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Chicago Reader

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Chicago Reader

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Chicago's nonprofit newsroom, a weekly in print since 1971. News, Events, Theater, Food, Music. Online and print advertising opportunities

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locale en_US
type website
title Chicago Reader
description Chicago's nonprofit newsroom, a weekly in print since 1971. News, Events, Theater, Food, Music. Online and print advertising opportunities
url https://chicagoreader.com/
site_name Chicago Reader
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  • [H2] Catholic clergy gain access to Broadview ICE facility—when no one is there
  • [H2] NEWS & POLITICS
  • [H2] Latest Stories
  • [H2] Get the latest issue of the Chicago Reader
  • [H2] Lazy dumplings at Maplewood Brewery & Distillery
  • [H2] 83 Years: From Fermi’s Pile to Quantum Campus
  • [H2] Peoples Gas’s costly plan burdens Chicagoans and the planet
  • [H2] Chicago housing workers call the city’s encampment closures ‘unconscionable’
  • [H2] Glenna Fitch, deep listening DJ
  • [H2] News & Politics
  • [H2] Music
  • [H2] Film & TV
  • [H2] Theater, dance, comedy
  • [H2] Visual Arts, books
  • [H2] CITY LIFE
  • [H2] Food & Drink
  • [H2] Sponsored
  • [H2] Gift this article
  • [H3] The Chicago real estate firm looking to profit off Trump’s anti-immigrant agenda
  • [H3] Illinois officials decry proposed cuts to HIV care
  • [H3] No contest: Cook County judicial primary elections draw dwindling field of candidates
  • [H3] Best place for comedians to attend the school of hard knocks (a how-to guide)
  • [H3] Vecinos beer at Antique Taco Bridgeport
  • [H3] Review: For Worse
  • [H3] Review: The President’s Cake
  • [H3] Memory Card releases an unforgettable album of patchwork indie rock
  • [H3] Celebrate Women’s History Month with these Reader-recommended events 
  • [H3] Pandora’s box
  • [H3] Quantum leap or community crossroads?
  • [H3] 83 Years: From Fermi’s Pile to Quantum Campus
  • [H3] Electronic composer Steve Hauschildt returns to his old stomping grounds to celebrate his latest album, Aeropsia
  • [H3] Shabaka embraces a world of musical tradition through spiritual jazz
  • [H3] Skaiwater exemplifies chameleonic contemporary pop rap
  • [H3] Review: Idiotka
  • [H3] Review: Natchez
  • [H3] A cinephile feast
  • [H3] Heeere’s Stanley!
  • [H3] The Shape of the Bones examines faith, families, and manipulation
  • [H3] Miersten Wolf explores memory, dreams, and Chicago’s water management history
  • [H3] No starry nights
  • [H3] A constellation of mother figures
  • [H3] Reader-recommended Black History Month events
  • [H3] Mama African Marketplace forced to move
  • [H3] Plov at Faiza Chicago
  • [H3] Lazy dumplings at Maplewood Brewery & Distillery
  • [H3] Southeast Spotlight: A Southeast Chicago Chamber Special
  • [H3] Empower Illinoisans affected by breast cancer and reduce stigma with your purchase of a 7X Bingo Multiplier Instant Ticket from the Illinois Lottery 
  • [H3] An excerpt from TAXI GIRL, a novel by Maria Schreiber
  • [H3] At the California Clipper, everyone is welcome
  • [H3] Support local students pursuing higher education with your purchase of a 7X Bingo Multiplier Instant Ticket from the Illinois Lottery
  • [H3] Demystifying Acupuncture provides answers for the curious skeptic
  • [H5] COMMUNITY CALENDAR

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BEST OF CHICAGO Internal Passing Juice
NEWS Internal Passing Juice
CITY LIFE Internal Passing Juice
MUSIC Internal Passing Juice
Early Warnings Internal Passing Juice
Secret History of Chicago Music Internal Passing Juice
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Chicago Reader Internal Passing Juice
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Catholic clergy gain access to Broadview ICE facility—when no one is there Internal Passing Juice
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83 Years: From Fermi’s Pile to Quantum Campus Internal Passing Juice
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Peoples Gas’s costly plan burdens Chicagoans and the planet Internal Passing Juice
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Support local students pursuing higher education with your purchase of a 7X Bingo Multiplier Instant Ticket from the Illinois Lottery Internal Passing Juice
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