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Plus: the CPD’s mass traffic stop scheme and a free brake light repair event

The trio Black Rave Culture are all long-established figures in Washington, D.C.'s underground scene, and their tastes in techno, club, and house music complement one another.

Editor’s note for the Chicago Reader’s July 17, 2025 issue.

The honey-toned tenor has been honing his talents his whole life, and he’s ready for a long career ahead.

Michael Miner, a former Reader editor and columnist, was truly a journeyman of Chicago journalism and has the distinction of having some influence on every version of the Reader thus far.

This outdoor concert is part of a series presented by the University of Chicago’s Arts + Public Life organization as part of a summer tribute to big bands.

Texas singer-songwriter Edith Frost makes soulful fusions of country rock and folk in step with moody indie-country architects such as Susanna Clark and Townes Van Zandt.

Editor’s note for our Summer Theater and Arts Issue.

The Chicago Blues Festival brings out the best in the local scene all weekend—and here are a few dozen shows to prove it.

Universities are prime sites of dissent, critique, and critical thinking. And this is exactly what the Trump administration doesn’t want.

Singer, composer, and multi-instrumentalist Rhiannon Giddens brings her Old-Time Revue to Chicago's Thalia Hall.

Solidarity to those of you who had to file someone else’s taxes this year.

Bobby and Bobbie Vylan aren’t siblings, but as the duo Bob Vylan, these London artists hammer together punk, hip-hop, and drum ’n’ bass to make music that could soundtrack a radical brotherhood.

A "chronic-cle" of weed, THC, CBD, and more high things to do this month while celebrating "the kind" in Chicagoland.

Our Best of Chicago party this year was small but mighty.

Things to do in Chicagoland including an adults only set from a legendary drag queen, museum exhibitions, pop-ups, heavy metal yoga, and more

Events, activities, and things to see in Chicago including an evening of Stan Brakhage's short films, shopping, and more.

Flesh of Fruit uses woodwinds and graphite to conjure Afrofuturistic visions that aspire to a better world.

Zurich thrash-metal trio Coroner emerged in the early 1980s out of a Swiss scene that included pioneering extreme-metal outfit Celtic Frost.

The readers voted, and the results for Best of Chicago 2024 are here! Read who won best in arts, culture, city life, food, and more.