This idea of rupture, spiritual penetration, functions as an apt descriptor of “Organgrinder,” Pfeiffer’s show now up at M. LeBlanc.

New publications like Gab, Write That Down, the pub, The Issue, and more are invoking the long history of creating outside mainstream media.

While Morgan Garrett is an experimental singer-songwriter and Gloorp (aka Garrett Burke) is a dance-music producer and percussionist (he’s drummed in Mothers and Of Montreal), they’ve found common ...

NightFreak's tighter sound helps a lot on Midwest Rattlesnakes, where they double down on their love of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal.

Herr God are named after a line from Sylvia Plath’s poem "Lady Lazarus,” which channels female rage and decries the patriarchal subjugation of women.

Over the past year, Jiashun Zhou completed his most ambitious work yet—a quartet of floor loom weavings that envision an idyllic building.

Playing just twice as sneak peek screenings at the Music Box Theatre on June 11, Michael Mann’s Manhunter: The Final Cut attempts to pull the thriller into 2026. This version adds more of Brian Cox’s ...

For the past couple years, Chicago electronic artist Anne Helen Wells has been working on pulsating, sugary tracks that cleave to a single theme: desire. That feeling smolders through her arty new ...

This story is part of “A Catalog of Infamy,” a series on Brady cops and practices at the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office, Chicago Police Department, and suburban police departments between the ...

A $9 billion quantum computing campus is set to rise where U.S. Steel South Works once stood. This Chicago Reader zine traces the implications of this megadevelopment for the people, land, and economy ...

Garage rockers the Huns met as grade-school friends and released one single in 1966. Now they're playing their first headlining set in 57 years.

Here’s what you can expect, when to go, tips for choosing the right stay and a roundup of campground networks with the most upscale glamping amenities.