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City Life
,
Feature
Feb 12, 2021
Coupled up in quarantine
Despite the ongoing pandemic, partners are finding—and maintaining—love.
By Emma Oxnevad
Tags:
Feature
,
COVID-19
,
pandemic
,
quarantine
,
couples
,
relationships
,
love
,
Valentine's Day
,
Jason Zenz
,
Andrea Martin
,
Rachael Caise
,
Christian Bolivar
,
Bryce Rogers
,
Charlie Kolodziej
,
Avery Ferin
,
Seth Lemke
City Life
,
Public Service Announcement
Feb 5, 2021
Take your lovin' to Zoom
Upcoming events and recommendations from our listings coordinator
By Salem Collo-Julin
Tags:
Public Service Announcement
,
listings
,
events
,
Valentine
,
Silverstein
,
Latin Street Dance
,
Amy Winehouse
,
Andersonville
,
love
City Life
,
Public Service Announcement
Aug 7, 2020
Is your lovin’ worth two transfers?
What our listings coordinator is musing about this week
By Salem Collo-Julin
Tags:
Public Service Announcement
,
long distance
,
relationships
,
love
,
neighborhoods
,
CTA
,
bus
,
livestream
,
Dee Alexander
,
Twitter
,
Rebuild Foundation
,
Chicago Architectural Center
,
Empty Bottle
,
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith
,
iO
,
el
,
CTA
,
COVID-19
Arts & Culture
,
Feature
Jun 25, 2020
Finding love on Instagram Live
Media broadcasting network COVIDtv takes on dating.
By S. Nicole Lane
Tags:
Feature
,
COVIDtv
,
COVIDtv CONNEX
,
matchmaking
,
love
,
romance
,
Tinder
,
Instagram
,
Julia Arredondo
,
the Honeycomb Network
,
Edra Soto
,
Dan Sullivan
,
Rebecca Soto
,
David Alvarado
,
Maaike van Heijningen
,
Lindsay van Clief
Music
,
Concert Preview
Jun 20, 2019
Recommended
Video
Flipper hit the road with David Yow: the original unhinged noise-rock band, fronted by the king of unhinged noise rock
By Luca Cimarusti
Tags:
Concert Preview
,
Flipper
,
Love
,
David Yow
,
Album: Generic Flipper
,
Gone Fishin'
,
Will Shatter
,
Bruce Loose
,
Recommended
,
Video
Arts & Culture
,
Lit Feature
Dec 17, 2018
Lit recs to dismantle violence, both the personal and systemic
The current book obsessions of
Reader
staff writer Maya Dukmasova and activist Mariame Kaba.
By Maya Dukmasova
Tags:
Lit Feature
,
Book Swap
,
Mariame Kaba
,
Alison Bechdel
,
Fun Home
,
Are You My Mother?
,
All About Love: New Visions
,
All About Love
,
Bell Hooks
,
Lorraine Hansberry
,
Looking for Lorraine: The Radiant and Radical Life of Lorraine Hansberry
,
Ann Russo
,
Feminist Accountability: Disrupting Violence and Transforming Power
,
Feminist Accountability
,
accountability
,
#MeToo
,
Me Too
,
#MeToo movement
,
gender violence
,
prison industrial complex
,
PIC
,
abolition
,
prison abolition
,
feminism
,
therapy
,
love
,
self-love
,
relationships
,
motherhood
,
daughterhood
,
violence
Blogs
,
Bleader
Jun 1, 2018
Less world-class art, more flowers and kitschy plastic animals highlight transformed Indy museum
The art world was dismayed last year when the Indianapolis Museum of Art became Newfields.
By Deanna Isaacs
Tags:
Arts
,
Visual Art
,
Newfields
,
Indianapolis Museum of Art
,
Charles Venable
,
Oldfields
,
Lilly House
,
Cracking Art
,
Robert Indiana
,
Love
,
Virginia B. Fairbanks Art and Nature Park: 100 Acres
,
Road Trips 2018
Blogs
,
Bleader
Mar 15, 2017
Binge-watching
The Bachelor
and Netflix’s
Love
makes me happy to be single
Why is everyone on TV so desperate to couple up?
