The International Cat Association (TICA) presents Chicago: Feline Infurno, the 41st annual cat show hosted by TICA and a chance to view at least 400 registered cats ready for judging (yes, it’s usually the other way around, but at a cat show, people judge the cats). Rare breeds like the Lykoi (also known as the […]
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Best unconventional horror drive-in screening
“Video Brain Blender” gave me an experience I couldn’t have replicated at home, and that’s exactly what I missed about going to the movies throughout the pandemic.
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Otters, Monday Night Foodball, and the Messiah
Looking to fill your dance card? Here’s some events and activities to consider this weekend and beyond. FRI 12/10 The Japanese Arts Foundation is teaming up with the Logan Theatre to present Tekkonkinkreet. Also known as Black & White, the movie is based on a manga series of the same name that follows a pair […]
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Keep it small, baby
During the loneliest stretches of pandemic isolation, when I spent ages eternal locked in my studio apartment eating canned chili and descending into my most feral state, I missed a lot of things. Thrift stores. Dinner parties. Riding the el. But the thing I missed with the most startling acuity, as if a vital organ […]
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The movement will be beautified
In a show of racial unity, Latinx artists across Chicago have spent the summer contributing their talents to the Black Lives Matter protests of 2020.
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Get tested and enjoy sweater weather with confidence
Upcoming events and distractions from our listings coordinator
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Skulls support self-publishing on the gig poster of the week
This week’s featured gig poster was created by Chicago artist Chema Skandal.
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The Reader’s stay-at-home chronicles: days 29 and 30
What we’re reading, watching, listening to, etc., to pass the time.
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Taking heartbreak seriously
A journalist turns her breakup into art and politics with a breakup zine.
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We need the Read/Write Library now more than ever
The Humboldt Park institution has taken an unconventional approach to being a “city library,” and it’s only growing more ambitious.
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CHI PRC celebrates Chicago’s rich history of punk and hardcore
CHI PRC celebrates Chicago’s rich history of punk and hardcore, supporters of the Standing Rock Sioux hold a march and fund-raiser in Pilsen, and more.
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Permanent Records celebrates its odds-defying tenth anniversary
Permanent Records celebrates its odds-defying tenth anniversary, Comfort Station hosts the inaugural ZINEmercado festival, and more.
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A bigger, better Medium Cool returns
Chicago’s own art book fair and objects shop is back for a second year.
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The life and death of Brooks Golden
Even in death, street artist Brooks Golden continues to make a mark on Chicago.