Workers at an Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) office in Lincolnwood, Illinois, are protesting toxic management, client confidentiality risks, and accessibility issues like poorly ...

Endless Reveries: Water in Experimental Film Thu 5/22 at 7 PM, the Block Museum of Art, 40 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, free ...

Third is a SouthSide born rapper and teacher with a deep affinity for words. As a lyricist and storyteller, Third is always ...

Ghostlight Ensemble's site-specific Drink the Past Dry combines elements of Doctor Who with a real-life bar setting.

Eclectic Full Contact Theatre revives Alan Ayckbourn's early comedy about infidelity and mistaken identities, Relatively ...

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 ...

Bylines labeled “Chicago Reader Staff” are used for features that contain nonwritten, nonreported information like listings, for event and organization announcements by noneditorial personnel, and for ...

In the shadow of Cook County Jail’s brutal red-brick facade, on May 10, dozens of Chicagoans built community and kept vigil for incarcerated mothers and caregivers separated from their families by the ...

Walter King Jr.s Diary of a Black Illusionist showcases the west-side native's breathtaking artistry at Chicago Magic Lounge.

Nonbinary performer and writer Will Wilhelm celebrates queerness and Shakespeare in Gender Play, or What You Will at Steppenwolf.

Karel Čapek's 1921 sci-fi classic R.U.R. gets a timely makeover for the age of AI at City Lit Theater in Bo List's adaptation.

Keiko Green's Gorgeous, a coproduction of Raven and Rivendell, is a smart two-hander about loss, change, and a prize English bulldog.