Nonbinary performer and writer Will Wilhelm celebrates queerness and Shakespeare in Gender Play, or What You Will at ...

Science Man has become a full band, and it brings the goods so hard that their nonsense doesn’t feel gimmicky—it’s just icing on the cake.

Guitarist and front man Evan Patterson and bassist Nick Thieneman founded Young Widows in 2006, and drummer Jeremy McMonigle has been aboard since 2008.

Jordan Harrison's The Antiquities is about technology, human extinction, and hanging onto the small moments in our lives that ...

Workers at an Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) office in Lincolnwood, Illinois, are protesting toxic management, client confidentiality risks, and accessibility issues like poorly ...

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

Endless Reveries: Water in Experimental Film Thu 5/22 at 7 PM, the Block Museum of Art, 40 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, free ...

Since 2005 Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) has used the Secret History of Chicago Music to shine a light on worthy artists with Chicago ties who’ve been forgotten, underrated, or never noticed in ...

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

Karel Čapek's 1921 sci-fi classic R.U.R. gets a timely makeover for the age of AI at City Lit Theater in Bo List's adaptation.

Employees at a Boston magic and novelties shop find connections in the world premiere of Eliza Bent's The Regulars.

Keiko Green's Gorgeous, a coproduction of Raven and Rivendell, is a smart two-hander about loss, change, and a prize English bulldog.