Fault, through 5/24 at Chicago Shakespeare Theater The post Fault falters at Chicago Shakes appeared first on Chicago Reader.

The Great Gatsby, through 5/3, Broadway in Chicago at Cadillac Palace Theatre The post A glitzy Gatsby appeared first on Chicago Reader.

When I moved to Chicago in 2019, my dad wanted to make sure I was prepared for life in the big city. Whereas he had come of age in public housing in postwar New York City, I spent the first 22 years of my life in the suburban hellscape of Clearwater, Florida. He peppered me […] The post A city made of brick appeared first on Chicago Reader.

May is Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Monthand theres no shortage of ways to celebrate in Chicago. Reader staff have put together a sprinkling of recommended events, from the 29th Annual Asian American Showcase at the Siskel Film Center to a staging of choreographer Chih-Jou Chengs new dance piece Unfinished Island Songs to […] The ...

More than 20 years ago, Chicago producer and DJ Beau Wanzer and his friend Chris Pappas decided to launch a dance series dedicated to underground sounds. At the time, there really wasn’t a night where you could hear old industrial with punk, techno, and electrothe stuff on the fringes of normal music and normal dance […] The post Weirdo dance night Hot ...

Humboldt Park was quiet on October 3. That afternoon, Austin Moulder walked to the neighborhood Health Wellness Center, but he was turned away because the Center had shut down early after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents deployed under Operation Midway Blitz had questioned their staff.  As he left, he noticed the shells from tear […] The ...