Anna Johnson has been on a musical crusade ever since she moved to Chicago from Minneapolis in 2021 to pursue a master’s of fine arts at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

For artist Olivia Zubko, the bathroom as a space for hidden intimacies bubbles through her sculpture practice.

Rapper Open Mike Eagle is so witty and such a skilled lyricist that those virtues can overshadow his subtlety on the mike.

Two nonprofit organizations are accusing the state judiciary of failing to adhere to public reporting mandates.

Nearly 70 properties are in receivership after Jiazhao ‘Frank’ Chen defaulted on at least $119 million in real estate loans. A proposed landlord registry could help the city track irresponsible ...

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.

Mike Sula (he/him) is a senior writer, food reporter, and restaurant critic at the Chicago Reader. He's been a staffer since 1995. He's the author of the anthology An Invasion of Gastronomic ...

A new Russian Circles album is always something to look forward to. The instrumental metal trio’s most recent album, 2022’s ...

Pedro Albertini Guerra’s exhibition, “In light of recent events,” attains the particular brilliance only a non-native speaker can approach.

Experimental Sound Studio uses all 24 channels of the Pritzker Pavilion audio system. Plus: Further fests this week include ...

Hailing from Hangzhou, China—a scenic city that’s now a major tech hub—Celine Lam comes by her wistfully critical painting ...

As a songwriter, Susie McCollum’s influences include jazz, opera, R&B, theatrical music, and folk tunes—a repertoire that ...