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Queer to the Left came to raise hell

Queer to the Left came to raise hell

The group rejected the mainstream gay rights movement and kept alive the spirit of radical LGBTQ+ activism.

By Annie Howard

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Food & Drink

Drown your regrets in Nick Kokonas's Something & Tonic

The longtime bartender is hosting a release party for his historical cocktail book devoted to the "“most iconic mixer in the world."

By Mike Sula
City Life

Out there, around here

Upcoming events and recommendations for the next seven days

By Salem Collo-Julin
Film

Recommended
It’s officially summer with In the Heights

After a delayed release, the vibrant film adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical couldn’t be more welcome.

By Taryn Allen

Listen to The Ben Joravsky Show

By Ben Joravsky | 06.11.21
August Fanon and Defcee go back to hip-hop’s graffiti roots on their new EP

By Jack Riedy | 06.11.21
Creating space for trans and nonbinary POC

By as told to Jamie Ludwig | 06.10.21
Corey Hawkins comes full circle with In the Heights

By Taryn Allen | 06.10.21
Classifieds

06.10.21

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Music

Lost in the Strum Groove

By Peter Margasak | 05.12.94
Blogs

What a cancer survivor learned from Chicago's first medical marijuana dispensary

Andersonville's Dispensary 33 hires patients to help others navigate the new rules.

By Brianna Wellen | 11.17.15

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Agenda Teaser

06.12.21

Monet and Chicago

Galleries & Museums

Monet and Chicago Art Institute of Chicago

February 11

Thomas Comerford, Bethany Thomas

Music

Thomas Comerford, Bethany Thomas the Outta Space

June 12

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Music Feature

Video
Thirty years ago, a Black queer zine captured the scene that birthed house

Robert Ford and Trent Adkins shaped the bold, subversive, gossipy, funny, deeply engaged voice of Thing, felled by the AIDS pandemic in 1993.

By Leor Galil | 06.09.21
Movie Feature

Corey Hawkins comes full circle with In the Heights

The actor’s role in the onscreen adaptation hearkens back to his introduction to musical theater and time spent in New York City.

By Taryn Allen | 06.10.21
Food & Drink Feature

Drown your regrets in Nick Kokonas's Something & Tonic

The longtime bartender is hosting a release party for his historical cocktail book devoted to the "“most iconic mixer in the world."

By Mike Sula | 06.11.21
Food & Drink Feature

Gemma Foods is Chicago’s next pasta juggernaut

Former Formento’s chef Tony Quartaro’s fresh handmade and extruded shapes aren’t just for his neighbors anymore.

By Mike Sula | 06.10.21
Opinion

What happened to the Squad?

The collapse of the progressive cohort shows change won’t come from within the Democratic Party.

By Leonard C. Goodman | 06.08.21