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Home » Vol. 49 No. 28

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Vol. 49, No. 28

Issue of Apr. 16 – 22, 2020

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Posted inCity Life

The Reader’s stay-at-home chronicles: days 29 and 30

by Reader staff April 18, 2020August 18, 2021

What we’re reading, watching, listening to, etc., to pass the time.

Posted inCity Life

The Reader’s stay-at-home chronicles: day 27

by Reader staff April 16, 2020August 18, 2021

What we’re reading, watching, listening to, etc., to pass the time.

Posted inReader partners

The Bags You Don’t See

by Tara Betts April 16, 2020August 18, 2021
Posted inFilm

The At-Home Genre Fest

by Cody Corrall April 15, 2020August 18, 2021

Enjoy a mini streaming film festival, all from the comfort of your couch.

Posted inCity Life

The Reader’s stay-at-home chronicles: day 26

by Reader staff April 15, 2020August 18, 2021

What we’re reading, watching, listening to, etc., to pass the time.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

Could a lab have been the accidental source of the COVID-19 outbreak?

by Deanna Isaacs April 15, 2020August 18, 2021

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists wades into the dispute.

Posted inArts & Culture

The jokes must go on

by Zach Freeman April 15, 2020August 18, 2021

One of the city’s most iconic open-mike nights finds a virtual home.

Posted inFood & Drink

Grill your way through the pandemic

by Mike Sula April 15, 2020August 18, 2021

Leela Punyaratabandhu’s new cookbook Flavors of the Southeast Asian Grill is a remedy for isolation.

Posted inMusic

Sor Juana gets the banda back together on the gig poster of the week

by Salem Collo-Julin April 15, 2020August 18, 2021

This week’s featured gig poster was created by artist Eric J. García of the Instituto Gráfico de Chicago printmaking collective.

Posted inMusic

Damon Locks’s Black Monument Ensemble drop a live video to buoy a locked-down city

by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil April 14, 2020August 18, 2021

Damon Locks’s Black Monument Ensemble drop a live video to buoy a locked-down city, self-described “bohemian electronics” act Sip releases its first studio album, and more.

Posted inArts & Culture

Theater of isolation

by Kerry Reid April 14, 2020August 18, 2021

Online theater pieces, both new and old, remind us to connect.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

This isn’t some underground kink thing

by Dan Savage April 14, 2020August 18, 2021

Apple-polishing, trouble swallowing, and a soft return to “normal.”

Posted inArts & Culture

Scott Silberstein talks about catching live-performance magic onscreen

by Kerry Reid April 14, 2020August 18, 2021

Relationships and ‘yes, and’ guide HMS Media’s approach to filming live shows.

Posted inCity Life

Speaking of unmentionables

by Isa Giallorenzo April 14, 2020August 18, 2021

Three friends have created a patented postpartum undergarment that can hold an ice pack.

Posted inNews & Politics

Homeless during a pandemic

by Maya Dukmasova April 14, 2020August 18, 2021

Chicagoans without shelter face the tough choice between the streets and shared air.

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