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Otherworld Theatre faces social media onslaught

Otherworld Theatre faces social media onslaught

Allegations of mismanagement and harassment rock the fantasy/sci-fi theater.

By Kerry Reid

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Music

Singing with Grace on the gig poster of the week

This week's featured gig poster was created by Chicago artist and musician Erin Page.

By Salem Collo-Julin
Music

Nick Acosta, publisher of New Morality Zine

"I started my zine when I moved to Chicago. . . . I thought, 'What is something I can do by myself yet still contribute?'"

By Leor Galil
City Life

Mutual aid networks help keep us warm

Upcoming events and distractions from our listings coordinator

By Salem Collo-Julin

Jucifer explore resilience through transforming Arabic and Central Asian sounds on نظم

By Monica Kendrick | 11.27.20
Nothing channel 90s shoegaze with winning results on The Great Dismal

By Luca Cimarusti | 11.27.20
Photosynthesis and other life lessons

By Jackson C. Santy | 11.27.20
Classifieds

11.26.20
Matches

11.26.20
Electronic innovators Cabaret Voltaire make a mind-bending return on Shadow of Fear

By Steve Krakow | 11.26.20

In the latest issue

A racial reckoning for Boystown
By Adam M. Rhodes

Best of Chicago 2020: Nominate now!

Tucked inside 2,700 copies of the paper is the premiere issue of the Chicago FoodCultura Clarion, the culmination of a collaboration between artist Antoni Miralda and University of Chicago anthropologist Stephan Palmié. Download the Chicago FoodCultura Clarion (PDF) here.

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11.28.20

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A eulogy for Danny’s Tavern 2

For decades, this cozy candlelit bar in Bucktown nurtured a devoted and welcoming community of music lovers—but it couldn’t survive the pandemic.

By Jacob Arnold | 11.25.20
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‘We're not asking for any more than what we are already deserved’

Boystown, the enclave billed as a place where LGBTQ+ people of all stripes are safe to be themselves, faces a racial reckoning decades in the making.

By Adam M. Rhodes | 11.25.20
Performing Arts Feature

Otherworld Theatre faces social media onslaught

Allegations of mismanagement and harassment rock the fantasy/sci-fi theater.

By Kerry Reid | 11.25.20
Best of Chicago Ballot

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11.11.20
Chicagoans of Note

Nick Acosta, publisher of New Morality Zine

"I started my zine when I moved to Chicago. . . . I thought, 'What is something I can do by myself yet still contribute?'"

By Leor Galil | 11.27.20