Saturday, September 17, 2022
If you're a fan of music and Reader staff writer Kelly Garcia's Riot Fest coverage, this event is for you! From 2-8 PM, the all-ages People's Music Fest, which calls […]
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SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 12:41PM[SHARE]Friday, September 16, 2022
Seattle-born choreographer Mariah D. Eastman has called Chicago home for the past few years, and describes her philosophy as a desire to "play with creating unusual sequences of movement wit…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 01:06AM[SHARE]Thursday, September 15, 2022
It's day one of the Chicago House Music Festival and Conference, which runs through Sunday 9/18. Today's the symposium portion of this free four-day event. At the Logan Center for […]
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SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 04:01PM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 13, 2022
Today and tomorrow are two of a slate of Free Admission Days offered by the Field Museum (1400 S. DuSable Lake Shore Dr.) through November. Illinois residents with proof of […]
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SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 01:09AM[SHARE]Friday, September 9, 2022
From 9 AM-1 PM, Catatumbo, a worker-owned cooperative farm in Englewood, is inviting volunteers to grow (pun intended) their land knowledge by helping the farm build out their space. During …
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 09:00PM[SHARE]Thursday, September 8, 2022
Hey electronic artists, wanna level up your Ableton game? Join Penthouse Audio Group at Hush (311 W. Chicago), where you can get track feedback from professionals. Ableton-certified program …
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 12:38AM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 6, 2022
Today the exhibition "Palette and Palate" opens at Madron Gallery (1000 W. North). It's a retrospective celebrating Chicago's Riccardo's Restaurant and Gallery that anticipates a PBS documen…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 01:25PM[SHARE]Sunday, September 4, 2022
The International Cat Association (TICA) presents Chicago: Feline Infurno, the 41st annual cat show hosted by TICA and a chance to view at least 400 registered cats ready for judging […]
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SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 02:42AM[SHARE]Friday, September 2, 2022
Chicago simply cannot have enough record shops. It just can't. Every one that opens is a treasure"including the latest vinyl vault, Signal Records (3156 W. Diversey). From now on, they'll […
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 11:36PM[SHARE]At the corners of Cullerton and Carpenter sits La Esquina, a community center that opened this spring to provide free art classes and provide safer space for neighborhood youth to […]
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SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 02:38PM[SHARE]Thursday, September 1, 2022
Thursday night punk music at One City Tap (3115 S. Archer)? Must be Otro Ritmo! Rejoice in the frenzied guitars of Poison Boys, Liquids (a favorite of Reader senior writer […]
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SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 12:23PM[SHARE]Monday, August 29, 2022
Manny's Cafeteria and Delicatessen (1141 S. Jefferson) is celebrating a staggering 80 years in business today, with special offerings and a cake cutting ceremony at lunchtime. The food is st…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 10:08PM[SHARE]Friday, August 26, 2022
Rogers Park hosts Chalk Howard Street today, the annual chalk art festival where the neighborhood is the canvas. Renowned 2D and 3D chalk artists will share the streets with kids, […]
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SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 07:37PM[SHARE]Have you hit a summer festival in Chinatown yet? Starting today through Sunday, Hip Hop in Chinatown is happening at Chinatown Square (2133 S. China Pl.), a three-day festival celebrating […
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 01:07PM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 23, 2022
From 5-7 PM, the Chicago Park District has organized a listening session seeking community dialogue about visions for Douglass Park. The park district's Douglass Park Community Engagement Fo…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 04:34PM[SHARE]Monday, August 22, 2022
Hopefully you've been following our recent comics journalism pieces on art and artists created by Reader contributor and former Chicagoan Coco Picard (her latest, an interview with artist an…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 01:05AM[SHARE]Sunday, August 21, 2022
Does your work from home soundtrack need a refresh? Patrixia, our latest Chicagoan of Note, is a DJ who dominates the digital club space. She's so good at getting the […]
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SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 09:09PM[SHARE]Saturday, August 20, 2022
Chicago Vinyl Connection celebrates one year of bringing independent record sellers, vintage vendors, and music lovers together with today's latest edition of their nomadic gatherings of goo…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 03:36PM[SHARE]Friday, August 19, 2022
Wanna learn more about community groups organizing around issues like tenants rights and the cop academy? The Humboldt Park Housing Project (HPHP), a group fighting for affordable housing fo…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 08:17PM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 17, 2022
The city's SummerDance series is well under way, and today's fusion of live music, dance instruction, and outdoor activities takes place in Englewood's Ogden Park (6500 S. Racine). The fun […
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 05:34PM[SHARE]Monday, August 15, 2022
Tuesdays are a good day (and night) to visit the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, as there are extended hours for both the museum and the store (10 AM-9 PM) and museum admission is free o…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 05:56PM[SHARE]Saturday, August 13, 2022
FroSkate, a BIPOC-led skate collective that centers female, trans, queer, and gender nonconforming skaters, is celebrating the release of the FroSkate x Nike SB Dunk. The skate shoe drops th…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 03:23PM[SHARE]Get some fresh air today by joining a free garden tour at the Lincoln Park Zoo (2001 N. Clark). Every second Saturday, a staff horticulturist leads groups through the zoo's […]
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SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 02:51AM[SHARE]Friday, August 12, 2022
Summer is coming to a close, and Yollocalli Arts Reach, the free youth arts education program offered through the National Museum of Mexican Art, is looking back at another hot one in the ci…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 01:28AM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 10, 2022
Through September 11, the University of Chicago's Arts + Public Life initiative is celebrating 10 years of their artists-in-residence program (dubbed AIR) with the exhibition "All That Light…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 08:06PM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 9, 2022
At noon, KAN-WIN, a local nonprofit focused on eradicating gender-based violence, especially for women and children across Asian American communities, is holding a rally outside of the Wrigl…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 02:02PM[SHARE]Monday, August 8, 2022
After School Matters, the nonprofit that provides after-school and summer programs for Chicago teens (while offering them stipends), presents Spotlight on Peace, a performance featuring spok…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 07:10PM[SHARE]Saturday, August 6, 2022
Got room for a little more love in your life? Check out Famous Fido Rescue's adoption open house today. Famous Fido (3124 W. Irving Park), a no-kill shelter, finds homes for animals surrende…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 07:45PM[SHARE]Friday, August 5, 2022
Sound healing is both an art and a science, and that's why many boundary-pushing electronic musicians have worked in the (maligned! misunderstood! incredible!) territory of "new age" music. …
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 06:20PM[SHARE]Arrive at the field house in McKinley Park (2210 W. Pershing) by 7 PM to be led to Orchidelirium, a live performance about the history and symbolism of orchids by Mitsu Salmon. The action wi…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 03:57PM[SHARE]Monday, August 1, 2022
Chicago Community Jail Support, the volunteer mutual aid network that supports people recently released from Cook County Jail, hosts two teach-ins and volunteer training sessions on Zoom thi…
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