Shootings decreased overall last year, but the opposite was true in 17 neighborhoods. Most aren't included in Chicago's community safety plan.

Erwin Helfer is a local hero who has made a global impact. His Highland Park–based label, the Sirens, is hosting a celebration of his music and influence.

A weekly column from the Chicago Reader covering the top stories on the our radar and how they impact our communities.

Selva Aparicio’s solo show, “In Memory Of” alters the DePaul Art Museum’s architecture with labor-intensive signs of domesticity.

Playing at Constellation, Marisa Anderson and Jim White's collaboration is a mix of abstract exploration and gentle folk ...

Folly Group’s “Paying the Price” is one of the best electronica-infused postpunk songs about shame, and it’s only a B side.

Eiko Ishibashi brings her taut and richly layered music to Logan Center for the Arts for her most recent Hamaguchi ...

When the Reader checked in with local noisemaking polymath Seb Alvarez in 2022, he’d turned his creative focus away from his ...

Giggs’s self-released debut full-length, Walk in da Park, is a landmark album in UK hip-hop history, and almost 16 years ...

A longtime fringe favorite gets a festival of her two-character plays in Hamburgers & Disappointment with Sweetback ...