The Bridge has been connecting improvising musicians from France with their midwestern counterparts since 2013.

Known as Billy offstage, Bullion built a life in storefront theater with wit, intelligence, heart, and "the Style." ...

V.V. Lightbody poured sweat into a serene new album, photographer Jim Newberry celebrates a new book of Chicago music ...

Mary Cassatt celebrated the everyday lives of women and children, as proven in this stunning show at the Art Institute of Chicago.

Next year will be Reeling’s 45th festival. Succeeding and growing as a queer film festival feels nothing short of miraculous ...

As Musclecars, Brooklyn DJs and producers Brandon Weems and Craig Handfield don’t make dance music to try to fit into anyone’s template of classic four-on-the-floor house—they seem more motivated by a ...

On what should’ve been his 80th birthday, beloved songwriter John Prine offers enduring lessons about the value of empathy and curiosity.

Restaurants in Chicago are struggling because they’ve always struggled. Profit margins are notoriously slim. Hours are long. The pay isn’t enough. Inflation and tariffs skyrocketed the cost of ...

Local vendors and collectors say the appeal of physical media isn’t just nostalgia; it’s ownership streaming platforms can’t revoke.

Sweeping Promises Clickbait and Uniflora open. Fri 10/30, 10 PM, Empty Bottle, 1035 N. Western, $26.78, 21+ The Reader is free. Producing it isn’t. And without your support, we can't continue. So we ...

Chairman Fred Hampton Jr. (center foreground) at the site of his father’s assassination with (from left) Dawn Ali, L.A. Holts, Eastside TBJ, Shirley Gore, Mike Lawry Baby, OPlus, Awthentik Poetry, and ...

I’m not sure I could’ve invented a better gateway jam band than Taper’s Choice. For the jam-band curious who are bored by Widespread Panic, baffled by Umphrey’s McGee, or intimidated by the vast ...