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First Folio debuts new play by a late, great comedic playwright

Chicago Reader (Style) 5/13 9:15A Catey Sullivan

Kristine Thatcher and the late Larry Shue's Waiting for Tina Meyer celebrates barfly connections. Playwright Kristine Thatcher picked up where she and actor-playwright Larry Shue (The Nerd, The...

Taking up her space

Chicago Reader (Style) 5/13 6:55A Isa Giallorenzo

Kelley Moseley’s daring accessories will not go unnoticed. "My designs are unapologetically bold," says Kelley D. Moseley, 42, about K-FLEYE, her accessory line. Pronounced "kay fly," Moseley's label...

Beau O’Reilly, cofounder of Maestro Subgum & the Whole and Curious Theatre Branch

Chicago Reader (Style) 5/13 6:30A Kerry Reid

“I've always written more than people can keep up with. I write a lot of plays and I write a lot of lyrics. I just write all the time.” Beau O'Reilly, 68, has been a fixture on Chicago's fringe...

Berta Bigtoe multi-instrumentalist Astrachan flies his freak flag higher on his solo debut

Chicago Reader (Style) 5/13 1:00A Leor Galil

Chicago multi-instrumentalist Ben Astrachan was born nearly two generations after 1967’s famous Summer of Love, but he understands the whimsy, grace, and joy of that era’s music so well you’d think he...

INCANTATIONS OF CORPOREALITY

Chicago Reader (Style) 5/13 1:00A Xandria Phillips

The TikTokers shaping Chicago’s restaurant scene

Chicago Reader (Style) 5/12 5:50A Kayla Huynh

How going viral became the industry’s most crucial ingredient Jack Gillespie has what any teen or 20-something could only dream of: a lifetime supply of boba tea.…

Breaking the cycle

Chicago Reader (Style) 5/12 5:00A F. Amanda Tugade

For three decades, the city has failed to cope with the loss of mental health clinics. The pandemic revealed the wounds of this disinvestment. Gardening keeps Milton Sewell grounded.…

Helmut Jahn is gone

Chicago Reader (Style) 5/12 4:00A Deanna Isaacs

Can we save his most important Chicago building? We didn't need the death of architect Helmut Jahn to bring the plight of the James R. Thompson Center to our attention. The state's May 3 request for...

Boonie Foods imagines Pinoy food past, present, and future

Chicago Reader (Style) 5/12 3:15A Mike Sula

Former Arami chef Joe Fontelera’s pandemic pop-up settles in at Revival Food Hall. No, there is no vegan sausage on the menu at Boonie Foods, but I wasn’t the first person to imagine there was. ...

After a 16-year wait, Bonnie “Prince” Billy and Matt Sweeney resurface as Superwolves

Chicago Reader (Style) 5/12 1:00A Shannon Nico Shreibak

When wolves form a pack, they form bonds that last a lifetime. A similar feeling of familiarity and connection suffuses the duo project of Will Oldham (aka Bonnie “Prince” Billy) and Matt Sweeney.…

Pixel Grip celebrate the club as a sacred queer space

Chicago Reader (Style) 5/12 1:00A Micco Caporale

Chicago goth trio Pixel Grip invite you to dance on straight white capitalism’s grave. In the world of Chicago goth dance trio Pixel Grip, "the arena" is more than a literal venue where spectators...

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Pivot Arts Festival offers reflection after a year of upheaval

Chicago Reader (Style) 5/11 9:00A Sheri Flanders

"Reimagining Utopia" focuses on multidisciplinary artists and visions of a better future. Recently, several articles appeared about the phenomenon of “Hygiene Theater”—the focus on largely ineffective...