The CPD committed to releasing “merit” promotion lists in 2017. Now, the city claims it would be an invasion of privacy.

In red bean, an experimental film by Tianjiao Wang, tempered by a 16-mm lens, the artist observes much and judges little.

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Madhuri Shekar's Dhaba on Devon Avenue at Writers Theatre is a touching family drama set in a struggling Indian restaurant.

Twenty years after its premiere, The Color Purple gets a glorious production at the Goodman under Lili-Anne Brown's direction ...

Celine Song's one-act Tom & Eliza provides a dark and absurdist twist to a relationship drama at TUTA Theatre.

On “Ready,” the opening track of his self-released 2024 debut album, Ready Now, Chicago singer-songwriter Deonte Baker shares ...

In the digital sprawl of sex work and self-expression, far from the boardrooms and studios that once dictated who gets seen ...

The Reader is free. Producing it isn’t. And without your support, we can't continue. So we need you to chip in, even if it’s ...

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Aria Pedraza launches the Midwest Rave Culture Archive with a park party, Elastic Arts executive director Adam Zanolini steps ...

With a new EP of meticulous, melodramatic emo, Chicago five-piece Boundary Waters prove you don’t have to quit your basement ...