In the latest Ghost Light column, Kerry Reid talks with ChiArts about school life in the wake of COVID and checks in with Northlight Theatre about their upcoming Evanston building. chicagoreader.com/arts-culture/g…

A lobbyist for ShotSpotter helped alders craft a proposal that would sidestep Mayor Brandon Johnson and give the City Council final say on ShotSpotter’s fate. | ✍️ shawn mulcahy chicagoreader.com/news-politics/…

Check out the Guerrero brothers’ pre-Colonial taqueria classics at the Reader’s weekly chef pop-up in fresh, new—yet landmark—digs. | ✍️ @mikesula chicagoreader.com/food-drink/mon…

'We want people to know about Native people, we want people to learn from Native people, and we want people to learn in context' -Anthony Tamez, 7th Police District Council representative. | ✍️ shawn mulcahy (Published December 26, 2023) chicagoreader.com/city-life/peop…

The Old Oak avoids the schmaltzy cliche of “we aren’t so different after all.” Instead, it reminds us that we are different. We carry different burdens, hold different pains, but what we can share is compassion. | ✍️ Myle Yan Tay chicagoreader.com/film/review-th…

.Chicago Fair Trade's Conscious Closet Club hosts a clothing swap this weekend in conjunction with The Weaving Mill's Spring Open Studio event at Envision Chicago's Westtown Center
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Hard Miles follows Greg Townsend and his revolutionary idea to bike 1,000 miles from Denver to the Grand Canyon with a group of troubled teens. If you’re looking for a film that makes you feel fuzzy inside, this is it. | ✍️ S. Nicole Lane chicagoreader.com/film/review-ha…

A24's Civil War is a searingly focused “what if” that eschews partisan soapboxes as it takes a hard-eyed look at everything war warps and takes. | ✍️ Hayden Mears chicagoreader.com/film/review-ci…

This latest iteration of The Talented Mr. Ripley puts aesthetics over substance. | ✍️ lauren 🎬 chicagoreader.com/film/review-ri…

If you find yourself particularly anointed by luck, you may become one of the chosen few hikers to harmonize with the “singing sands” of the Indiana Dunes. | ✍️ Shannon Nico Shreibak (Published February 22, 2024)

The Beast is an ambitious and layered adaptation of Henry James’s 1903 novella The Beast in the Jungle. | Kat Sachs chicagoreader.com/film/review-th…

Based in Englewood, Cooperation Racine is a new co-op space with an anti-capitalist approach to creating alternative forms of economic enrichment. They make their debut at EXPO Chicago. | ✍️ Rachel Dukes chicagoreader.com/arts-culture/c…

Monday Night Foodball is moving to a new location! Join us next week at Frank and Mary's Tavern to enjoy the Indigenously inspired taqueria classics of Piñatta. | ✍️ @mikesula chicagoreader.com/food-drink/mon…

This weekend, vintage book and record shop Paper or Plastic are back with a literature-focused pop-up that promises having 'the best books we've encountered in our four years of mutual collecting.' | ✍️ @imleor chicagoreader.com/music/gossip-w…

There is a studied air of casualness to the small Polaroid photographs in John Boskovich’s Rude Awakening series. Read our review below. | ✍️ Jennifer Smart chicagoreader.com/arts-culture/a…

Once praised as one of the world’s greatest jazz musicians, E. Parker McDougal has been almost totally forgotten 30 years after his death. | ✍️ Steve Krakow chicagoreader.com/music/the-secr…

Shawnee Day and kerry cardoza capture the many ✨ lewks ✨ at the opening of EXPO CHICAGO. chicagoreader.com/city-life/the-…

In the latest Make it Make Sense column, we discuss released bodycam footage of police killing Dexter Reed, a bomb threat at a Marz Brewing drag queen story hour and more. | ✍️ shawn mulcahy chicagoreader.com/news-politics/…

Look to the skies for the art of Hai-Wen Lin. Using materials such as sunlight, sweat, and a shivering body alongside more conventional ones such as silk and cotton, Lin’s kite works are formally and conceptually astonishing creations. | ✍️ Chris Reeves chicagoreader.com/best-of-chicag…

In the latest Ghost Light column, Kerry Reid talks with ChiArts about school life in the wake of COVID and checks in with Northlight Theatre about their upcoming Evanston building. chicagoreader.com/arts-culture/g…