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Issue of October 13, 2022

Chicago Reader print issue cover of October 13, 2022 (Vol. 52, No. 1)

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Chicago’s history in movie ads
One Chicagoan’s pandemic lockdown project turned into a time capsule of the city’s moviegoing past.
By Yolanda Perdomo

Central Illinois police training for mental health cases questioned: Significant issues remain around police use of involuntary commitments. By Kelsey Turner and the Invisible Institute

Tough calls: When the police bring too many risks with them, where can you turn in a crisis? By Katie Prout

Snakesploitation

Podhlasie Club

On the cover: Photo by Yijun Pan. For more of Pan’s work, go to yijunpan.com.

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Meet Anna DeShawn of E3 Radio and the Qube

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The 2022 Chicago Public Library Foundation Awards celebrate bold stories, bold voices, and our bold library

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On the right track: The High Speed Rail Alliance aims to make trains a more practical option for getting across Chicago and the nation

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Blick Art Materials returns to Downtown Chicago

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In her first Chicago appearance, Clara de Asís collaborates with Aperiodic to model the aesthetic virtues of nonintervention

by Bill Meyer

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Swedish power-metal titans Sabaton continue to explore the Great War

by Monica Kendrick

Founded in 1999, Swedish power-metal veterans Sabaton cast a microscopic gaze on the horrors of war with a sweeping, majestic, and anthemic sound that walks the line between empathizing with humans on the battlefield and glorifying the unglorifiable. Their records deliver poetic lessons in military history (usually European), and though they aim to stay as […]