Coming in hot and justice for Mannix

Chicago Reader (Style) 3/5 10:05A Salem Collo-Julin

Upcoming events and recommendations from our listings coordinator March is certainly coming in like a lion with a king’s share of events (see what I did there?…

Raya and the Last Dragon’s representation dilemma

Chicago Reader (Style) 3/5 8:45A Nina Li Coomes

Even with Asian-American talent on and off the screen, the film reflects back a myth of monolith. Raya and the Last Dragon, Disney’s latest glittering offering, follows a girl named Raya (Kelly Marie...

Cabinet of Curiosity and 16th Street let Mickle Maher do it on the radio

Chicago Reader (Style) 3/5 7:40A Kerry Reid

The longtime Chicago playwright joins a new mini-renaissance of aural drama. In Willy Russell's 1980 play Educating Rita, the title character (a working-class hairdresser taking Open University...

The pandemic, gender, and me

Chicago Reader (Style) 3/5 6:30A Adam M. Rhodes

How a year inside changed my outward expression Like a lot of privileged people I know, I’ve been able to make sweatpants a new staple in my work wardrobe. My general appearance, whether it be...

Trust the movement, trust the method

Chicago Reader (Style) 3/5 3:00A Tanji Harper as told to Jamie Lu

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On her final album, composer Pauline Anna Strom cements her legacy in electronic music

Chicago Reader (Style) 3/5 12:00A Salem Collo-Julin

Pauline Anna Strom’s new album, Angel Tears in Sunlight, features the first new work in 30 years from the legendary Bay Area electronic music composer. Strom made her album debut with 1982’s...

Matches

Chicago Reader (Style) 3/4 1:00P

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"until i see u again"

Chicago Reader (Style) 3/4 9:30A Nishat Ahmed

Indonesian avant-garde duo Senyawa confront the apocalypse with community

Chicago Reader (Style) 3/4 12:00A Philip Montoro

“Ideas that are seen as progressive, modern, or radical always have these associations that come from the West,” said Senyawa vocalist Rully Shabara in a February interview with Reader contributor...

Windy City Times (PDF)

Chicago Reader (Style) 3/3 10:30A

AIDS @ 40: In this issue Windy City Times speaks with long-time HIV/AIDS survivors, deals with HIV-positive representation in media, checks in on young activists of today and more!

The last idiot standing

Chicago Reader (Style) 3/3 6:20A Jake Austen

Cartoonist Johnny Sampson finally got his dream job at MAD magazine. Now he’s one of the only artists keeping the legendary publication going. Johnny Sampson does not draw superheroes, but he does...

Bandcamp Fridays approach their first birthday

Chicago Reader (Style) 3/3 5:30A Leor Galil

The U.S. could’ve had live music back already, but at least Bandcamp is still helping the artists making do without. If you're a fan of an independent musician who's been trying to cobble together a...

For Caprice Williams, the Journey is just beginning

Chicago Reader (Style) 3/3 4:40A Brianna Wellen

The filmmaker overcame many obstacles to achieve her dream, and she’s not slowing down any time soon. Burning sage.…

‘The Long Dream’ and a labor nightmare

Chicago Reader (Style) 3/3 3:50A Kerry Cardoza

The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago’s latest exhibit preaches equity, but behind the scenes artists and former museum employees are demanding real change. "When we shut down in March 2020, we...

John Wayne Gacy: Devil in Disguise raises questions about the official story

Chicago Reader (Style) 3/3 3:00A Deanna Isaacs

Former Reader editor Alison True's investigation fuels a new Peacock series. In 2010, three years after the Reader had been sold by its original owners, two years after the next owner had declared...