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[ad_1] Credit: Steve Krakow for Chicago Reader Since 2005 Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) has used the Secret History of Chicago Music to shine a light on worthy artists with Chicago ties who’ve been forgotten, underrated, or never noticed in the first place. For nearly 20 years, the Secret History of Chicago Music has shined […]

[ad_1] Reader Bites celebrates dishes, drinks, and atmospheres from the Chicagoland food scene. Have you had a recent food or drink experience that you can’t stop thinking about? Share it with us at [email protected]. The outside of Punky’s Pizza & Pasta looks like many other Chicago Italian-ish pizza parlors, so you might not expect much.

[ad_1] Consuelo Martinez de Ferrer in Back of the Yards in November 2024 Credit: Maureen Kelleher A parent, parent leader, and community representative on Back of the Yards College Prep’s Local School Council, Consuelo Martinez de Ferrer knows a lot about Chicago’s public schools. Like many others who closely watched the city’s recent school board

[ad_1] 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. There is perhaps no other filmmaker working right now who’s chronicling labor—and, in the process, critiquing the machinations of late-stage capitalism—like Wang Bing. The Chinese documentarian’s first film, Tie Xi

[ad_1] “Meat in the Middle” is the message when the smoke signals rise over the alley behind Jon and AJ Dixon’s Avondale crib. The aroma of smoldering oak carrying the essence of fatty, jiggling, spice-massaged muscle draws them from all directions to bear witness. “We’re listening to music, we’re drinking beers,” says Jon ‘Dixie Dank’

[ad_1] Jolt Harm Reduction in Peoria, Illinois, began in 2012 as an overdose prevention and naloxone distribution program, founded by Tamara and Blake Olt, after their 16-year-old son died from an overdose. The rural ambulance that responded to their 911 call didn’t carry naloxone, the opioid overdose reversal drug also known by the brand name

[ad_1] About one hundred demonstrators gathered in the bitter cold on Tuesday to protest the University of Chicago’s perceived failure in upholding its promise to launch a Gaza Scholars at Risk initiative that would invite Palestinian academics to campus. UChicago Alumni for Palestine and the school’s chapter of Faculty and Staff for Justice in Palestine

[ad_1] Now that the tryptophan from Thanksgiving has worn off, maybe you’re in the mood to celebrate the season by getting out to a show. There is no shortage of options, from traditional to naughty, to keep you entertained. And a live performance outing can also make a nice present (and maybe create some cool

[ad_1] Real talk: The Reader is free—but producing it isn’t. As a nascent nonprofit, we need your support to produce the news, interviews, reviews, columns, and long-form investigations that have made the Reader a Chicago fixture for 50+ years. It costs about $53,000 to produce each issue and bring it to the streets of Chicago

[ad_1] Uduimoh Umolu consistently wants to bring ideas to life. As a full-time entrepreneur and business owner who simultaneously runs a creative design studio and a sales production company, his days are long and his roles multifaceted. However, the bigger picture is always in sight. The bottom line is important to every thriving business, but