The Accountant 2, starring Ben Affleck and Jon Bernthal, is a mishmash of tropes that leans more on action than character.

Chicago Record Report covers new local music that's caught the Reader's ear—including by Dreamer Isioma, Third Coast ...

Joshua Harmon's Prayer for the French Republic looks at anti-Semitism and the Jewish diaspora through one French family's ...

Chicago rapper and mental health advocate Kaicrewsade builds tracks by connecting musicians and builds safe spaces by ...

Chicago musician and artist Keenyn Perry displays stellar style in Gucci, vintage, and Run-D.M.C. as he shops at Trader Joe’s ...

At night, I dream of a thousand Timothée Chalamets setting fires in the streets to declare that a country under fascism is ...

Bylines labeled “Chicago Reader Staff” are used for features that contain nonwritten, nonreported information like listings, ...

A new exhibit and a mini festival presented by Jane Addams Hull-House Museum connects Hull House Theatre's history with today ...

Bassist and pianist Kristian Dunn is half of prolific postrock duo El Ten Eleven, and drummer Damon Che is best known from ...

Brian Friel's Translations receives a lovely and thoughtful revival at Writers Theatre under Braden Abraham's direction.

Heading into their fourth year, founders and directors Moon Abbott and Alex Tammaru have big plans for their festival built ...

Two days after the Lager Beer Riot, on April 23, 1885, Chicago citizens convened at South Market Hall for a public meeting on “law and order.” Attendees appointed a committee to work with the city to ...