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DJ Teddybear, or Tim Teddybearmusiq Hall, is on the decks all night, playing high-energy songs that get everyone moving and dancing. Another regular DJ for HP Skate Meetup, DJ Cobra B (Sherell Barbee, ...

Alder Brian Hopkins has been trying to ban teens from the Loop for a year—and it seems he might finally have the votes to do it.

Over 1,400 pieces of public art in Illinois are in limbo after the DOGE downsized the General Services Administration.

The Accountant 2, starring Ben Affleck and Jon Bernthal, is a mishmash of tropes that leans more on action than character.

Chicago Record Report covers new local music that's caught the Reader's ear—including by Dreamer Isioma, Third Coast ...

Chicago musician and artist Keenyn Perry displays stellar style in Gucci, vintage, and Run-D.M.C. as he shops at Trader Joe’s ...

At night, I dream of a thousand Timothée Chalamets setting fires in the streets to declare that a country under fascism is ...

Chicago rapper and mental health advocate Kaicrewsade builds tracks by connecting musicians and builds safe spaces by ...

Bassist and pianist Kristian Dunn is half of prolific postrock duo El Ten Eleven, and drummer Damon Che is best known from ...

A new exhibit and a mini festival presented by Jane Addams Hull-House Museum connects Hull House Theatre's history with today ...

Brian Friel's Translations receives a lovely and thoughtful revival at Writers Theatre under Braden Abraham's direction.