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Reader, Announcements Sep 22, 2020
We’re winners!

The Reader brought home some AAN Awards.
- By John Dunlevy
- Tags: Announcements, Chicago Reader, Association of Alternative Newsmedia, AAN Awards, Maya Dukmasova, Sujay Kumar, feature stories, Mari Cohen, writing, long-form news stories, music writing, Leor Galil, Philip Montoro, Mike Sula, Kate Schmidt, board games, Aimee Levitt, Ben Joravsky, Sue Kwong, David Alavarado, Best of Chicago, special sections, Jamie Ramsay, Lisa Predko, Brian Gladkowski, Karen Hawkins, Jamie Ludwig, Catey Sullivan, Salem Collo-Jullin, Kerry Reid, Deanna Isaacs, The TRiiBE, multimedia

City Life, Stay at Home May 12, 2020
The Reader's stay-at-home chronicles: day 53

What we're reading, watching, listening to, etc., to pass the time.
- By Reader staff
- Tags: Stay at Home, COVID-19, coronavirus, Damon Krukowski, live albums, Peter Margasak, Aimee Levitt, New England-style hot dog buns, Tracy Baim, Chicago Reader, Newcity, community media, chicagoreader.com, @NeinQuarterly, Giri/Haji, Netflix, NewsRadio, Ono, Greg Dulli, Lucinda Williams, Ben Joravsky, Mick Dumke, Bob Dylan, Revolution Brewing, Noon Whistle Brewing, Metropolitan Brewing, beer

Film, Movie Feature Sep 11, 2019
Remembering Andrea Gronvall

Farewell to a Reader contributor and much-valued colleague
- By Aimee Levitt
- Tags: Movie Feature, Andrea Gronvall, At the Movies, Siskel & Ebert, Chicago Reader, film criticism, Temple Sholom, Aimee Levitt, Chicago Film Critics Association

Columns & Opinion, Staff notes Aug 26, 2019
Note from an editor
- By Aimee Levitt
- Tags: Staff notes, Aimee Levitt, Chicago Reader, Gage Gallery, 11 E. Illinois, Hyde Park, Chicago Reader staff, friendship, writing, Hideout, parties, bylines

Columns & Opinion, On Politics Aug 21, 2019
Kicking ass since 1971

The Reader holds its first telethon this Friday.
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: On Politics, Reader, Mick Dumke, Aimee Levitt, Kiki Yablon, Alison True, Reader, Mayor Daley, Olympic bid, Claude Walker, Harry Osterman, Kelly Cassidy, Carol Ronen, Art Berman, Michael Madigan, Bruce Rauner

Arts & Culture, Lit Feature Dec 3, 2018
Lit recs for the reader exhausted by the weight of history

The current book obsessions of Reader culture editor Aimee Levitt and essayist and Women & Children First co-owner Sarah Hollenbeck.
- By Aimee Levitt
- Tags: Lit Feature, book swap, Aimee Levitt, Sarah Hollenbeck, Women & Children First, Jill Lepore, These Truths, Suffragette Scandal, Courtney Milan, American history, romance novels, Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women’s Anger, Rebecca Traister, feminism, racism, Heavy, Kiese Laymon, On My Way to Liberation, H. Melt, poetry

Columns & Opinion, Staff notes Nov 30, 2018
A note from the editor
- By Anne Elizabeth Moore
- Tags: A note from the editor, refugees, city life, public service announcement, Karen Hawkins, Isa Giallorenzo, Street View, New Trash, Book Swap, Aimee Levitt, Sarah Hollenbeck, Women & Children First Bookstore, In Rotation, Gossip Wolf, Comics journalism, Olivier Kugler

Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Oct 13, 2017
Starbucks doesn’t compare to Ukrainian coffee

“But American food? I love it! I like burgers, fries, chicken fingers, and cheese sticks,” Anna Tsymbaliuk says.
- By Aimee Levitt
- Tags: Food & Drink Feature, Anjalie Pinto, Aimee Levitt, foodways, immigrants, immigration, Ukraine, Ukrainian Village, Anna Tsymbaliuk