By Brianna Wellen
Tags:
Arts
,
Small Screen
,
Television
,
Love
,
The Bachelor
,
Netflix
,
ABC
,
Vanessa Grimaldi
,
Nick Viall
,
Gillian Jacobs
,
Paul Rust
Blogs
,
Bleader
Oct 10, 2016
Lit & Luz Festival, Taste of Uptown, and more things to do in Chicago this week
Author Lloyd Sachs, the exhibit "Graphic Relief," and more happenings from October 10-13
By Brianna Wellen
Tags:
Arts
,
Do This
,
Young Chicago Authors
,
BeerRaiser
,
Lagunitas Tap Room
,
Lloyd Sachs
,
Hideout
,
CHIRP Radio
,
The First Time
,
Martyrs'
,
Lit & Luz Festival
,
Taste of Uptown
,
Uptown Arcade
,
TeenAlien
,
Comfort Station
,
Love
,
Horror
,
and Everything In Between
,
Indie City Writers
,
57th Street Books
,
Graphic Relief
,
Awakenings Foundation Gallery
Best of Chicago
,
City Life
Jun 25, 2014
Critics' Picks
Best Love Story
Vernita Gray and Pat Ewert
By Jake Malooley
Tags:
City Life
,
Best of Chicago 2014
,
love
,
marriage
,
Vernita Gray
,
Pat Ewert
,
same-sex marriage
,
Lambda Legal
,
Thomas Durkin
,
Cook County
,
Critics' Picks
Arts & Culture
,
Feature
Feb 12, 2014
For Valentine's Day we're celebrating the power of love
Four of Chicago's most outstanding couples, as chosen by our readers
By Gwynedd Stuart and Kevin Warwick
Tags:
Feature
,
power couples
,
couples
,
Valentine's Day
,
parties
,
Anti-Valentine's Day Party
,
love
,
missed connections
,
I Saw You
Blogs
,
Bleader
Jan 13, 2014
Video
Do you know an awesome couple who doesn't make you want to puke?
Calling all cool couples . . .
By Gwynedd Stuart
Tags:
Do This
,
Arts
,
valentine's day
,
v-day
,
love
,
reader submissions
,
couples
,
the obamas
,
rahm emanuel
,
chicago
,
i saw you
,
relationships
,
couples
,
Video
Arts & Culture
,
Valentine's Day
Feb 7, 2013
A sampling of our favorite #leastromantic tweets
@Chicago_Reader
asked for ’em, and you dug deep.
Tags:
Chicago Reader's Guide to Valentine's Day
,
Twitter
,
hashtags
,
#leastromantic
,
bowling
,
honeymoon
,
@s1220
,
@misterjaem
,
Valentine's Day
,
Silence of the Lambs
,
McDonald's
,
@certainlydavid
,
@dorykins
,
BP
,
anniversaries
,
@OMGSammiches
,
birthdays
,
Jello Biafra
,
sex
,
@syndactylism
,
@KatieDeBruhl
,
@AntheaFisher
,
@annradtweets
,
@PAIGEMeee
,
@HillaryKenyon
,
@MeganRitt
,
love
,
geocaching
,
Ohio
,
zoo
,
regifting
,
chocolates
Blogs
,
Bleader
Apr 30, 2012
How fast would
you
drive to get it on?
A Naperville man was stopped for driving 111 mph in a 45; he told police he was hurrying toward a date
By Sam Worley
Tags:
Crime
,
News
,
love
,
TribLocal
,
Zachary Ramirez
Blogs
,
Bleader
Apr 17, 2012
Steal your love
A Walgreens assignation
By Sam Worley
Tags:
I Saw You
,
Dim the Lights
,
Walgreens
,
I Saw You
,
You Are Here
,
love
Blogs
,
Bleader
Feb 15, 2012
Now playing:
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked
A personal essay about chaperoning a field trip to 2007's
Alvin and the Chipmunks
By Ben Sachs
Tags:
Film
,
Alvin and the Chipmunks
,
developmental disabilities
,
diabetes
,
love
Blogs
,
Bleader
Feb 14, 2012
Seconds
Was Ambrose Bierce right about love?
