CHICAGO — July 26 — Chicago Reader has launched a crowdfunding campaign via Kickstarter to help fund the initial print run of Free Chicago: Fifty Years of the Reader. The limited edition, 9″ x 12″ coffee table book will highlight the first five decades of one of the nation’s longest surviving free city papers. Free […] The post <i>Chicago Reader</i> launches Kickstarter for a coffee table book highlighting 50 years of the <i>Reader</i> appeared first on Chicago Reader ..read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CHICAGO, July 26, 2024 – Chicago Reader announced today that GRAMMY-nominated Terry Hunter of Chosen Few DJs will headline its third annual Reader UnGala Benefit, sponsored by Wintrust Bank, on October 3, 2024. Held at the Museum of Contemporary Arts, the evening will begin at 6 PM with a VIP reception, followed by […] The post 3rd Annual Reader UnGala returns to the Museum of Contemporary Art appeared first on Chicago Reader ..read more

It takes a special kind of person to enjoy Saw the Musical. That’s because you must be a fan of the film to appreciate this production’s absurdity at its fullest. Luckily, Saw is my Rocky Horror, so I am the ideal demographic for this show. If you aren’t a fan, you should probably avoid this […] The post A bloody good time appeared first on Chicago Reader ..read more

Repression, revolution, rebirth: the tides of change are always rolling, in politics and art. Uptown Music Theater in Highland Park leans into that spirit with their latest production: a revival of the global smash hit Les Misérables. Adapted from Victor Hugo’s 1862 novel of the same name, the musical (created by composer Claude-Michel Schönberg with […] The post <i>Les Mis</i> storms the North Shore appeared first on Chicago Reader ..read more

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Before last month, I would’ve been hard-pressed to tell you about a single Chicago concert I’d seen with an aquarium in the venue. But on Saturday, June 22, I went to a Vietnamese restaurant in Uptown to see Cincinnati rappers Pink Siifu and Turich Benjy wrap up their summer headlining tour. Phở Việt has a […] The post Bò kho in front, party in the back appeared first on Chicago Reader ..read more

Two years is a long time to go without a karipap. Malaysian food is hard enough to come by in this town, let alone the flaky, laminated pastry-encased pillows of curried potato and carrot that I’m dreaming of. Curry puffs aren’t on the menus at the handful of Malaysian brick and mortars we have access […] The post Get smothered in love like ayam rendang when Kedai Tapao return to the next Monday Night Foodball appeared first on Chicago Reader ..read more

As the times become evermore unprecedented, the advice ringing across social media is to “build community.” In Chicago, organizers, chefs, growers, and regular Chicagoans have answered that call by feeding people and building relationships through food. From a Rogers Park cafe to a city-trotting pop-up to a community-led meal distribution and cooking class outfit, here’s […] The post Forging solidarity through food appeared first on Chicago Reader ..read more

Deadpool & Wolverine in wide release in theaters The post Review: <i>Deadpool & Wolverine</i> appeared first on Chicago Reader ..read more

As Steppenwolf Theatre’s world premiere production of Samuel D. Hunter’s Little Bear Ridge Road nears the end of its run, Steep Theatre presents the Chicago premiere of Hunter’s 2022 drama, A Case for the Existence of God. With all due respect to the deeply moving work of Laurie Metcalf and company, Hunter’s writing seems tailor-made […] The post The same kind of sadness appeared first on Chicago Reader ..read more