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The Conspirators update The Visit with Viva la Mort. | ✍️ @kerryreid chicagoreader.com/arts-culture/t…

Sanaz Toossi’s Pulitzer–winning drama English at Goodman Theatre is riveting, wrenching, and funny. | ✍️ Catey Sullivan chicagoreader.com/arts-culture/t…

Nothing can rival the video game boom of the 1980s, but with the majority of today’s arcade options catering to alcohol-consuming adults, the city’s youth are cut out of vital community spaces. | ✍️ Maxwell Kroll chicagoreader.com/city-life/vide…

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The Drew-Vels released just three singles on Capitol Records in the 1960s, and every one of them sounds great today. | ✍️ Steve Krakow chicagoreader.com/music/the-secr…

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Pop R&B singer-songwriter Morgan Gold plays Schubas this Saturday! | ✍️ Leor Galil chicagoreader.com/uncategorized/…

Protests against the war in Gaza continue but keeping up with local demonstrations is not easy. We recommend following SJP Chicago- طلاب لأجل العدالة في فلسطين for local updates and actions you can take. | ✍️ DMB 🏳️‍⚧️ (Published February 22, 2024) chicagoreader.com/best-of-chicag…

The Drew-Vels released just three singles on Capitol Records in the 1960s, and every one of them sounds great today. | ✍️ Steve Krakow chicagoreader.com/music/the-secr…

. Hubbard Street Dance Chicago’s spring program bursts with inclusivity, artistry, and playfulness. | ✍️ JT Newman chicagoreader.com/arts-culture/d…

Blank Theatre Company’s revival On the Twentieth Century overcomes the creakiness of the material. | ✍️ Kelly Kleiman chicagoreader.com/arts-culture/t…

Pop Up! Productions presents an intimate and thoughtful take on the Tony Award–winning musical Next to Normal at @sai_chicago. | ✍️ Taryn 🚀 chicagoreader.com/arts-culture/t…

In Lavender Men, a “fat, multiracial femme” conjures Abraham Lincoln and his law clerk. | ✍️ Kimzyn Campbell chicagoreader.com/arts-culture/t…

First coproduced in 2014 by Court Theatre and American Blues Theater, Nambi E. Kelley’s adaptation of Richard Wright’s 1940 novel Native Son is now in a stirring revival at Lifeline Theatre under ILesa Duncan’s direction. | ✍️ @kerryreid chicagoreader.com/arts-culture/t…