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Comedy is back, baby!

A glimpse at how stand-ups coped during the pandemic and made their triumphant return to telling jokes again.

By Brianna Wellen
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A note on this week's cover story

By Taylor Moore
City Life

When Koreshan science invaded the south side

Dr. Cyrus Teed’s cult-like religion attracted death threats and broke up marriages in late 19th century Chicago.

By Jeff Nichols

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Leela James makes vital modern soul on See Me

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It's a hot Chicago summer

By Salem Collo-Julin and Kerry Reid | 07.23.21
DJ Manny centers love on his R&B-infused new album, Signals in My Head

By Joshua Minsoo Kim | 07.23.21
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A silence louder than words
How allegations of sexual abuse exposed cracks in the foundation of Chicago’s spoken word community
By Taylor Moore

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Martin Amis confronts Saul Bellow's Chicago

The British novelist discusses the ‘loud, brilliant, and mean’ city of his literary hero

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