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A DIY music space transforms into a home for asylum seekers

A DIY music space transforms into a home for asylum seekers

At Casa Al-Fatiha in Logan Square, two local musicians built a sanctuary for LGBTQ asylum seekers.

By Alexandra Arriaga and City Bureau

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The Reader rakes in the accolades

Our fearless leader Karen Hawkins was honored with Public Narrative’s Studs Terkel Award—meanwhile the entire team earned bragging rights at the Local Media Association and Peter Lisagor Awards.

By Reader staff
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First Folio debuts new play by a late, great comedic playwright

Kristine Thatcher and the late Larry Shue's Waiting for Tina Meyer celebrates barfly connections.

By Catey Sullivan
Music

Beau O’Reilly, cofounder of Maestro Subgum & the Whole and Curious Theatre Branch 3

“I've always written more than people can keep up with. I write a lot of plays and I write a lot of lyrics. I just write all the time.”

By Kerry Reid

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The Reader rakes in the accolades

Our fearless leader Karen Hawkins was honored with Public Narrative’s Studs Terkel Award—meanwhile the entire team earned bragging rights at the Local Media Association and Peter Lisagor Awards.

By Reader staff | 05.14.21
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A DIY music space transforms into a home for asylum seekers

At Casa Al-Fatiha in Logan Square, two local musicians built a sanctuary for LGBTQ asylum seekers.

By Alexandra Arriaga and City Bureau | 05.14.21
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Feeding time, Chicago

Janice Jackson’s departure gives the powers that be another excuse to feed us a bunch of bullshit.

By Ben Joravsky | 05.12.21
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Can we save his most important Chicago building?

By Deanna Isaacs | 05.12.21
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Breaking the cycle

For three decades, the city has failed to cope with the loss of mental health clinics. The pandemic revealed the wounds of this disinvestment.

By F. Amanda Tugade | 05.12.21