Microphones along the Dan Ryan Expressway remained active months after an agreement with state police lapsed. Will the same happen in Chicago?

The Chicago Reader, in partnership with Invisible Institute and City Bureau, ran "Missing in Chicago" in its November 16, 2023 print edition.

In her memoir Loose of Earth, Kathleen Dorothy Blackburn recalls how her parents’ Christian faith evolved after her father's cancer diagnosis.

The Al Yankovic Story, which more successfully did for the biopic what Unfrosted fitfully does for the docudrama. Seinfeld ...

A breakout star at Second City, Mills directs the AAPI-focused Victor Wong showcase at the theater before heading west.

Anaiet Soul is a primarily jazz-trained multi-instrumentalist, performer, and ensemble member whose main instrument is piano.

Shootings decreased overall last year, but the opposite was true in 17 neighborhoods. Most aren't included in Chicago's ...

Screamo blowout ZBR Fest Midwest packs Subterranean with 28 bands, WZRD celebrates 50 years on the air with a free Martyrs’ ...

Folly Group’s “Paying the Price” is one of the best electronica-infused postpunk songs about shame, and it’s only a B side.

After the ring is found, her mother (Clotilde Hesme) asks what she can do to make up for the mistake, and Linda responds that ...

Chicago Record Report covers new local music that's caught the Reader's ear—including releases by Lala Lala, Sons of Ra, and ...

Since entering SAIC’s MFA sculpture program, Galen Odell-Smedley has produced a body of work conceptually astute and ...