Rachmaninoff and the Tsar, through 9/21 at Writers Theatre, Glencoe The post The composer and the autocrat appeared first on Chicago Reader.

How to Transcend a Happy Marriage, through 9/21 at Redtwist Theatre The post Polyamory with friends appeared first on Chicago Reader.

Splitsville in wide release in theaters The post Review: Splitsville appeared first on Chicago Reader.

Boys Go to Jupiter in limited release in theaters The post Review: Boys Go to Jupiter appeared first on Chicago Reader.

Taxi Zum Klo at Music Box Theatre The post Review: Taxi Zum Klo (1980) appeared first on Chicago Reader.

Since I started testosterone, or T, in April, Ive wanted to talk about my dick: the one Ive always had (my mom says large clitorises run in the family), the one Im growing, and the one I want to buy. Its a keystone of my transition, and it excites me. But its difficult to slide […] The post What do I do with this thing? appeared first on Chicago Reader.

Americana in wide release in theaters The post Review: Americana appeared first on Chicago Reader.

Lurker in limited release in theaters The post Review: Lurker appeared first on Chicago Reader.

Nobody 2 in wide release in theaters The post Review: Nobody 2 appeared first on Chicago Reader.

Relay in wide release in theaters The post Review: Relay appeared first on Chicago Reader.

Women Wearing Shoulder Pads streaming on Adult Swim and HBO Max The post Review: Women Wearing Shoulder Pads appeared first on Chicago Reader.

The Haunting of a Place That Longs for Your Arrival" through 9/28 at LVL3 The post Leaning into liminality appeared first on Chicago Reader.

This reporting was supported by the International Womens Media Foundations Women on the Ground: Reporting from Ukraines Unseen Frontlines Initiative in partnership with the Howard G. Buffett Foundation. Just after sunset on a Saturday in April 2025, the fog machine at Kyivs hottest techno club, K41, was already working overtime. I could barely see a foot ...

ZINEmercadoSun 8/31 11 AM6 PM, Hairpin Arts Center, 2810 N. Milwaukee, free, all-ages, instagram.com/zinemercado CHema Skandal! is one of the organizers of this years ZINEmercado art and publications festival, which is in need of volunteers to help greet visitors, assist DJs with set up, clean up, and more. Sign up at the festivals Google form […] The ...

At the height of lockdown, one curious trend emerged that has outlived everyones sourdough starter and Animal Crossing village: a taste for Chartreuse. Named for the Grande Chartreuse monastery in the Chartreuse Mountains of France, the herbal liqueur is produced by a small sect of Carthusian monks using a recipe given to them in 1605 […] The post ...

The hand job. Also known as a handy or HJ. Getting jerked, tugged, or whacked off. Second base, short stop, or even third base, depending on the regional dialect. Fingering, finger-banging, finger-blasting. Manual stimulation (if youre particularly freaky). . . . Blushing yet? Or just cringing? Theres a juvenility to the act, often associated with […] The ...

Karen Yates spent years as a theater artist, so being connected to her body was something that would seem to come naturally to her. “I always had a real interest in physical theater, and the physicality of theater, and how the body moves in space,” she says. Her many credits as a performer and director […] The post Karen Yates reminds us that pleasure ...

The Moviegoer is the diary of a local film buff, collecting the best of what Chicagos independent and underground film scene has to offer. The pleasure evoked by moviegoing (of which, this past week, Clint Eastwoods 1985 film Pale Rider at the Davis Theater has been the standout) is different for everyone who counts it […] The post The pleasure of ...

Everything hurts all the time. Im more than halfway through an 18-week training regimen for Octobers Chicago Marathon. Its the second time I put myself through this, so the progression of pain is familiar: My right hamstring whimpers at the slightest tension. The left hip flexor strain that enfeebled me a few weeks ago lingers […] The post Grub in the tub ...

Chicago Reader Volume 54, No. 46. August 21, 2025. The Pleasure Issue. The post Chicago Reader Volume 54, Number 46 appeared first on Chicago Reader.

I was hoping to move past checking my phone first thing every morning to see what megastupid course of action our government has taken today. But as things only get more stupider, its just gotten harder to take a break. The never-ceasing shitstorm that is our world can crush us only if we dont take […] The post The personal is pleasurable appeared first ...

Chicken Stingel: The Sequel" through 9/21 at Old Friends The post Your network is your net worth appeared first on Chicago Reader.

Casey Gomez Walker hasnt gotten comfortable calling herself a musician, even though storied North Carolina indie label Merge is releasing Last Missouri Exit, the debut album by her alt-country group Case Oats. I have this skewed idea of what it means to be a musician, she says. Once the album is outand once we get […] The post Case Oats celebrate a debut ...

This reporting was supported by the International Womens Media Foundations Women on the Ground: Reporting from Ukraines Unseen Frontlines initiative in partnership with the Howard G. Buffett Foundation. This story was originally published by Borderless Magazine. In the basement of a secret location in Kyiv, Kseniia Kalmus, 36, has trained hundreds of ...

Chicago House Music Festival & Conference Thu 8/21 - Sun 8/24 at various locations The post The Chicago House Music Festival announced its lineup latebut it’s so good youll drop your other plans appeared first on Chicago Reader.