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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

Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Jul 27, 2020
Cookbooks for isolates

Lose yourself in two more local food books, about barbecue and ramen
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food & Drink Feature, Food & Drink, Food Chain, Soup & Bread, Ramen_Lord, Craig Meathead Goldwyn, Clint Cantwell, Mike Satinover, barbecue, ribs, Leor Galil, AmazingRibs.com, Amazing Ribs Made Easy, Everything You Need to Know About America’s Favorite Food, Reader Recipes: Chicago Cook and Drinks at Home, Giuseppe Tentori

Music, Music Feature Jul 23, 2020
Thirty-five moments that brought Chicago music to the world

The Year of Chicago Music has had less music in it than anybody anticipated, but we still have plenty to celebrate.
- By the Arts & Business Council of Chicago
- Tags: Music Feature, A&BC, Arts & Business Council of Chicago, #ChiMusic35, #ChiMusic35 Challenge, #ChiMusic35 Ambassadors, Cadien Lake James, Damon Locks, Martin Atkins, Vince Lawrence, Rhymefest, Sima Cunningham, Lori Branch, Add-2, Pugs Atomz, Jeff Baraka, Mark Bazer, Ayana Contreras, Leor Galil, Pat Grumley, Mark Kelly, DJ Lady D, Rob McKay, Tim Samuelson, Wayne Williams, Jelly Roll Morton, Common, Sun Ra, Grupo Montéz de Durango, Phuture, Acid Tracks, Bo Diddley, Chess Records, Herbie Hancock, Chaka Khan, Rufus, Nat “King” Cole, Eddie Cole’s Solid Swingers, Jim Nash, Dannie Flesher, Wax Trax! Records, Wilco, Jeff Tweedy, Kanye West, Ma Rainey, Paramount, Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, AACM, YouMedia Center, Vee-Jay Records, Jesse Saunders, house, drill, gospel, jazz, blues, footwork, Buddy Guy, Pitchfork Media, Ramsey Lewis, Duranguense, Earth, Wind & Fire, Mahalia Jackson, Thomas A. Dorsey, Impressions, Curtis Mayfield, Soul Train, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Louis Armstrong, Chuck Berry, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Frankie Knuckles, Chance the Rapper, Muddy Waters

Reader, Announcements May 12, 2020
We’ve brought together twenty of Leor Galil’s best music features from the past ten years in one book

Buy Chicago Pop Stars, Hardcore Heroes, and House Legends: 10 Years of Chicago Reader Music Features now!
- Tags: Announcements, books, Chicago Reader, Leor Galil, music writing, music features, Philip Montoro, Jamie Ludwig, Taryn Allen

Columns & Opinion, Staff notes Jan 30, 2020
The first music critics’ poll in Reader history
- By Philip Montoro
- Tags: Staff notes, Leor Galil, Chicago Reader, music journalism, music discovery, Chicago's music community

Best of Chicago, Food & Drink Nov 6, 2019
Critics' Picks
Staff Pick: Third runner-up, best pizza

Leor Galil
- By Jamie Ludwig
- Tags: Food & Drink, Leor Galil, Best of Chicago 2019, Best pizza, Pequod's Pizza, Smash Mouth, third runner-up, best pizza, Marie's Pizza & Liquors, Dante's Pizzeria, Dante's pizza, deep-dish, tavern-style pizza, deep-dish pizza, Smash Mouth, Critics' Picks

Blogs, Bleader Aug 23, 2018
Pedro the Lion at Thalia Hall, and more things to do this weekend

Pedro the Line, James Brandon Lewis, and more recommended concerts and events this weekend
- By Anna White
- Tags: Music, Arts, Performing Arts, Style, Theater, Things to Do, Chicago events, Pedro the Lion, Thalia Hall, Glossier, The Radicalization Project, Co-Prosperity Sphere, David Bazan, H.C. McEntire, Ohmme, Thalia Hall, Empty Bottle, Constellation, Flamingo Rodeo, Ne-Hi, Mikey Wells, Said Unsaid, James Brandon Lewis, Ben Lamar Gay, Kent Kessler, Avreeyal Ra, Leor Galil, Dan Jakes, West Loop, pop-up stores, cosmetics

Blogs, Bleader Feb 28, 2018
Video
My morning at the Pitchfork lineup reveal, or two hours of watching paint dry

A Reader intern discovers the life of excitement and glamour that is journalism.
- By Rachel Yang
- Tags: Arts, Music, Visual Art, Pitchfork, announcements, media stunts, Leor Galil, Shelby Rodeffer, Violet Hour, mural, Tame Impala, Ravyn Lenae, This Is Not This Heat, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jan 12, 2018
St. Vincent at the Chicago Theatre, and more of the best things to do in Chicago this weekend

