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The Moviegoer is the diary of a local film buff, collecting the best of what Chicago’s independent and underground film scene has to offer.

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

“Chicago is in my DNA,” she writes. “And when a city is part of your identity, it means something different. It means you’re very much invested in that city’s story, how it’s told, and who’s doing the ...

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

Two current productions of plays by the late August Wilson "create an exquisite time capsule of Black American community." ...

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

A social housing program, included in the plan approved on April 19, could change Chicago's housing landscape forever.

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

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

Blue in the Right Way makes their debut with an adaptation of Thomas Middleton's Women Beware Women that feels self-indulgent.

Shepsu Aakhu's play, inspired in part by the 2009 Burr Oak Cemetery scandal, gets a powerful and sensitive revival at MPAACT.