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

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 ...

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

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

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

Chicago Record Report covers new local music that's caught the Reader's ear—including by Hannah A. Barnes, Look Both Days, and DJ Manny.

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

The Reader revisits a 1987 feature on iconic actor Robert Townsend that reads "like an absolute fever dream of impressions and quotations." ...

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

For 34 years, master percussionists Michael Zerang and Hamid Drake have carved out a space of temporal grace in an ever-changing world with their winter solstice concerts. Even the fiercest lovers ...

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