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The late great Joe Cassidy links music scenes across the Atlantic
Johnson administration’s early days marked by lapses in transparency
Promises, Promises gets a rare revival with Blank Theatre
The Other Cinderella still has soul and sparkle to spare
Islander loops together a minimalist but enchanting Celtic tale
The Buttcracker plays it naughty and nice
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When the water wars come
Howard Brown and Berlin Nightclub workers escalate fights for fair contracts
Columns & Opinion
Lights, music, Scrooge, and Shostakovich
Make police pay for their misconduct
Rats have empathy for strangers, but do we?
Film
Review: The Shift
Review: The Boy and the Heron
Review: The Nomi Song
Arts & Culture
Even goblins can’t chase away Hershel‘s Hanukkah fun
Caveman Play lets the audience decide the course of humanity
Remembering Marc Silvia, Debra Rodkin, and Ernest Perry Jr.
Desire lines
Music
Partywatcher honors his Dominican roots with his first all-Spanish release
The inimitable but intermittent Roctober roars back with a hefty double issue
There’s still time to catch up with the Joy Poppers
CITY LIFE
Life Is Work supports Black trans people in their communities
Chicago Reader’s Nonprofit Guide for 2023
Food & Drink
Cadinho Bakery explores the dazzling world of Portuguese pastry
It’s a Balkan three-peat with the Brothers Milunovic at the next Monday Night Foodball
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