- Issue of
- Nov 1-7, 2018
- Vol. 48, No. 5
Julie Doucet is definitely done making comics
But the comics world is not done talking about her
By Anne Elizabeth Moore
A no vote for unqualified judges
A polling place at Cook County Jail stalls out
A visual voting guide
News & Politics
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- Feature
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A Visual Voter’s Guide
These images from Chicago protests over the last two years will spur you toward the ballot box.
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- Politics
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Cook County judicial elections stir up unusual public scrutiny
At least two Cook County judges are at risk of losing their seats. Why is that so rare?
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- Politics
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Efforts to turn Cook County Jail into a polling location persist following governor’s veto
A legislative effort to allow Illinois inmates to exercise their right to vote continues despite Governor Rauner's veto of the bill.
Columns & Opinion
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- Savage Love
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How to get your groove back after giving birth
A pelvic floor physical therapist comes to the rescue. Plus: Dan gives advice to a straight woman in love with a gay man.
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- On Transportation
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Tips for men who want to make walking, biking, and transit a little less crummy for women
"If a woman has headphones on, she doesn't want to talk to anyone unless the train is literally on fire."
Arts & Culture
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- Art Feature
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Artist-chemist Michael Koerner uses tintypes to explore his genetic heritage in his solo show, “My DNA”
These chemigrams mimic the chromosomal mutations he inherited from his parents.
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- Comics
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Let's go bananas
A guide
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- Comics
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Julie Doucet is done making comics
But the comics world is definitely not done talking about her.
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- Dance
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Hedwig Dances assembles a Bauhaus-inspired Futura
The contemporary troupe explores the architecture of dance.
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- Theater Review
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Calamity West’s new play, In the Canyon, chronicles the slow erosion of abortion rights
Once again, her work makes the Jackalope Theatre Company feel like the center of something extraordinary.
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- Theater Review
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Circolombia's Acéléré is a story of old-fashioned romance and bodies launched into space by other bodies
The hour-long circus from Bogotá runs as part of the Chicago International Latino Theater Festival.
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- Theater Review
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Fight Night highlights just how little control ordinary Americans have over the democratic process
The Belgian troupe Ontroerend Goed interactive performance is perfectly timed.
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- Theater Review
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David Rabe's Cosmologies, expertly produced by the Gift, keeps you guessing
Is it a two-act hallucination or an alien abduction?
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- Theater Review
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A silent retreat fails to provide enlightenment in Small Mouth Sounds
Behold another exemplary production from A Red Orchid.
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- Theater Review
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The Darkness After Dawn isn't quite the Ashley Judd-in-peril-style thriller we were hoping for
Tropes of the genre just don't work onstage the same way they do on-screen.
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- Theater Review
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Surrealistic elements help Hooded, or Being Black for Dummies transcend its sitcom origins
Like the black experience, the show is messy, fun, shocking, and unpredictable.
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- Theater Review
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Radio Culture presents the life of a Belarusian everyman
Maxim Dosko's play makes its U.S. debut at TUTA Theatre.
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- Theater Review
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The Last Session's backstory makes it more than a relic of the AIDS crisis
Playwright Steve Schalchlin's survival turns the musical into something hopeful and defiant.
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- Theater Review
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Janet Ulrich Brooks leads a superb Master Class
Her magnetic, mercurial performance anchors TimeLine's portrait of Maria Callas.
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- Theater Review
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The one-man show Private Peaceful recreates the hell of World War I
From the same writer who brought you War Horse
Film
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- Movie Review
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In his latest documentary, Monrovia, Indiana, Frederick Wiseman is curiously uninterested in the human inhabitants of a small town
The director has always been fascinated by processes, but this time the people behind them scarcely register.
Music
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- Gossip Wolf
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Hip-hop site Ruby Hornet throws its first show in years
Plus: Local emo trio Mollow drop their debut on Worry Records, and Lumpen Radio teams up with Sonorama for a bumping Día de los Muertos party.
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- In Rotation
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Singer-songwriter Tatiana Hazel on a third-coast band with beach-rock vibes
Plus: Singer-songwriter Melo Makes Music on his go-to morning dream pop, Reader intern Julia Hale on 2018’s most vivid 15 minutes of hip-hop, and more
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- The Block Beat
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Cupcakke stays fly on a budget at the beauty supply in her old hood
The Chicago rapper doesn’t have to splurge to create her outrageous personas: “Cheap shit with a rich spirit goes a long way.”
Reader
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- Digital Editions
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Print issue of November 1, 2018
Volume 48, Number 5
Blogs
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- Bleader
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Q&A: Cook County Board candidate Abdelnasser Rashid on taxes, surveillance, and campaign finance reform
Vying to flip one of four Republican seats, the 29-year-old would be the first Muslim in the county legislature.
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- Bleader
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What we learned at the Chicago Humanities Fest last night
Phoebe Robinson says a hug from Oprah made her feel "as if Black History Month never ended."
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- Bleader
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This definitely isn’t shoo-fly pie on the gig poster of the week
This week's featured gig poster was designed by Ohio-based artist Phil Guy.
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- Bleader
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Beach Bunny’s indie pop goes from dorms to DIY shows to Thalia Hall
Chicago native Lili Trifilio started Beach Bunny as a solo project while at DePaul, and this Sunday the band play their biggest room yet.
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- Bleader
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Today Andersonville has a record store again
Rattleback Records, opened by a retired elementary school principal who lives in Edgewater, sells new and used vinyl, CDs, and cassettes.