The Pink Ladies got started somewhere between 1953 and 1955, depending on whom you ask, and lasted into the early 60s, with anywhere from a handful to nearly 50 members at any given time. Many of them ...

A Jewish American playwright tries to unlock the story of her family's history in the Holocaust in The Berlin Diaries at Open ...

Early-70s country-rock band JD, Foster & Eastman never released a song, but now you can finally hear how great their albums ...

Chicago crew Teklife formed in 2011, and they’ve thrived as an electronic dance collective, fashion brand, and record label ...

The Reader revisits a 2014 feature on Chicago sculptor Richard Hunt, who died in December 2023 after a career spanning seven decades.

Local band Beach Bunny's Pool Party on Ice will give you a dose of summer when you most need it, in the dark and gloomy ...

Chicago Record Report covers new local music that's caught the Reader's ear—including by Hannah A. Barnes, Look Both Days, and DJ Manny.

The Reader revisits a 1987 feature on iconic actor Robert Townsend that reads "like an absolute fever dream of impressions and quotations." ...

Demetrius Amparan is a music artist and poet from the south side of Chicago. He is a nonprofit leader and father to daughters ...

Music Theater Works goes into the high-spirited pink with Legally Blonde this holiday season.

Owen Ashworth of Advance Base sets a new record in a horror-movie town, the Ramova Loft hosts the Bridgeport Sessions dance ...

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