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Dec 21, 2016
2016 in theater was wildly convulsive on- and offstage

Controversies over abuse, alleged druggings, and “whitewashing” roiled even as Shakespeare 400 Chicago soared.
- By Tony Adler
- Tags: Performing Arts Feature, Profiles Theatre, Darrell Cox, Joe Jahraus, Aimee Levitt, Christopher Piatt, Brianna Wellen, Peter Kim, Chicago magazine, Second City E.T.C., Second City, Porchlight Music Theatre, Usnavi, Lin-Manuel Miranda, In the Heights, Hamilton, Victory Gardens Theater, ALTA, Alliance of Latinx Theater Artists of Chicago, Actors' Equity, Women in Comedy, Not in Our House, Theater Wit, Annus Mirabilis Award, Shakespeare 400 Chicago, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Company Theatre Mumbai, Piya Beharupiya, Twelfth Night, Hamlet, Belarus Free Theatre, King Lear, Alex Weisman, Hand to God, the Gift Theatre, Michael Patrick Thornton, Richard III, Rough House Theater, Ubu the King, puppetry, Year in Review 2016

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Jul 14, 2016
Recommended
Getting high (on butter) at Beacon Tavern

Billy Lawless’s new seafood-focused restaurant is intoxicating.
- By Aimee Levitt
- Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Beacon Tavern, Billy Lawless, Aimee Levitt, Bob Broskey, L20, Intro, Dawson, Gage, kava, bucatini, seafood, Recommended

Blogs, Bleader Jun 28, 2016
Bitter Lemons editor blames Profiles Theatre victims, loses job

Colin Mitchell's reaction to the Reader's expose angered many readers.
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: News, Media, Theater, Profiles Theatre, Bitter Lemon, Colin Mitchell, Enci Box, Chicago Reader, Darrell Cox, Christopher Piatt, Aimee Levitt, Hollywood Fringe

Blogs, Bleader Jun 8, 2016
On the cover: An investigation into abuse at Chicago’s acclaimed Profiles Theatre

Profiles Theatre actors and crew members break their 20-year silence.
- By Reader staff
- Tags: Arts, News, Inside the Reader, Profiles Theatre, theater, Chicago, non-Equity, Equity, Aimee Levitt, Christopher Piatt, abuse, mistreatment, storefront theater

Blogs, Bleader Nov 9, 2015
The craziness didn't end with Salem

Satanic hysteria persists in America.
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Media, News, Paranormal, Stacy Schiff, Aimee Levitt, "The Witches: Salem, 1692, " "Satanic Panic, " Jeffrey Victor, "Innocence Lost: The Verdict, " Little Rascals day care center, Edenton, North Carolina, McMcartin preschool, Manhattan Beach, California, Paul Ingram, Lawrence Wright, "Remembering Satan, " the New Yorker, Ericka Ingram, Olympia, Washington, Upton Sinclair, Sally Jessy Raphael, Debbie Nathan

Blogs, Bleader Sep 29, 2015
In praise of the subtle, difficult story

Both Aimee Levitt’s recent cover story on rape and Stephanie Andersen’s take on adoption let readers draw their own conclusions. And that’s a good thing.
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Media, News, Women's Issues, Aimee Levitt, rape, University of Chicago, Chicago Tribune, Stephanie Andersen, adoption, Washington Post, literary techniques in journalism

Blogs, Bleader Apr 30, 2014
Video
Hustled by Freddy 'the Beard' Bentivegna

Mayor Rahm could learn a thing or two from the great pool hustler Freddy "the Beard" Bentivegna—if he hasn't already.
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Behind Our Scenes, Boom!, Politics, Sports, News, Freddy "the Beard" Bentivegna, Aimee Levitt, Chris's Billiards, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Mayor Richard M. Daley, Chicago, Bridgeport, Leonard "Bugs" Rucker, Archie Karas, Paul Newman, The Hustler, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jun 17, 2013
Reader's Agenda Mon 6/17: "Chicago 78/79," The Russian Play: An Improvised Black Comedy, and the African Diaspora Film Festival