The Rhinoceros Theater Festival and more goings-on January 12-14
- By Steve Heisler
- Tags: Arts, Do This, shark tank, jennifer estlin, faith soloway, annoyance theatre, jesus has two mommies, emma draves, listen, beat kitchen, brian posehn, rhino fest, prop thtr, sketchfest, ex fest, living light, hunter cole, arc gallery, greg ott, chicago theatre, leor galil

Blogs, Bleader Dec 29, 2017
The best things to do in Chicago on New Year's Eve

Hip-hop artist Noname, the Annoyance Theatre's Steamworks: The Musical, and more recommended events for New Year's Eve in Chicago
- By Steve Heisler
- Tags: Arts, Do This, Food & Drink, Music, burning bluebeard, the infinite wrench, champagne, new year's eve, voyager, noname, leor galil, lincoln hall, a night of witchcraft and wizardry, the laboratory, harry potter, DJ My Boy Elroy, uncommon ground, Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers, big star, public house theatre, bye bye liver, marshall's landing, merchandise mart

Arts & Culture, Art Review Oct 20, 2014
See Chicago's musical underground in photos at the Museum of Contemporary Photography

Michael Schmelling deftly captures the DIY scene in "Your Blues."
- By Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Art Review, Michael Schmelling, DIY, Your Blues, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Columbia College, Leor Galil, Jimmy Whispers, Willis Earl Beal, Laure Elie, American Breakfast, Steve Albini

Blogs, Bleader Sep 5, 2014
Reader's Agenda Fri 9/5: Starfoxx, Three Floyds Extravaganza, and the Windy City Wine Festival

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Friday, September 5
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Do This, Arts, David Beltran, Starfoxxx, Double Door, Teen Witch Fan Club, Deathface, Baby I’m Off the Drugs, Leor Galil, Maria's Packaged Goods & Community Bar, Three Floyds Extravaganza, Munster Indiana, Zombie Dust, Behemoth 2013, Gumballhead, Windy City Wine Festival, Grant Park.

Blogs, Bleader Jul 20, 2014
Three itineraries for Sunday's edition of the Pitchfork Music Festival

Staff writer Leor Galil, editorial assistant Drew Hunt, and Lemons multi-instrumentalist Kelly Nothing plot their day.
- Tags: Pitchfork Day Three, Music, Pitchfork 2014, Leor Galil, Drew Hunt, Kelly Nothing, Animal Kingdom, The Lemons

Blogs, Bleader Jun 10, 2014
Reader's Agenda Tue 6/10: Guerrilla Truck Show, Creatives at Work, and Eagulls

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Tuesday, June 10
- By Brianna Wellen
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Guerrilla Truck Show, NeoCon, Morlen Sinoway Atelier, Creatives at Work Music Forums, Jim DeRogatis, Leor Galil, Ernest Wilkins, Co-Prosperity Sphere, Eagulls, Beat Kitchen

Blogs, Bleader May 9, 2014
Reader's Agenda Fri 5/9: Key Ingredient Cook-Off, Let's Get Working, and Young Fathers

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Friday, May 9
- By Osita Nwanevu
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Blackbird, Dana Cree, Fat Rice, Abraham Conlon, Takashi, Courtney Joseph, Key Ingredient Cook-Off, Studs Terkel, Let's Get Working, Logan Center for the Arts, Chicago Tribune, Rick Kogan, Old Town School of Folk Music, Mark Dvorak, Young Fathers, Dead, Leor Galil, Baths

Music, In Rotation Jan 27, 2014
In Rotation: Ayana Contreras of Vocalo's Reclaimed Soul on a softly stratospheric Andrew Hill LP

Plus: Primeridian's Simeon Viltz on Acid Rap, the Reader's Leor Galil on Elvis impersonators, and more
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: In Rotation, rappers, Simeon Viltz, Primeridian, Miles Davis, Chance the Rapper, Vic Mensa, Save Money Movement, YouMedia-DYN, Street-Level Youth Media, Stefan Ponce, Patrice Rushen, albums, Ayana Contreras, DJs, Vocalo, bloggers, darkjive.com, The Natural Four, Curtom, Andrew Hill, Blue Note, Sunday Williams, Alteen, Leor Galil, Karin Pritikin, Kent Barker, Elvis impersonators, Diarrhea Planet, Tomorrow Never Knows, Jesse Gang, notes

Blogs, Bleader Jan 14, 2014
Reader's Agenda Tue 1/14: Marco Rotelli, Sister, and Cloud Control

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Tuesday, January 14
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Northwestern, Deering Library, Marco Rotelli, Dylan Thomas, Jena Cutie, Sisters, Lewis Forever, Chicago Cultural Center, Cloud Control, Schubas, Dream Cave, TurnOut, Leor Galil, Soundboard, Mister Suit

Music, In Rotation Nov 18, 2013
In Rotation: Matt Clark of White/Light on Nile Rodgers's winterized boats

