- Performing Arts, Theater Review, Jan 16, 2013
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Cupcakes bring a man back to life in American Wee-Pie
Rivendell Theatre Ensemble premieres a new play by Chicago's Lisa Dillman.
- Performing Arts, Culture Vultures, Jan 15, 2013
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This week's Culture Vultures recommend:
Mister Tom Musick, Dollhouse Reading Series, and the Claudettes
- Performing Arts, Performing Arts Review, Jan 15, 2013
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The Dance COLEctive under pressure
In "Free/Bound," Margi Cole and company deal with difficulties formal, emotional, and environmental.
- Performing Arts, Comedy Critic's Choice, Jan 11, 2013
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Kurt Braunohler, crash-test romantic
The comic excels at kamikaze relationship advice
- Performing Arts, Performing Arts Sidebar, Jan 9, 2013
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The Homeland in His Head
RE|Dance cofounder Michael Estanich goes back to his Appalachian roots
- Performing Arts, Theater Review, Jan 8, 2013
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Everymotherfucker: The Motherfucker With the Hat is about all of us
Stephen Adly Guirgis’s play explores human motherfuckingness
- Performing Arts, Theater Review, Jan 8, 2013
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Rhinoceros? Imposserous—but true. Rhinofest is back
Curious Theatre Branch mounts the 24th annual Rhinofest
- Lit & Lectures, Book Review, Jan 8, 2013
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They took the blue pill
Addiction resembles immortality—or is it the other way around?—in Kathryn Born’s dystopian new novel, The Blue Kind.
- Lit & Lectures, Fiction, Jan 2, 2013
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Fiction Issue 2013
Four reader-submitted stories selected by guest curator Zach Dodson, of Featherproof Books
- Lit & Lectures, Fiction, Jan 2, 2013
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Fiction Issue 2013: “Isn’t that right, Pete?”
"He slipped or his perch gave way, and down he went. The father climbed down after him, but there was nothing that he or the Coast Guard could do."
- Lit & Lectures, Fiction, Jan 2, 2013
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Fiction Issue 2013: “LOS”
“When I look out the capsule window all I see is the moon. . . . If I landed where I was supposed to I would be able to see home.”
- Lit & Lectures, Fiction, Jan 2, 2013
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Fiction Issue 2013: "State Hospital"
"I’ve been making up answers to people's questions about my future. I’ve been showing my breasts to strangers on the Internet."
- Lit & Lectures, Fiction, Jan 2, 2013
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Fiction Issue 2013: "Conjuring Danny Squires"
"Sometimes, in the twisted wreckage of the car, I could just make out a clump of Danny’s blond hair. I could smell the gasoline."
- Performing Arts, Comedy Critic's Choice, Dec 28, 2012
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Biggest. Sketchfest. Ever.
The twelfth Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival offers 130 acts
- Performing Arts, Performing Arts Sidebar, Dec 27, 2012
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The Fillet of Solo festival is back
The storytelling fest hits sweet 16, running three weeks
- Galleries & Museums, Art Feature, Dec 26, 2012
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Photo Issue 2012
A collection of reader-submitted images honoring Chicago's quiet-but-worthy moments
- Performing Arts, Performing Arts Feature, Dec 26, 2012
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Eight faves, six stars, and a horror: 2012 in theater
The best productions, beloved artists, and a show more than one Reader writer hated
- Performing Arts, Performing Arts Review, Dec 26, 2012
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Converted to The Book of Mormon
The musical by South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone is as good as they say
- Arts & Culture, Chicago Reader's Guide to New Year's Eve, Dec 21, 2012
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New Year's Eve Guide 2012
Our picks for the best places to be when the ball drops
- Performing Arts, Performing Arts Feature, Dec 20, 2012
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People Issue 2012:
Jackie Taylor, the dramatist"I put my life into this and I don't want it to go when my life goes."
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