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Kelvin Roston Jr.'s Twisted Melodies, a tribute to the late Donny Hathaway, returns to Northlight Theatre in a stirring production.
Dennis Kelly's solo play Girls & Boys traces the effects of misogyny within one family through the eyes of the mother.
At Comfort Station, Mauricio López F. presented “Wind Reenactment,” a solo show that utterly, magnificently fails to do what ...
The Moviegoer is the diary of a local film buff, collecting the best of what Chicago’s independent and underground film scene ...
A regular at Saint Hyacinth Basilica in Avondale, Godawiec demonstrates great style daily—even at the 6 AM masses she often ...
Wit, warmth, style, and charm are the enduring hallmarks of this show, and it’s good to see it back in all its glory for the ...
Bodock's “dark if by day” draws viewers into a ceremony of wayfinding, collapsing past and present in an otherworldly ...
The trio Black Rave Culture are all long-established figures in Washington, D.C.'s underground scene, and their tastes in ...
With three days of nonstop entertainment, including two stages of live music, West Fest is one of this summer’s most highly ...
Uniflora Feller and Lottie’s open. Fri 7/25, 7 PM, Metro, 3730 N. Clark, $20, $15 in advance ($19.93 with fees), all ages Leor Galil (he/him) started writing for the Chicago Reader in 2010. He joined ...
Among the new class of shoegaze artists powering the continuing resurgence of the genre, many cite Whirr as a foundational ...
Vinyl has long been the big story in physical media, but CDs are cheaper, quicker to manufacture, and poised for a comeback.