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The Birth of a New Identity, 1869–1939,” on view at Wrightwood 659, over 300 works of art explore homosexuality.

Importantly, the contract also enshrines academic freedom for nontenure-track faculty, ceases to classify them as at-will ...

Catalyst: Im/migration and Self-Taught Art in Chicago” at the Intuit Art Museum is a celebration of such works made since the ...

The Chicago Blues Festival brings out the best in the local scene all weekend—and here are a few dozen shows to prove it.

When those emotions include angry despair at the state of your whole fucking species, you’ve got to play hard enough to shake ...

The 2025 edition of the Chicago Blues Festival has one of the stronger lineups in recent memory—its mix of hallowed veterans ...

Connective Thread,” curated by Michelle Alexander at Ivory Gate Gallery, gathers works by women artists that acknowledge ...

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

Universities are prime sites of dissent, critique, and critical thinking. And this is exactly what the Trump administration ...

A soldier and an acting teacher collaborate to imitate a dictator in Six Men Dressed Like Joseph Stalin at A Red Orchid ...

Nonbinary casting director and dramaturg Catherine MIller advocates for better representation onstage for trans and BIPOC ...