This week’s print issue is the issue of September 15, 2022. It is the Fall Theater and Arts Preview special issue. Distribution will begin Wednesday morning, September 14, and continue through Thursday night, September 15.
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The latest print issue of the Reader is the issue of September 1, 2022.
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The Chicago Reader is published in print every other week. Issues are dated Thursday. Distribution usually happens Wednesday morning through Thursday night of the issue date. Upcoming print issue dates through December 2022 are:
9/15/20229/29/202210/13/202210/27/202211/10/202211/24/202212/8/202212/22/2022
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The first print issue in 2023 will be published three weeks after the 12/22/2022 issue, the final issue of 2022. The print issue dates through March 2023 are:
1/12/20231/26/20232/9/20232/23/20233/9/20233/23/2023
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