Switch to the mobile version of this page.

- Username
- View Profile
- Edit Profile
- Log Out
- Log in
- Create Account

The Chicago Reader

Articles

Loading...

City Life, Public Service Announcement Nov 13, 2020
Stuck inside ain't that bad

Upcoming events and distractions from our listings coordinator
- By Salem Collo-Julin
- Tags: Public Service Announcement, listings, events, concerts, COVID-19, Stay At Home, livestream, shopping, Heaven Gallery, Elastic Arts, Stylin' Out Network, The Whistler, t-shirts, Chicago Public Library, Theatre in the Dark, Congo Square Theatre, Sonali Dev, book club, reading

Sponsored Content: Faces of 53rd Street (sponsored advertising) Feb 20, 2018
Video Sponsored
Rob McMillan and Kaleb Sullivan of Dearborn Denim & Apparel

Faces of 53rd Street
- Tags: Faces of 53rd Street (sponsored advertising), Dearborn Denim & Apparel, Hyde Park, Garfield Park, Kaleb Sullivan, Rob McMillan, 53rd Street, The Silver Room, Modern Cooperative, stores, shopping, jeans, leather, belts, t-shirts, clothing, Video, Sponsored

Music, Music Feature Oct 28, 2013
Video
Listen closely to Jimmy Whispers

Jimmy Whispers’s cryptic street art and almost childlike love songs have a powerful antiviolence subtext—and his Summer in Pain Festival this weekend benefits CeaseFire.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Feature, Jimmy Whispers, street art, Chic-a-Go-Go, festivals, CeaseFire, Cure VIolence, benefit concerts, Logan Square, Parenthetical Girls, Empty Bottle, Alex Kotlowitz, Steve James, documentaries, zines, gun violence, Patricia Broughton, J.R. Nelson, Gossip Wolf, Advance Base, Plastic Crimewave Syndicate, Cool Memories, J Fernandez, Chandeliers, Yawn, Mines, Ono, Bill Satek, Ratso, scoreboards, iPods, Tastee Freez, corn dogs, t-shirts, Waldheim Cemetery, Forest Park, Video

Blogs, Bleader Oct 5, 2013
Street View 129: Good old band tee at the Empty Bottle

Isa Giallorenzo's Street View 129
- By Isa Giallorenzo
- Tags: Style, Arts, womenswear, fall, the Empty Bottle, checkered pumps, T-shirts, Chicago street style, fashion, punk, rockabilly, Image

Blogs, Bleader Sep 7, 2013
Street View 119: Tough choice

Isa Giallorenzo's Street View 119
- By Isa Giallorenzo
- Tags: Style, Arts, womenswear, summer, leather jackets, T-shirts, Isabel Marant, fashion, Chicago street style, Image

Arts & Culture, Culture Vultures Jul 18, 2013
Culture Vultures: Writer Austin Gilkeson recommends Roxane Gay's Ayiti

Plus: Artist Alexandra Ensign on comics confab Brain Frame and Gonzo Chicago founder John Yingling on T-shirts from Skim Milk
- Tags: Culture Vultures, Austin Gilkeson, books, Roxane Gay, t-shirts, John Yingling, Gonzo Chicago, Skim Milk, Threadless, Designer Drugs, Josh Scholl, Belmont Army, Akira, Kevin Budnik, Brain Frame, Lyra Hill, Alexandra Ensign, comix, performance, Jim Trainor, School of the Art Institute of Chica

Music, In Rotation Jul 1, 2013
In Rotation: Melissa Oglesby of Girls Rock! Chicago on Mikal Cronin's incredibly dirty hair

Plus: The Reader's Philip Montoro on the endearingly unhinged Sete Star Sept, Girl Group Chicago's Kate Walsh on the inspiring Fred and Toody Cole, and more
- By Philip Montoro
- Tags: In Rotation, Mgła, Kate Walsh, Janelle Monae, Erykah Badu, Marisa Anderson, Dead Moon, records, Fred, Toody, Sete Star Sept, Albion House, Bolt Thrower, t-shirts, Bolt Thrower t-shirts, Reggie's, Philip Montoro, Chicago Reader, Melissa Oglesby, Girls Rock! Chciago, Mikal Cronin, U.S. Air Guitar Midwest Semifinals, U.S. Air Guitar, Bjorn Turoque, Nordic Thunder, Hot Lixx Hulahan, Star Tropics, Empty Bottle, Metro

Arts & Culture, Art Review Dec 22, 2011
Jake Nickell, the entrepreneur

'I don't have a business degree. I think a lot of the time innovation comes from amateurs.'
- Tags: Art Review, People Issue 2011, Jake Nickell, Threadless, New Media Underground Festival, T-shirts, business management

Best of Chicago, Arts & Entertainment Jun 24, 2010
Critics' Picks
Best Band T-Shirt

Loose Dudes
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Arts & Entertainment, t-shirts, Loose Dudes, Critics' Picks

Best of Chicago, Civics Jun 24, 2010
Critics' Picks
Best T-shirt Spotted on an Adult Picking Up a Child From Kindergarten

"I May Not Be Mr. Right But I'll Fuck You Till He Shows Up."
- By Kiki Yablon
- Tags: Civics, t-shirts, Critics' Picks

Best of Chicago, Goods & Services Jun 24, 2010
Critics' Picks
Best Place to Swap Black T-shirts With Dudes

Dudes Black T-Shirt Swap
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Goods & Services, t-shirts, Revolution Tattoo, Critics' Picks

Blogs, Bleader Jan 28, 2010
Buy a T-shirt, Help Haiti

A Threadless tee that helps earthquake victims in Haiti.
- By Heather Kenny
- Tags: Style, How to Help Haiti, Haiti, Threadless, T-shirts

Blogs, Bleader Apr 28, 2009
Hip Fit: 1, Recession: 0

Andersonville boutique Hip Fit reopens--with a twist.
- By Heather Kenny
- Tags: T-Shirts, Hip Fit, denim, Andersonville shopping, Level 99, Fluffyco, Loyal Army

Blogs, Bleader Aug 1, 2006
Brand me unique

Underground T-shirt makers subvert consumer culture--by selling products.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music, Post No Bills, T-Shirts

Arts & Culture, Culture Club Aug 14, 2003
The Shirt on His Back

After years of nursing his Uptown Multi-Cultural Art Center through rocky times, Chris Drew is looking for a way to smooth out the road ahead.
- By Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: Culture Club, Chris Drew, Uptown Multi-Cultural Art Center, American Indian Center, t-shirts

News & Politics, Media Jun 25, 1992
Shirt Tale/Campaign Games
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Media, Hot Type, Mike Bradley, Mike Tyson, t-shirts, Chris Drew, Uptown Multi-Cultural Art Center, American Indian Center, Bill Clinton, Jesse Jackson, David Brinkley, Cokie Roberts, Sam Donaldson, George Will

Issue Cover

Browse by Issue

Other Searches