Concerts

The Lyric Theater is a family affair

For most high schoolers, a part-time job is a way to make a little money, get out of the house,…

2 years ago

Torture by any other name

Solitary confinement has long been the punishment of choice for prisoners who draw the ire of prison officials. Its roots…

2 years ago

The Lyric Theater is a family affair

For most high schoolers, a part-time job is a way to make a little money, get out of the house,…

2 years ago

Chicago’s Oozing Wound change pace with their first grunge record

Lots of bands emerged from the lockdown era writing material with a darker tone than their pre-pandemic work. Local thrashers…

2 years ago

Albert Herring balances indie aesthetic with traditional music

Benjamin Britten’s 1947 opera Albert Herring (set in 1900) has been a perennial production for Chicago Opera Theater. But the…

2 years ago

‘She was somebody to us’

In 2022, six people I know from Lower Wacker and the Loop died. The first passed the day after Valentine’s…

2 years ago

Chicago’s Oozing Wound change pace with their first grunge record

Lots of bands emerged from the lockdown era writing material with a darker tone than their pre-pandemic work. Local thrashers…

2 years ago

Albert Herring balances indie aesthetic with traditional music

Benjamin Britten’s 1947 opera Albert Herring (set in 1900) has been a perennial production for Chicago Opera Theater. But the…

2 years ago

‘She was somebody to us’

In 2022, six people I know from Lower Wacker and the Loop died. The first passed the day after Valentine’s…

2 years ago

Resolute

The Reader’s EIC strikes a pose outside of the Bankers Building (aka the Clark Adams Building). Credit: Enrique Limón The…

2 years ago