During their failed efforts to prosecute Marimar Martinez and Anthony Ruiz, federal authorities accessed a network of Chicagoland license plate readers and surveillance cameras.

Digable became hip-hop darlings early on. Butler launched the group in 1987 and solidified its classic lineup two years later ...

Nearly 70 properties are in receivership after Jiazhao ‘Frank’ Chen defaulted on at least $119 million in real estate loans. A proposed landlord registry could help the city track irresponsible ...

Wishy’s brand-new second album, Nature’s Pill (Winspear), is a dozen tracks of purely pleasurable pop rock. The Indiana five-piece is fronted by guitarists and vocalists Kevin Krauter and Nina ...

This fall, Chicago’s architecture takes center stage as Open House Chicago® returns October 17–18, 2026. Open House Chicago® (OHC) is a free, citywide architecture festival that opens the doors to ...

Sheriff Tom Dart is quietly lobbying the Cook County Board of Commissioners to expand surveillance both inside the Cook County jail and on the streets. Within the jail’s walls, he’s eyeing a system ...

Jen Silverman's update of a Jacobean tragedy cleverly combines contemporary locutions with sharp observations on gender and ...

Mae Koen, Diane Madison, Theresa Davis, Nanette Frank, and Joan Collaso Credit: Alan Mercer (Theresa Davis) and Akilah Townsend for Chicago Reader (all others) The 2013 film 20 Feet From Stardom tells ...

Comparing the early and upcoming renditions of the Chicago Underground Film Festival with artistic director, programmer, and cofounder Bryan Wendorf ...

As a genre, laptop twee is unusually difficult to describe—it’s a strange burgoo of performatively fragile 2000s indie-pop refracted through a couple decades of hyperactive dance music. Among the ...

Seismic Waves recorded only demos, and just a few songs ever got released. But these rowdy pranksters' anything-goes spirit ...