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Chicago-based alt-rockers Smut reach for the comfort in shoegaze with How the Light FeltLeor Galilon November 9, 2022 at 6:00 pm

Alt-rock five-piece Smut formed in Cincinnati in 2014, and within a couple years, their shoegaze-dappled heavy rock had caught the…

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Cabin in the woods

In Cat McKay’s queer comedy Plaid as Hell, Cass (Reagan James) hopes that a weekend away in the Wisconsin woods…

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Rent pays off

After thoroughly enjoying the shameless perversity of Kokandy Productions’s Cruel Intentions, under Adrian Abel Azevedo’s direction, I found Azevedo’s Rent…

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Manservant and manchild

Fourteen years ago, First Folio Theatre presented Jeeves Intervenes, the first in what would prove to be a reliably crowd-pleasing…

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Choose your own adventure—from your seat

The Twenty-Sided Tavern—written by David Andrew Greener Laws (aka DAGL), with game design by Sarah Davis Reynolds, and produced by…

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Manservant and manchildKerry Reidon November 9, 2022 at 4:59 pm

Fourteen years ago, First Folio Theatre presented Jeeves Intervenes, the first in what would prove to be a reliably crowd-pleasing…

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Choose your own adventure—from your seatBoutayna Chokraneon November 9, 2022 at 5:10 pm

The Twenty-Sided Tavern—written by David Andrew Greener Laws (aka DAGL), with game design by Sarah Davis Reynolds, and produced by…

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Listen to The Ben Joravsky Show

Reader senior writer Ben Joravsky riffs on the day’s stories with his celebrated humor, insight, and honesty, and interviews politicians, activists, journalists…

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Suicide Prevention Awareness Month has come and gone, but its message continues all year long

National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month takes place every September, but it’s important to be proactive and keep the conversation about…

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This article was originally published by City Bureau, a civic journalism lab in Bronzeville. When Mayor Lori Lightfoot unveiled We…

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