A conservative journalist and father wrestles with the aftermath of the 2024 election and its effect on his relationships in The Day After.

Chicago crew Teklife formed in 2011, and they’ve thrived as an electronic dance collective, fashion brand, and record label ...

Early-70s country-rock band JD, Foster & Eastman never released a song, but now you can finally hear how great their albums ...

Chicago band Beach Bunny's Pool Party on Ice fest will give you a dose of summer when you most need it, in the dark and ...

Music Theater Works goes into the high-spirited pink with Legally Blonde this holiday season.

Demetrius Amparan is a music artist and poet from the south side of Chicago. He is a nonprofit leader and father to daughters ...

Here are a few more specific recommendations on Chicago-focused art books that came out this year, from art history to pure ...

Warped Tour ended in 2019 not with a full-blown national circuit but with three festivals in three cities. Two months ago, it announced that it would return with three more festivals in 2025.

The Reader revisits a 2014 feature on Chicago sculptor Richard Hunt, who died in December 2023 after a career spanning seven decades.

“What is art for?” asks art historian Katharine Kuh in the introductory wall text of the Smart Museum’s ambitious rehang of their entire gallery space. The question was likely at least ...

A Jewish American playwright tries to unlock the story of her family's history in the Holocaust in The Berlin Diaries at Open ...

This is the most important fundraising moment of the year for the Reader. As a nonprofit, we count on donors like you to cover about half of our expenses. The average donation is $45. Many new ...