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Arts & Culture
Promises, Promises gets a rare revival with Blank Theatre
The musical version of The Apartment shines in a small but spirited staging.
City Life
Life Is Work supports Black trans people in their communities
West-side native Zahara Bassett created an organization that she once needed.
Columns & Opinion
Lights, music, Scrooge, and Shostakovich
A short roundup of cultural events, seasonal and otherwise
Film
Coming soon—to a theater near you?
Both chain and indie theaters are limited by accessibility and distribution, but the local scene is ready to adapt.
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Food & Drink
Meet your new fungal overlords when Sauce and Bread Kitchen, 18th Street Distillery, and Fernet Fungo play the next Monday Night Foodball
Check out Mike Bancroft and Anne Kostroski’s shroom-dominant menu at the Reader’s weekly chef pop-up at Ludlow Liquors.
Music
The late great Joe Cassidy links music scenes across the Atlantic
A Metro memorial show in my old friend’s honor funded an award for emerging artists in Northern Ireland. I was flown to Belfast and helped pick the winner.
News & Politics
Johnson administration’s early days marked by lapses in transparency
From shelter for migrants to the future of ShotSpotter, will Chicago be left in the dark, again?
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