Nonbinary performer and writer Will Wilhelm celebrates queerness and Shakespeare in Gender Play, or What You Will at ...

Reid was a freelance critic for the Chicago Tribune for 17 years, and has also contributed to several other publications, ...

Bylines labeled “Chicago Reader Staff” are used for features that contain nonwritten, nonreported information like listings, ...

Endless Reveries: Water in Experimental Film Thu 5/22 at 7 PM, the Block Museum of Art, 40 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, free ...

Third is a SouthSide born rapper and teacher with a deep affinity for words. As a lyricist and storyteller, Third is always ...

The latest solo by Tony Tasset, “Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks!” at Corbett vs. Dempsey, contains a suite of ...

Jordan Harrison's The Antiquities is about technology, human extinction, and hanging onto the small moments in our lives that ...

Keiko Green's Gorgeous, a coproduction of Raven and Rivendell, is a smart two-hander about loss, change, and a prize English ...

If you’re not an early adopter of generative AI or you’re not chronically online, you may be unaware of an evolving cultural ...

With classics and cult favorites, the Music Box Theatre's upcoming Sapphopalooza film series brings queer women to the front.

Science Man has become a full band, and it brings the goods so hard that their nonsense doesn’t feel gimmicky—it’s just icing on the cake.

Since 2005 Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) has used the Secret History of Chicago Music to shine a light on worthy artists with Chicago ties who’ve been forgotten, underrated, or never noticed in ...