Bump in the Night Theatre's Jump Scares, Vol. 1 offers a sampler platter of spooky stories in an intimate setting.

The WCGI Big Jam, hosted by the Chicago hip-hop station, celebrates the season with some of the hottest names in rap.

With her long-gestating debut album, The Star, east-side rapper Asha Omega speaks to the importance of self-knowledge and healing.

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 ...

Coalesce’s music feels like a bitter black mass whose apocalyptic textures are countered only by the band’s dark humor.

Locally made goods, unique experiences, and Chicago organizations to support with your shopping list plus tarot! Tattoos! Puppies!

Counters, drawers, shelves, the refrigerator-freezer, and the second fridge (the back porch) spill over with brightly labeled jars, bottles, and tins—the idiosyncratic, shelf-stable output of local ...

Leather artisan Amir Badri maintains a workshop in his home in Mayfair, where he accepts customs jobs and repairs.

A business in southern Illinois sports a sign supporting Donald Trump’s 2020 presidential campaign. Credit: Gerry Dincher, CC BY-SA 2.0 / Flickr You may have heard of Nick Fuentes recently. A longtime ...

A modern classic by most hip-hop metrics, 2019's Hiding Places by Billy Woods & Kenny Segal received plenty of acclaim and appeared on many best-of-year lists upon its release.

Jozef van Wissem is returning to Chicago for the first time in five years to perform that his 2022 soundtrack for F.W. Murnau’s silent film Nosferatu ...

This is the most important fundraising moment of the year for the Reader. As a nonprofit, we count on donors like you to cover about half of our expenses. The average donation is $45. Many new ...