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100 Best Phone Chat Line Numbers With Free Trials in 2022

There are so many ways to meet new people, but nothing is more adventurous and electrifying than calling a phone…

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When the swash buckles

There’s a reason you rarely see Zorro: The Musical, the 2008 show inspired by a masked Spanish hero (conceived of…

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Rogers Park neighbors debate a new men’s shelter

Rodrigo Pulido sat on a bench beside his tent in Touhy Park in July, watching over the tents of two…

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Central Camera Co. stays focused

At 74 years old, being the third-generation owner of Central Camera Co. is the only job Albert Donald Flesch—Don to…

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Alan K. Rode’s 2022 Noir City: Chicago lineup

MONDAY, AUGUST 29 The Sniper (1952) Dir. Edward DymtrykThe Sniper is really the first Hollywood mainstream film about a serial…

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Pick up a print copy of this week’s Chicago Reader

The Chicago Reader is published in print every other week and distributed free to the 1,100 locations on this map…

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The Bechdels, tested

Alison Bechdel’s family, captured first in her 2006 graphic memoir Fun Home and then in a Tony Award-winning 2015 chamber…

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Patrixia, in-person and livestream DJ

Patrixia reigns supreme in digital clubspace. It’s where the 29-year-old DJ feels empowered to be her spookiest, silliest Latinx self.…

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Do you hate movies, or do you like to fuck?

If there’s one thing artsy homos love, it’s Letterboxd. It’s probably the most popular social networking site for culture gays—well,…

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Goregrind monsters Organ Failure deliver 17 tracks in 15 minutes on their album debut

Did you know? The Reader is nonprofit. The Reader is member supported. You can help keep the Reader free for…

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