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The <i>Reader</i> has 56 places to start your shopping this Bandcamp day

The Reader has 56 places to start your shopping this Bandcamp day

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Is your lovin’ worth two transfers?

What our listings coordinator is musing about this week

By Salem Collo-Julin
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How to safely enjoy summer

A comic about distancing, sanitizing, and adulting in baby pools

By Eugenia Viti
Film

Chicago Film Archives discovers The First Degree

The regional archive brings Edward Sedgwick’s 1923 silent film back to life.

By Kathleen Sachs

Chicago rapper-singer Osa North brings Nigerian pop back home on 5 Boys 3 Cars

By Leor Galil | 05.00 PM
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Chicago rapper HateSonny adds depth to his battering-ram flow on Golden Child

By Leor Galil | 12.57 PM
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The Chicago police union is trying to put its members on the state’s torture inquiry commission

By Adeshina Emmanuel and Olivia Louthen | 08.06.20

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