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Monday, June 17
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Chicago 78/79, Alibi Fine Art, David Gremp, Chicago Council on Fine Arts, Aimee Levitt, The Russian Play: An Improvised Black Comedy, Nikolai Erdman, The Suicide, African Diaspora Film Festival, Facets Cinematheque

Blogs, Bleader May 23, 2013
Reader's Agenda Thu 5/23: Mavado, Esther Newton, and DanceWorks Chicago

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Thursday, May 22
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Mavado, Miles Raymer, the Shrine, LGBTQ, Esther Newton, Holly Hughes, the University of Chicago's Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality, Aimee Levitt, Old Town School of Folk Music, DanceWorks Chicago, Paige Cunningham Calderella, Joshua Blake Carter, Brandon DiCriscio

Blogs, Bleader Apr 18, 2013
Reader's Agenda Thu 4/18: Twohundredfiftysixcolors, Gilbert Hernandez, and Pissed Jeans

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Thursday, April 18, 2013.
- By Hannah Lorenz
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Gene Siskel Film Center, Twohundredfiftysixcolors, Quimby's Bookstore, Gilbert Hernandez, Love and Rockets, Marble Season, Aimee Levitt, Pissed Jeans, Empty Bottle, Honeys, Kevin Warwick

Blogs, Bleader Apr 12, 2013
Video
GIFs of love, and the rest of this week's screenings

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, Aimee Levitt, Twohundredfiftysixcolors, Eric Fleischauer, Jason Lazarus, Chicago Latino Film Festival, 42 movie, 42 Jackie Robinson, The Company You Keep, Robert Redford, Disconnect movie, Jason Bateman, Hope Davis, The Last White Knight, Delay De La Beckwith, Trance movie, Trance Danny Boyle, James McAvoy, Rosario Dawson, Upstream Color, Shane Carruth, Primer movie, Welcome to the Punch, Mark Strong, Werner Herzog, Aguirre: The Wrath of God, University of Chicago Doc Films, The Ceremony Nagisa Oshima, Federico Fellini, 8 1/2, Patio Theater Chicago, Howard Hawks, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Bert Stern, Jazz on a Summer's Day, Gene Siskel Film Center, Bert Stern Original Mad Man, John Stahl, Leave Her to Heaven, Orson Welles, The Magnificent Ambersons, Music Box, John Frankenheimer, The Manchurian Candidate, Northbrook Public Library, Alex Cox, Repo Man, Trainspotting, Steven Ungar, All Roads Lead to Aubervilliers, University of Chicago Logan Center for the Arts, Best of Rural Route Film Festival 2012-2013, Columbia College Hokin Hall, Chicago Festival of Bosnian Herzegovinian Film, Loyola University Sullivan Center, First Nations Film and Video Festival Spring Program, Illinois State Museum Chicago Gallery, William Friedkin, The French Connection, The Exorcist, Harold Washington Library Center, film festivals, movies, Video

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The Reader brought home some AAN Awards.

What we're reading, watching, listening to, etc., to pass the time.

Farewell to a Reader contributor and much-valued colleague

The Reader holds its first telethon this Friday.

The current book obsessions of Reader culture editor Aimee Levitt and essayist and Women & Children First co-owner Sarah Hollenbeck.

“But American food? I love it! I like burgers, fries, chicken fingers, and cheese sticks,” Anna Tsymbaliuk says.

Controversies over abuse, alleged druggings, and “whitewashing” roiled even as Shakespeare 400 Chicago soared.

Billy Lawless’s new seafood-focused restaurant is intoxicating.

Colin Mitchell's reaction to the Reader's expose angered many readers.

Profiles Theatre actors and crew members break their 20-year silence.

Satanic hysteria persists in America.

Both Aimee Levitt’s recent cover story on rape and Stephanie Andersen’s take on adoption let readers draw their own conclusions. And that’s a good thing.

Mayor Rahm could learn a thing or two from the great pool hustler Freddy "the Beard" Bentivegna—if he hasn't already.

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Monday, June 17

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Thursday, May 22

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Thursday, April 18, 2013.

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue

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