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- Arts & Culture, Art Feature Dec 28, 2016
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The year in Reader photos
The best photos that ran in the Reader in 2016.
- News & Politics, Feature Dec 7, 2016
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People Issue 2016: Nineteen Chicagoans in their own words
A Nobel Prize-winning chemist, a 12-year-old theater critic, an American Ninja Warrior veteran, and more extraordinary locals
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 20, 2016
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Poet and soul singer extraordinaire Jamila Woods signs with Closed Sessions
The new "Blk Girl Soldier" is the first single from Jamila Woods's debut solo mixtape.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 20, 2015
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Musical-comedy game show Shame That Tune will shame no more
The musical-comedy game show Shame That Tune ends its run tonight at the Hideout.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 23, 2014
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Reader premiere: The bizarre video for Nnamdi Ogbonnaya's '2% Chest'
We've got the exclusive premiere of the video for "2% Chest," a delightfully strange antipop song off Nnamdi Ogbonnaya's forthcoming album.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 23, 2014
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12 O'Clock Track: Allan Kingdom sounds like he's rapping in reverse on "Achilles"
The Twin Cities MC goes wild dropping rhymes on the spacey tune from last year's Talk to Strangers EP.
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 12, 2013
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The People Issue: The B Side
Someone doesn’t have to be famous to be interesting—and that's just as true in the Chicago music scene as it is anywhere else.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 8, 2013
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Reader's Agenda Fri 2/8: Angel Olsen, Love in the Time of Online Dating, and Community's Danny Pudi
What's on the Reader's Agenda for Friday, February 8, 2013.
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 21, 2012
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Deep-sea discovery with Janet Voight
Janet Voight, deep-sea biologist, talks about what she's found at the bottom of the ocean
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 21, 2012
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The passion of Vern Hester
Photography, rock, Buddhism, and enthusiasm are a part of what makes him one extraordinary Chicagoan
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 20, 2012
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A glimpse of the Chicago music scene that thrives outside the glare of the spotlight
The B Side of the People Issue: Angel Olsen, Million Dollar Mano, Dee Alexander, and more
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 20, 2012
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Endangering the lives of children: the ceaseless train of tragedy in segregated neighborhoods
Traumatic losses are almost commonplace for some kids in Chicago
- Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Dec 20, 2012
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People Issue 2012:
Jackie Taylor, the dramatist"I put my life into this and I don't want it to go when my life goes."
- News & Politics, Feature Dec 19, 2012
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People Issue 2012:
Roger Sosner, the hawker"Any person with a strong back and a weak mind can do it."
- News & Politics, Feature Dec 19, 2012
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People Issue 2012:
Tony Bacon, the custodian"The union guy told me, 'Just be happy you got a job.'"
- News & Politics, Feature Dec 19, 2012
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People Issue 2012:
John Campos, the organizer"Some blocks look like Afghanistan and others look like any other street in Chicago."
- Film, Movie Feature Dec 19, 2012
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People Issue 2012:
Ehsan Ghoreishi, the filmmaker"I knew my potential. I knew my limits. I knew that I had to work my ass off."
- News & Politics, Feature Dec 19, 2012
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People Issue 2012:
Mitzi Scott, the survivor"You can call it a bottom, or you can call it a blessing."
- Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Dec 19, 2012
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People Issue 2012:
Dave Odd, the forager"I take wild plants that we find elsewhere and transplant them and just let them go nuts."
- Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Dec 19, 2012
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People Issue 2012:
Abra Berens, the farmer"I think people have lost some contact with how their food is grown."
- Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Dec 19, 2012
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People Issue 2012:
Martin Kastner, the craftsman"I had no desire to be an artist. I thought art was all ego."
- Music, Music Feature Dec 19, 2012
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People Issue 2012:
Million Dollar Mano, the producer"I didn't know I was ever gonna DJ for Jay-Z."
- News & Politics, Feature Dec 19, 2012
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People Issue 2012
"You've just gotta filter out noise."
- Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Dec 19, 2012
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People Issue 2012:
Alejandro Cerrudo, the dancer"I make you uncomfortable so the contrast is greater."
- Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Dec 19, 2012
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People Issue 2012:
Dave Cerda, the performer"I loved camp before I knew it was camp."
