Through the Black Panther Party Cubs and the Hampton House, Chairman Fred Hampton Jr. builds on his father’s linkage of art ...

The School of the Art Institute of Chicago laid off three of five employees at Video Data Bank, upending the nearly ...

Ryan Deffet made friends everywhere he went in Chicago’s indie scene. Now those friends are celebrating his life with this ...

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

Madie Doppelt's The Model Play, presented by Snails on a Bike, centers the voices of young women in the fashion industry.

Plus: city budget negotiations come down to the wire and the chief judge’s plan to ”humanize” Cook County’s youth jail.

City Lit's Sherlock Holmes and the Christmas Clowns mashes up Arthur Conan Doyle and G.K. Chesterton in a silly holiday romp.

The paintings continue beyond the canvas and onto the walls of Povos, transforming the work into site-specific installations.

Everybody Through 12/21: Thu–Fri 7:30 PM, Sat 2:30 and 7:30 PM, Sun 2:30 PM; Greenhouse Theater Center, 2257 N. Lincoln, ...

The Cook County Sheriff’s Office and the Chicago Police Department both missed state-mandated deadlines to publicly report ...

The U.S. Department of Energy launched the Weatherization Assistance Program in 1976 under the Energy Conservation and ...

The release of a new album from Chicago blog-era rap legends the Cool Kids is a high point in what’s been a banner year for ...