By Michael Miner
Tags:
Regrets Week
,
Lit & Lectures
,
Books
,
Variations on a Theme
,
Love
,
Ambrose Bierce
,
Second time around
,
The Devil's Dictionary
,
Oscar Wilde
,
Lady Windemere's Fan
,
cynicism
,
The Wasp
,
A Cynic Looks at Life
News & Politics
,
Feature
Feb 9, 2012
Dear Elsa
A letter to first loves, cigarettes, and Chicago
By Rose Tully
Tags:
Feature
,
Valentine's Day
,
cigarettes
,
coffee
,
bourbon
,
love
,
first love
,
radical queer
,
Longman & Eagle
Blogs
,
Bleader
Jan 31, 2012
Note to self: Don't die alone
Inspiration to help you dream up your ideal companion
By
Reader
staff
Tags:
Broken
,
Found
,
Valentine's Day
,
love
,
anti-
,
tweet
,
high school
,
hate
Blogs
,
Bleader
Aug 30, 2011
Gary Bloze, owner, Illinois Pet Cemetery
This week's Chicagoan:
Gary Bloze
, owner, Illinois Pet Cemetery
By Anne Ford
Tags:
You Are Here
,
Chicagoans
,
pet cemetaries
,
funerals
,
love
Columns & Opinion
,
Savage Love
Aug 11, 2011
Big Reveal
How Do I Tell My Girlfriend About My Pantyhose Fetish? Also: Do chicks dig bisexual guys?
By Dan Savage
Tags:
Savage Love
,
kinks
,
fetishes
,
pantyhose
,
cocksucking
,
foot fetish
,
sex
,
relationships
,
rejection
,
bisexuality
,
love
,
homoerotic fantasies
Reader
,
Matches blog
Dec 3, 2010
If I'd Known What You Were Up To, I Would've Shot You Down
I know you are but what am I? Stupid love! Love's stupid.
By Heartbroker
Tags:
Mismatched: Bad Dates, Great Stories
,
Love
,
Stupid
,
Childish
,
Games
,
Facebook
,
Hookah
,
New York
,
Chicago
,
Lawrence
,
Bollywood
,
Peter Pan
,
Beer
,
manipulation
,
cerebral cortex
,
eclipse
,
love
,
language
Reader
,
Matches blog
May 6, 2010
Before You Brainwash My Mind
Creatures preying on the human race and they walk among us.
By Heartbroker
Tags:
Mismatched: Bad Dates, Great Stories
,
leeches
,
planet
,
vampires
,
annelids
,
creature
,
being
,
non-earthling
,
inhabitants
,
downer
,
Joey Greco
,
Maury Povich
,
Lifetime Television
,
conversion
,
douche bag
,
Chicago
,
basket case
,
Jakal and Hyde
,
transformed
,
el train
,
living dead
,
domicile
,
downer
,
general populous
,
species
,
unhappiness
,
married
,
Armani
,
envy
,
jealousy
,
Yale
,
femme
,
erection
,
love
,
New York
,
Vogue
,
Alaia
,
Prada
,
New York Times
,
erection
,
couples counseling
Blogs
,
Bleader
Dec 1, 2009
Midweek Shopping Events
Local and fair-trade holiday shopping opportunities Tuesday and Wednesday.
By Heather Kenny
Tags:
Style
,
RE Gift
,
Coco Irene
,
Love
,
Lulu Mae
,
Holiday Shopping Jubilee
,
Chic Gems
,
Shop in Chicago
,
Sophia Forero
,
Eclectica
,
Ms. Catwalk
,
Greenheart
,
World Shopee
,
Chicago shopping
,
holiday shopping
Blogs
,
Bleader
Aug 10, 2009
Lollapalooza: P.L.U.R. on the Side Stage
By Miles Raymer
Tags:
Crickets
,
Music
,
Lollapalooza
,
Diplo
,
dance music
,
hippies
,
rave
,
Animal Collective
,
AnCo
,
Ben Harper
,
fight
,
brawl
,
P.L.U.R.
,
peace
,
love
,
unity
,
respect
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