Switch to the mobile version of this page.

- Username
- View Profile
- Edit Profile
- Log Out
- Log in
- Create Account

The Chicago Reader

Feature Slideshow (Home)

Reasonable doubt

Reasonable doubt

James Allen is serving three life sentences for murder. No one ever said he killed anyone.

By Maya Dukmasova

Top Stories (Home)

Arts & Culture

TimeLine marches on

TimeLine Theatre unveils plans for their new Uptown home, while their longtime managing director transitions to a new role.

By Kerry Reid
City Life

The story of Stick Castle

On play, creativity, and public pandemic art

By Nina Li Coomes
Film

Recommended
Annette remains a mystery—but it’s a mystery worth watching

The brainchild of Leos Carax and Sparks is a delirious combination of imagination and frustration.

By Kathleen Sachs

Biking is mobility and power with Black JoyRide

By Shawnee Dez | 04.00 PM
Listen to The Ben Joravsky Show

By Ben Joravsky | 01.00 PM
Archive Dive

By Kirk Williamson | 11.45 AM
Classifieds

10.08 AM
Growing for Good with Green Thumb

08.00 AM

In the latest issue

Reasonable doubt
James Allen is serving three life sentences for murder. No one ever said he killed anyone.
By Maya Dukmasova

Visit Our Archives »

Best of Chicago

Losses and gains: Best of Chicago 2020

Videos

Listen to The Ben Joravsky Show

The Jackson Park heron

The Jackson Park heron

‘Everybody has to be included for us to truly be free’

‘Everybody has to be included for us to truly be free’

More Videos »

From the Archive

Best of Chicago

In praise of the cheap seats at White Sox park

The Cubs are the team to watch this year, but the upper deck at U.S. Cellular Field remains the best place to see a game.

By Kate Schmidt | 06.23.16
News & Politics

Up Everest, Quietly

Sophia Danenberg was the first black woman to sit on top of the world and nobody noticed.

By Jeffrey Felshman | 07.13.06

More From the Archive »

Agenda Teaser

08.05.21

Dream Version, Emily Jane Powers, Deep Fake

Music

Dream Version, Emily Jane Powers, Deep Fake Schubas

August 05

<i>Feast</i>

Performing Arts

Feast

March 21

More Agenda Teaser »

Popular Stories

Opinion

The Obama Center and the fight to preserve Jackson Park

Advocates say an alternate site in Washington Park is less disruptive and more beneficial to the community and the environment.

By Leonard C. Goodman | 08.03.21
Feature

Reasonable doubt

James Allen is serving three life sentences for murder. No one ever said he killed anyone.

By Maya Dukmasova | 08.04.21
Chicagoans of Note

Sasha Daltonn, jazz singer and founder of the Chicago Gospel Music Festival

“We weren’t only honoring Professor Dorsey—this was a major event introduced by the first Black mayor of the city, and it needed to be outstanding.”

By Jamie Ludwig | 08.05.21
Savage Love

My boyfriend had sex with my parents

If you can’t look at your mom without thinking about her sitting on your boyfriend’s face, you might not be able to get past this.

By Dan Savage | 08.04.21