Even with Paul Anka in their corner, 80s rockers Ruffian never found a home for their first album—and that broke up the band.

The hosts of local podcast and radio show Filmspotting will celebrate their 20th anniversary with Filmspotting Fest.

Survivors are choosing to transport themselves to the hospital instead of waiting for emergency services. Experts say the fire department isn’t doing everything it can to improve response times.

The Moviegoer is the diary of a local film buff, collecting the best of what Chicago’s independent and underground film scene has to offer.

Screamo iconoclast Tyler Odom of Your Arms Are My Cocoon has already reinvented the genre once—and he’s just getting started.

Bylines labeled “Chicago Reader Staff” are used for features that contain nonwritten, nonreported information like listings, for event and organization announcements by noneditorial personnel, and for ...

Intravenus,” a Riley Valentine solo show, is a love letter to analog, with each work dedicated to the concept of the divine feminine.

The Frequency Festival's seven concerts include Chicago or U.S. debuts by Zosha Warpeha, Angharad Davies, and Pat Thomas & ...

International Anthem’s 11th birthday party adds a Hungry Brain residency, and veteran DJ Lee Collins needs help paying for cancer treatment.

A mass shooting in Chicago should have been inspiration for a discussion of violence prevention. Instead, some blamed ...

The musician performs in Chicago at Metro in February supporting her self-released debut full-length, Verbathim, a "knockout ...

Gwydion Theatre Company's revival of Henrik Ibsen's Ghosts resonates mostly as an exploration of the generational effects of hypocrisy.