Experimental musician Serpentwithfeet (born Josiah Wise) is many things, including a man of his word. “Life’s gotta get easier / Can’t carry a heavy heart into another year,” he vows on “A Comma” from last April’s EP Apparition. If you take the new Deacon (Secretly Canadian) at face value, he hasn’t: the album is the […]
Tag: Vol. 50 No. 14
Issue of Apr. 1 – 14, 2021
Posted inNews & Politics
The promise of health care for queer folks in Chicago
As the city shutters LGBTQ+-focused health-care clinics, unemployment surges, and the pandemic rages on, community health-care centers struggle to pick up the pieces.
Posted inMusic
Mythic Sunship’s new Wildfire feels as untamed and alive as spring
Jazzy Copenhagen psychedelic group Mythic Sunship rewrite their instrumental language once again.
Posted inMusic
Guitarist Sunny War boils life down to its essence on Simple Syrup
The Nashville-born, Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter Sunny War is known for her clawhammer fingerstyle guitar playing, vivid autobiographical lyrics, and distinctive sound that starts at the crossroads of blues, country, folk, and punk, and only expands from there. She left home as a teenager to busk on Venice Beach and in San Francisco with friends she […]
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Local leaders and advocates agree: Biden’s $2T infrastructure package would be great for Chicago transportation
Biden’s $2T infrastructure package would dramatically beef up funding for transit, vehicle electrification, and Amtrak.
Posted inCity Life
Somewhere in time is here and now
Upcoming events and recommendations from our listings coordinator
Posted inFood & Drink
Giống Giống and the f-word
The case for Vietnamese-Guatemalan fusion in a single dish
Posted inFilm
Devil in Disguise resurfaces the story of John Wayne Gacy
Archival footage offers a compelling window into the case, but no ground-breaking revelations are uncovered.
Posted inArts & Culture
The Dining Room provides dramatic Possibilities
Possibilities produces a live Zoom version of The Dining Room, but Melody DeRogatis has post-pandemic plans for her company.
Posted inCity Life
The many styles of Mr. Stiles
Master bespoke tailor Eric W. Stiles shares the tricks of his trade.
Posted inMusic
Tomahawk return with more top-tier avant-garde noise-rock
Twenty years after the release of their self-titled debut LP, freaky supergroup Tomahawk have returned with their fifth and best album yet, Tonic Immobility. Formed in 1999 by the best of the best from the avant-punk and noise-rock scenes, Tomahawk originally consisted of Faith No More and Mr. Bungle vocalist Mike Patton, the Jesus Lizard […]
Posted inCity Life
A day in the life of Chicago’s Canada Geese
The birds are flocking to the city for survival.
Posted inReader partners
Thinking outside the box
Paid sponsored content Bull Horn is an avenue to give wings to the stories that matter most. This series, from Red Bull in partnership with the Chicago Reader, invites guest writers, artists, activists, and community members to share their ideas and amplify timely, crucial topics they feel are important now. Won Kim is chef/partner of Kimski […]
Posted inMusic
Monique Golding, vocalist for Mosaic Soul and the Black Monument Ensemble
“A music community is a group of individuals that create music because they love doing it, and I think that’s the most important thing for me.”