Chicago Reader

09/15/2025

Cameron Raasdal-Munro's semi-autobiographical play about growing up q***r with a mobster father gets its U.S. premiere at Open Space Arts. https://bit.ly/468fEln

Cameron Raasdal-Munro's semi-autobiographical play about growing up q***r with a mobster father gets its U.S. premiere at Open Space Arts.

09/15/2025

An immigration agent killed an unarmed 38-year-old father outside Chicago. The initial narrative was quickly disproven by witnesses. https://bit.ly/46kP1bv

An immigration agent killed an unarmed 38-year-old father outside Chicago. The initial narrative was quickly disproven by witnesses.

09/15/2025

Immigration agents killed an unarmed 38-year-old father outside Chicago on Friday. The initial narrative was quickly disproven by witnesses. https://bit.ly/3VlIQ1Y

Immigration agents killed an unarmed 38-year-old father outside Chicago on Friday. The initial narrative was quickly disproven by witnesses.

09/15/2025

“Sacred Containers: Capsules, Conduits, and Other Stories,” at Chicago Artists Coalition, features vessels holding the fiber of civilization. https://bit.ly/4n0KodP

“Sacred Containers: Capsules, Conduits, and Other Stories,” at Chicago Artists Coalition, features vessels holding the fiber of civilization.

09/15/2025

Mood is everything--at least, that's the compelling central proposal of “Pure Moods,” up now at Junior. gallery in Lawndale. https://bit.ly/46kEJrR

Mood is everything—at least, that’s the compelling central proposal of “Pure Moods,” up now at Junior. gallery in Lawndale.

09/13/2025

We've got just two recommended shows this week but boy are they excellent!

🎭 Hot People Island at Corn Productions https://bit.ly/4n1IMAN

🎭 Things With Friends at American Blues Theater https://bit.ly/4pA9Toe

09/12/2025

For many years, a Silkworm reunion seemed unfathomable, but just as one painful loss ended the band, another brought them back together. https://bit.ly/3VSmnJX

For many years, a Silkworm reunion seemed unfathomable, but just as one painful loss ended the band, another brought them back together.

09/12/2025

Haru Nemuri's latest album, last month's Ekkolaptómenos, skews in an experimental direction, and it feels like she's diving down a rabbit hole to pursue a new interest. https://bit.ly/4mhiM2R

Haru Nemuri’s latest album, last month’s Ekkolaptómenos, skews in an experimental direction, and it feels like she’s diving down a rabbit hole to pursue a new interest.

09/12/2025

Wardruna have connected widely with listeners, even those without a vested interest in Nordic culture or metal, and they've influenced other artists traversing similar ground, including Heilung and Skáld. https://bit.ly/4miuHxE

Wardruna have connected widely with listeners, even those without a vested interest in Nordic culture or metal, and they’ve influenced other artists traversing similar ground, including Heilung and Skáld.

09/12/2025

On his latest album, With All That I Know Now, Menace drops his voice into soulful, hiccuping instrumentals at unexpected intervals, with a casual flow that belies his precision and speed. https://bit.ly/3VLuGY5

On his latest album, With All That I Know Now, Menace drops his voice into soulful, hiccuping instrumentals at unexpected intervals, with a casual flow that belies his precision and speed.

09/12/2025

Over the past decade, Sextile have evolved their aesthetic from brooding, texture-heavy EBM to a bouncy, polished sound that's at the forefront of the current revival of goth-infused club music. https://bit.ly/47BM9te

Over the past decade, Sextile have evolved their aesthetic from brooding, texture-heavy EBM to a bouncy, polished sound that’s at the forefront of the current revival of goth-infused club music.

09/12/2025

Works by Victoria Martinez will be on view at the Poetry Foundation in conversation with poetry from the late Peruvian poet Magda Portal. https://bit.ly/46qPIjU

Works by Victoria Martinez will be on view at the Poetry Foundation in conversation with poetry from the late Peruvian poet Magda Portal.