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Mutual aid networks help keep us warm

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Upcoming events and distractions from our listings coordinator

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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
Columns & Opinion

Keep your distance 4

Bending the COVID curve’s not enough.

By Deanna Isaacs

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

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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Rocker's Revenge

Persistence pays off for Ike Reilly.

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Blogs

Did Rahm live up to his campaign promises on public safety?

By blaming legislators for weak gun laws, Mayor Emanuel has ducked questions about his policing strategies.

By Mick Dumke | 01.20.15

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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.

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Best of Chicago Ballot

Make your nominations for the Best of Chicago

The polls are open!

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News

‘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
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Kinky sex can be wonderful, but it won’t fix your relationship.

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