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

I didn’t know what powerlifting was or how it’s distinguished from sports like weight lifting or bodybuilding. Powerlifting ...

Shattered Globe's dynamic and engaging new adaption of A Tale of Two Cities features a stellar ensemble and deeply felt ...

Brok Mende of Friends of Friends Recording talks about building a welcoming space where artists can feel OK inviting him into ...

Hot Mama Silver hooked me with a photo where they look like glam werewolf superheroes—and they were at least that interesting ...

Zora Howard's Bust offers a vision of Black rage as a tool of transcendence, power, and social transformation.

In Eliana Theologides Rodriguez's Poor Queenie at Subtext Studio Theatre, grief and isolation overwhelm a mother-daughter ...

In Lisa Sanaye Dring's Kairos, now at Red Theater, a couple finds out immortality isn't everything they'd imagined.

Bylines labeled “Chicago Reader Staff” are used for features that contain nonwritten, nonreported information like listings, ...

I have a deep respect for the mightiest force in nature. A tsunami can level a city. One drop of humidity can ruin your hair.

Mickle Maher's adaptation of Berlin, Jason Lutes's epic graphic novel about the Weimar Republic and the rise of Hitler, stuns ...

Chicago Record Report covers new local music that's caught the Reader's ear—including by Dreamer Isioma, Third Coast ...