Plus: Reader writer Leor Galil on East of the Rock, Mark Greenberg of the Mayfair Workshop on Lucius's locked-in harmonies, and more
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: In Rotation, Leor Galil, East of the Rock, rap, Chicago rap, Black Pegasus, Fifth Element, Lorde, sampling, TV Nicks, Universal Records, SPF420, vaporwave, Bandcamp, Matt Clark, White/Light, Nashville, television, TV shows, Reckless Records, Lizzy Calhoun, Twitter, Nile Rogers, @nilerodgers, Instagram, Stairway to Stardom, Wayne Rubin, Frank Masi, jazz, hairdressing, Mark Greenberg, composers, Mayfair Workshop, Basta Records, Raymond Scott, electronic music, Rebecca Dudley, photography, Lucius, Mom + Pop Records, Jess Wolfe, Holly Laessig, pop music

Blogs, Bleader Sep 18, 2013
Reader's Agenda Wed 9/18: Davy Rothbart, Dear Elizabeth, and Shigeto

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Wednesday, September 18
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Davy Rothbart, This American Life, My Heart Is an Idiot, Found Magazine, Found Unfinished Business Tour, Schubas, Robert Lowell, Elizabeth Bishop, Dear Elizabeth, Poetry Foundation, Leor Galil, Shigeto, Bottom Lounge, Shigeto, No Better Time Than Now, Ghostly International, Hammond B-3

Music, In Rotation Jun 21, 2013
In Rotation: Rafa Alvarez, aka Different Sleep, on Miley Cyrus twerking in a frog suit

Plus: Tyler Andere of Portals on moody German techno, the Reader's Leor Galil on Anti-Gravity Bunny, and more
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: In Rotation, Lemuria, emo, punk, Anti-Gravity Bunny, Justin Snow, Parts & Labor, Mamaleek, Wreck & Reference, Ragana, experimental music, blogs, house music, Breach, techno, Smallville Records, Robag Wruhme, Christopher Rau, DJ Koze, Pampa Records, Young Thug, MCs, Becky G., Becky Gomez, Leor Galil, Rafa Alvarez, Different Sleep, Drake, Trippy Turtle, Cashmere Cat, Twitter, Soundcloud, Miley Cyrus, Paris Hilton, Amanda Bynes, Mike Will Made It, J. Robbins

Blogs, Bleader May 16, 2013
Reader's Agenda Thu 5/16: Fall Out Boy, Craft Beer Week, and Surviving as a Freelancer

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Thursday, May 16
- By Hannah Lorenz
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Fall Out Boy, Leor Galil, Save Rock and Roll, Lumineers, Riviera, Chicago Craft Beer Week, Lincoln Square, Bridgeport, David Wolinsky, Surviving as a Freelancer, Open Books, River North

Blogs, Bleader Apr 30, 2013
Reader's Agenda Tue 4/30: The Elephant and the Whale, Founders dinner at Jerry's, and the Acid Rap listening party

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Tuesday, April 30.
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Justin Hayford, Chicago Children's Theatre, The Elephant and the Whale, Ruth Page Center for the Arts, Jerry's Sandwiches, Founders, Jugrnaut, Chance The Rapper, Acid Rap, Leor Galil

Blogs, Bleader Apr 17, 2013
Reader's Agenda Wed 4/17: The TomKat Project, Marnie Stern, and Soup and Bread

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Wednesday, April 17, 2013.
- By Hannah Lorenz
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Playground Theater, The TomKat Project, Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes, Dan Jakes, Marnie Stern, Leor Galil, The Chronicles of Marnia, Empty Bottle, Hideout, Soup and Bread

Music, In Rotation Mar 28, 2013
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In Rotation: Sean Rose of Collector's Edition on Wilco skydiving

Plus: The Reader's Leor Galil on Jermaine Jackson in space, Jeremy D. Larson from Consequence of Sound on all of Reba McEntire's videos, and more
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: In Rotation, Leor Galil, Voyage of the Rock Aliens, Trailer War, Jermaine Jackson, Macaw, Wilson Kemp, Hume, Bob's Burgers, Rhye, Mike Milosh, Bed Wettin' Bad Boys, R.I.P. Society Records, Royal Headache, videos, Reba McEntire, Huey Lewis, Jeremy D. Larson, Consequence of Sound, Collector's Edition, bloggers, Digital Get Down, Sean Rose, Dan Wilson, Syd Straw, Wilco, Logan

Blogs, Bleader Mar 20, 2013
Reader's Agenda Wed 3/20: Dianna Harris, Downtown Seder, and the 1975

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Wednesday, March 20, 2013
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Rose Laws, Florida, Gold Coast Madam, Dianna Harris, Gold Coast Madam: The Secret Life of Rose Laws, Book Cellar, City Winder, Downtown Seder, Passover Haggadah, David Broza, Corky Siegel, Jewmongous, Manchester, the 1975, arena rock, Leor Galil, Soundboard, Subterranean, Republic of Lights, the Break

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