On her self-titled third album, singer-songwriter Jana Horn contemplates grief while contending with the trick mirrors of life’s unending changes.

Two Piece Fest kicks off Thursday, February 12, with live late-night radio performances on WZRD from a couple heavy locals, the Human Trials and Heet Deth.

The 2026 Frequency Festival draws a line through one-bit electronics, Scottish balladry, musically hybrid fictional history, and more.

Ratboys roll out the "Bolo Joe" at JT's, Beverly Phono Mart opens a pop-up while its crashed-into storefront gets fixed, and ...

If you’ve never been to a Palmer Squares show, you’re missing out on some real merriment. The Chicago-based duo of Seth Zamost (aka Terminal Knowledge) and Matt Brands (aka Acumental) present like a ...

Public encampments provide resources and community for people experiencing homelessness, but city crews repeatedly evict residents.

Cavazos holds a PhD in atomic physics and runs the University of Chicago’s Quantum Educational Laboratory, where he teaches students about quantum computing. He hopes to see the technology used to ...

A planned quantum computing campus and innovation district on the former U.S. Steel South Works site promises jobs and investment, but residents and organizers have concerns around how, and whether, ...

The Reader’s future is built on a five-decade legacy of groundbreaking work and a newsroom that truly loves you, Chicago.

Mozart's Così fan tutte at Lyric Opera is like opening a heart-shaped box of delicious eye and ear candy for Valentine's Day.

A reader submits a letter calling for the Illinois Commerce Commission to reject Peoples Gas’s proposal to pass its reckless spending onto residents.

Glenna Fitch, who DJs as Sold, has had a love affair with electronic music since childhood. While attending college at Kent State, they’d regularly trek more than an hour to Cleveland to experience ...