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- City Life, Feature Oct 17, 2019
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Ode to the Green Line
A vital—and vexing—vehicle that connects Chicago’s Black communities on the south and west sides
- News & Politics, Feature Oct 3, 2019
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‘Enough is enough’
Many in Chicago's Hong Kong community share common concerns for the safety of loved ones back home.
- Arts & Culture, Feature Sep 26, 2019
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A pageant to foster Asian American female leaders
Photos from the Miss Chinese Chicago Pageant 2019
- Arts & Culture, Feature Sep 13, 2019
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The dog days of summer
Photos from Dog Day at Guaranteed Rate Field
- Arts & Culture, Feature Aug 28, 2019
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Changing spaces
- City Life, Pets Issue Aug 7, 2019
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The portrait of a lady (and her cat)
The Cat Women Project is meant to playfully subvert the sexist stereotype of the “cat lady.”
- News & Politics, Feature Jul 24, 2019
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‘This is my home’
Woodlawn residents share their vision for a neighborhood in transition
- Arts & Culture, Feature Jul 19, 2019
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‘I love everything about dancing’
Since losing both legs at the age of 19, Kris Lenzo has dedicated his life to athleticism, performing, and advocating on behalf of people with disabilities.
- City Life, Staycation Jul 11, 2019
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Chicago Water Taxi
A view from the river
- News & Politics, Feature Jul 3, 2019
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Dyke March
What does Dyke March mean to you?
- Arts & Culture, Feature Jun 27, 2019
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Queer parenting
The beauty of the sometimes less-visible modern family
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 25, 2018
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South-side poet Kwynology wants you to fall back in love with Chicago at her open mike
In the Yard will let south- and west-siders share their work in their own community.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 8, 2018
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Anne Ford, the Reader’s Studs Terkel, reveals her secrets: ‘It’s all being curious’
The author of 190 as-told-to profiles of Chicagoans on the column's genesis, challenges, and satisfactions
- News & Politics, Chicagoans May 16, 2018
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Changing abusive behavior gives domestic violence counselor hope
Luana Lienhart says 30 percent of her clients don't realize they're in abusive relationships.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 16, 2018
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Donald Trump impersonator: Just don't punch me, please
Dennis Alan has done ads in South Korea, Hong Kong, and Cairo, but has to avoid rallies and private parties for security reasons.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 12, 2018
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Daniel Weinberg loves Abraham Lincoln (and especially Abraham ‘Linclon’) more than you do
A profile of the owner of the Abraham Lincoln Book Shop reveals the depths of his obsession with our 16th president.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 6, 2018
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Three Spider-Man outfits, mechanical feathered wings, and other great photos from C2E2
Some of the best costumes and props that fans and cosplayers prepared for this weekend's comic, games, movies, and everything expo, C2E2.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 2, 2018
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Meet Chicago's contest queen: She enters up to 100 sweepstakes a day—and once won $100K
"It's a bit like exercise: I enjoy it, but sometimes I'd rather skip it, but I do it anyway," Cynthia Kendall says.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 23, 2018
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Hundreds of Chicago students to protest gun violence outside Stroger Hospital this weekend
GoodKidsMadCity, a group of student activists, is organizing the "sit-/die-in."
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 20, 2018
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‘The minute you're bored, you're not doing your job,’ says Shahna Richman, FBI agent turned bodyguard and security expert
"In Chicago, I am familiar with almost every large-scale venue. I'm looking at entry points, exit points, vulnerabilities."
- News & Politics, Chicagoans Mar 9, 2018
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‘Eye of the Tiger,’ Berwyn musician’s biggest hit, started with ‘Bam! Bam bam bam!’
Songwriter Jim Peterik's work, which also includes "Vehicle," first hit the Billboard Hot 100 when he and his bandmates were still in high school.
- News & Politics, Chicagoans Feb 20, 2018
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For Chelsea Rectanus, 30, owning a used bookstore is ‘as great as the romance would lead you to believe’
"It's not all roses and garlands and angels singing from the rooftops or anything like that, but it's good as it's cracked up to be."
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 27, 2016
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A southwest-side library has become a neighborhood lifeline
Some West Englewood Branch Library patrons come “looking for just someplace to forget about what’s happening in their lives,” teen-services rep Adewole Abioye says.
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 16, 2016
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‘The clit is just a big eyebrow to me,’ and more memorable quotes from the Reader’s Chicagoans column
Oral historian Anne Ford celebrates the 150th Chicagoans column.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 25, 2016
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Limited-edition Chicago-made hot sauce Wrath of Hahn inspires burning desire
"The demand got so crazy that I realized I had to charge money," Theodore Hahn says of his homemade hot sauce.