost lives against coronavirus
More than any event since the financial crash, the coronavirus pandemic has exposed the rotten foundation of American empire.
Posted inArts & Culture
Nora Dunn on our first and worst presidents
Her show at Steppenwolf is off for now, but the ‘difficult’ SNL vet still has plenty to say.
