Chicago Reader print issue of November 6, 2025 (Volume 55, Number 6).

The Unbearable Lightness of Being a Dick, an animated short by Jiadi Tang, owes much to Milan Kundera's 1984 novel of almost the same name.

Divs Ray invites you to a Silk Road dinner party--like she does it at home--when Umami From Scratch returns to Monday NIght Foodball

Fatphobia and size discrimination occurs less often in drag and burlesque than in theater and film, but it's still present.

For decades, the state has offered limited avenues for rehabilitation and shorter sentences. It's time lawmakers fix it.

Veronica Garza returns for another round as the grown-up version of the Seussian tot in Theater Wit's bawdy but warmhearted Who's Holiday!.

Paramount's staging of White Christmas has retro charm, visual delights, and performances overflowing with charm and heart.

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.

Plus: Trump slashes housing funding and the American Indian Health Service of Chicago celebrates 51 years.

The CHAAD Project's hospitality worker advocates held a town hall with the aim of protecting at-risk employees from government goons.

In Police State at MCA, Nadya Tolokonnikova of Pussy Riot provides a warning and rallying cry about the rise of authoritarianism.

The short run of A Magical Cirque Christmas made the case for the show becoming a holiday tradition in Chicago.

Nate Coleman and Videowaste create music videos, live onstage visuals, and AV installations using CRT TVs and analog video synthesis.

The Chicago Hip Hop Heritage Museum loses its home, the Ugly Hug and Post-Trash throw an indie-rock fest, and more.

In addition to her ongoing project “in c/o: Black women,” Andrea Yarbrough is at work on a community arts center, through Cooperation Racine.

We're excited to announce that Pulitzer Prize–winning investigative journalist Sarah Conway will be the next editor in chief of the Chicago Reader!

Noisy Creek announced today that Sarah Conway will be the new editor in chief of the Chicago Reader starting Jan. 5.

Béton Armé are among a wave of contemporary oi! bands working to reinvigorate the genre.

It seems like “Wet Leg” isn't supposed to be anything more than it is: ridiculous but memorable, exactly like the group's music.

Chicago's festival (which runs from Friday, December 5, through Sunday, December 7) will host New York–based electronic musician Ikue Mori as its artist in residence.

The concert is free to all with an RSVP, but it's intended first and foremost for audience members living with long COVID and other chronic illnesses.