When I’m scrolling on Instagram, perusing party promo photos of people dancing in some south-side warehouse or West Town ...

From June 25 to June 28, Synapse Arts presented 2026 New Works at Berger Park Cultural Center, featuring trace by Qū Jié 曲洁 ...

For nearly a decade, the global media treated the high-profile death of Illinois socialite Sheila von Wiese-Mack as a one-dimensional true-crime spectacle. Most accounts zeroed in on the gruesome ...

In 1988, Reader staff writer Harold Henderson wrote a memorable 7,300-word cover story on tiny, financially strapped Shimer College. It was a happy thing just to know that a place as unlikely as ...

Last year, Chicago microlabel Black Dice Records started releasing small-run CDs by fringe screamo bands. The label has ...

MUBI FEST returns to Chicago July 10–12 with a weekend of exclusive screenings, live music, and special events across The Salt Shed, Music Box Theatre, and Gene Siskel Film Center. Highlights include ...

The underappreciated musician’s musicians in Hushdrops have carried on through the tragic loss of drummer Joe Camarillo.

A three-day race brought together over a hundred couriers who raced, partied, and crashed their way through a revived ...

If “all” you do is stroll to the Skokie River Nature Preserve and meander 3.6 miles of trails through prairie, woodlands, sedge meadows, and savanna, Metra fare (or gas—parking is available at all ...

The first round of voting for Chicago’s next mayor will occur as part of the city’s next Consolidated Municipal Election on Tuesday, February 23, 2027. The ballot will also include elections for all ...

Days after the opening of the Obama Presidential Center, residents of nearby South Shore and Washington Park are still ...

Another notable feature is “Woodhenge,” a reconstructed circle of posts that aligns with the sun’s movement. Each year, Cahokia holds a free summer solstice event for observation. The UNESCO World ...