Year in Review 2014 Archives

The best comedy of 2014

Hannibal Buress, Tim and Eric, iO’s farewell, and more of the best Chicago comedy of 2014.

Film

The best films of the year, according to J.R. Jones and Ben Sachs

Six Reader music writers share their favorites from 2014 with year-end lists that do more than just put the same records in a different order.

The Chicago theater community lost Sheldon Patinkin and several others in 2014, but the shows went on—some of them spendidly.

Recognizing the noteworthy and the dubious
accomplishments of our leaders

This was a transformative year for Chicago’s art world.

A look back at the year in lit, from the best reads by Chicago authors to new bookstores and live-lit events.

They weren’t all Italian. And they weren’t all in River North.