Young adult author Hal Schrieve approaches vampire stories from the monster’s perspective, including with hir third book, ...

IDHS workers speak out after an unknown employee hung a MAGA-themed sign at the Lincolnwood family community resource center.

Yorgos Lanthimos’s Bugonia makes a chilling update to Jang Joon-hwan's 2003 cult masterpiece Save the Green Planet!.

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.

The 35th annual First Nations Film and Video Festival showcases the spectrum of styles and subjects captivating Indigenous ...

Short-lived and underappreciated Chicago eight-piece Aura created an ambitious fusion of soul, funk, acid rock, and jazz on ...

Frank Wildhorn and Leslie Bricusse's bombastic Jekyll & Hyde gets a clever and intimate revival with Kokandy Productions.

Shepsu Aakhu's Machine Made at MPAACT draws on the real stories of political operative and organizer Chuck Bowen.

Credit: Joe Mazza/Brave Lux Babes With Blades presents another world premiere with their timely presentation of The Mark by Jillian Leff, a dystopian tale with young-adult-thriller energy and all the ...

Working and Homeless in America, by Brian Goldstone, is an account of five Black families forced into homelessness.

Bylines labeled “Chicago Reader Staff” are used for features that contain nonwritten, nonreported information like listings, ...

The Empty Bottle Jazz & Improvised Music Series ended 20 years ago, but it returns for one night to roll out a new ...