Even with Paul Anka in their corner, 80s rockers Ruffian never found a home for their first album—and that broke up the band.

The hosts of local podcast and radio show Filmspotting will celebrate their 20th anniversary with Filmspotting Fest.

The Moviegoer is the diary of a local film buff, collecting the best of what Chicago’s independent and underground film scene has to offer.

Screamo iconoclast Tyler Odom of Your Arms Are My Cocoon has already reinvented the genre once—and he’s just getting started.

Bylines labeled “Chicago Reader Staff” are used for features that contain nonwritten, nonreported information like listings, for event and organization announcements by noneditorial personnel, and for ...

A father-daughter road trip shows the distance between hope and reality in Bramble Theatre's Racecar Racecar Racecar.

Intravenus,” a Riley Valentine solo show, is a love letter to analog, with each work dedicated to the concept of the divine feminine.

International Anthem’s 11th birthday party adds a Hungry Brain residency, and veteran DJ Lee Collins needs help paying for cancer treatment.

Gwydion Theatre Company's revival of Henrik Ibsen's Ghosts resonates mostly as an exploration of the generational effects of hypocrisy.

A mass shooting in Chicago should have been inspiration for a discussion of violence prevention. Instead, some blamed ...

Molchat Doma are now based in Los Angeles, and every time they announce another Chicago concert, it’s at a bigger venue.

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