Chicago Reader

12/08/2024

Check out Jon and AJ Dixon’s North Carolexico-style barbecue at the Reader’s weekly chef pop-up at Frank and Mary’s Tavern. | ✍️ Mike Sula

Dixie Dank BBQ smokes Carolina-style piggery at Monday Night Foodball, the Reader’s weekly chef pop-up at Frank and Mary’s Tavern.

12/08/2024

The November 2024 Chicago Public Schools school board election attracted high turnout and diverse perspectives. Now what? | ✍️ Maureen Kelleher

The November 2024 Chicago Public Schools school board election attracted high turnout and diverse perspectives.

12/08/2024

The pot roast sandwich at Punky’s Pizza & Pasta is a Chicago meal for sure, and a tribute to someone’s home recipe in that it’s not a grab-and-go—you will want a fork, and you will need napkins and a table, so that you can rest your head every five bites or so and make satisfied cooing sounds. | ✍️ Salem Collo-Julin

The pot roast sandwich at Punky's Pizza & Pasta comes with provolone melted into the bread and meat, and it’s served on toasted garlic bread.

12/08/2024

Movies: the new horror rom-com Your Monster is "tropey but enjoyable" with perfectly cast leads. Review ✍️ Lauren Coates

Your Monster is a tropey but enjoyable horror rom-com with perfectly cast leads.

12/08/2024

Questions about who reviews applications for opioid settlement money remain unanswered by the state. | ✍️ Katie Prout

Questions about who reviews applications for opioid settlement money remain unanswered by the state.

12/08/2024

Bill Morrison's short film Incident documents the 2018 killing of Harith “Snoop” Augustus by Chicago police. Catch it as the Film Center Monday! | ✍️ Kat Sachs

Bill Morrison's short film Incident documents the 2018 killing of Harith “Snoop” Augustus by Chicago police.

12/07/2024

The Chicago History Museum’s newest exhibition takes visitors on a tour through the city’s styles. | ✍️ Layla Brown-Clark

The Chicago History Museum's “Dressed in History: A Costume Collection Retrospective” is a time capsule of the city's fashion.

12/07/2024

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

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

12/07/2024

A gender-neutral bathroom at a q***r dance club provides the setting for a series of heartrending revelations. | ✍️ Sandra Treviño

A gender-neutral bathroom at a q***r dance club becomes a place for revelations in Juwon Tyrel Perry's world premiere.

12/07/2024

A history of artists responding to technology is explored in "The Living End: Painting and Other Technologies, 1970-2020," on view at Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago through March 2025. ✍️ Jennifer Smart

“The Living End: Painting and Other Technologies, 1970-2020” at the Museum of Contemporary Art begins with the Internet.

12/07/2024

The pledge to host eight Palestinian academics resulted from negotiations between University of Chicago university administration and student protesters this spring. | ✍️ Taylor Moore

The pledge to host eight Palestinian academics resulted from negotiations between university administration and student protesters this spring.

12/07/2024

A new report finds that the city doesn’t monitor whether its contractors violate environmental regulations—and companies that violate the law continue to receive city contracts. | ✍️ Greyson Van Arsdale

A new report found the department responsible for government contracts doesn’t monitor whether companies violate environmental regulations.

12/06/2024

Alice Maio Mackay's trans slasher film Carnage for Christmas is a satisfying holiday treat. Review ✍️ Micco Caporale

Alice Maio Mackay’s trans slasher film Carnage for Christmas is a satisfying holiday treat.

12/06/2024

Artists Sam Schwindt and Catie Burrill hone their craftsmanship and explore threads of vitality through materiality at Parlour and Ramp. | ✍️ rachel dukes

Artists Sam Schwindt and Catie Burrill hone their craftsmanship and explore threads of vitality through materiality at Parlour and Ramp.

12/06/2024

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