The 2025 Chicago Theater Bike Ride commemorates the many members of the performing arts community lost in the last year.

Saxophonist, flutist, and composer Henry Threadgill has transformed the music over and over with Air, the Sextett, Very Very ...

Sound & Gravity founder Mike Reed talks about building a new festival to light up a whole neighborhood with adventurous music.

AI threatens to make us redundant. Yidi Wang explores where reproduction fits in at her recent show at the Chinese American Museum of Chicago.

Strawdog Theatre Company's world premiere of Susan H. Pak's The F*ck House is a riveting and unflinching look at adolescence and friendships.

The people who gather the cash and costumes between sets at drag and burlesque shows are a crucial part of the experience.

Bylines labeled “Chicago Reader Staff” are used for features that contain nonwritten, nonreported information like listings, for event and organization announcements by noneditorial personnel, and for ...

Plus: immigration agents illegally accessed police cameras and a new report highlights concerns with Cook County’s eviction ...

The Moviegoer is the diary of a local film buff, collecting the best of what Chicago’s independent and underground film scene has to offer.

Noir City: Chicago is back at the Music Box Theatre, celebrating determined and duplicitous dames on the big screen.

Mykele Deville celebrates his first album as a dad, another weekend of music festivals arrives to wring the last drops from summer, and more.

Here’s another thing: Chicago needs continued investment from the global business community, but not at the expense of our southeast side’s environmental and community health footprint. Keep an eye on ...