It is appropriately lovely and indulgent that Chicago Reader and @itstarynallen gave me space to curate double/triple features with charcuterie menus for the Food & Drink issue, but even more importantly they let me use the phrase "Cheese-en-scène." 🧀 chicagoreader.com/film/movie-fea…

for Chicago Reader's food issue i interviewed a promising vegan bodybuilder named angelique tally :) chicagoreader.com/food-drink/veg…

100 gecs DJed at Phố Việt while touring behind their debut album. Here's a deep-dive into the Uptown Vietnamese restaurant that recently hosted a Real Ones show featuring Pink Siifu, Turich Benjy, and Valee. | ✍️ @imleor chicagoreader.com/music/internet…

If you've ever said "Chicago," you've spoken Myaamiaataweenki. Read about three local members of the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma bringing the language back to the area. chicagoreader.com/news-politics/…

Drummers often get overlooked in the blues, as in many other forms of pop music—the person out in front singing or playing the guitar is the one everybody remembers. But William Warren is still worth a listen. | ✍️ Steve Krakow chicagoreader.com/music/the-secr…

Feels like the Super Bowl, let’s fucking do this.

New work from with richjonesmusic.bsky.social and The Spirit

For my latest in DNC coverage I spoke to residents who feel barricaded by the event’s security footprint.

NEW: After 2020 protest force investigations, Chicago PD created a new First Amendment Policy with community groups. Then, in the runup to the DNC, it ushered through new policy changes that walk back protections for protesters. Invisible Institute+Chicago Reader chicagoreader.com/news-politics/…

for the Chicago Reader protest issue i wrote about a guerilla music project issue includes a know yr rights primer, cpd's failure to discipline cops for harming protestors, and more!!!! on stands til wednesday chicagoreader.com/music/glutton-…

Tomorrow :)

I’m a Chicago Reader reporter who covers homelessness in the city. My primary sources are unhoused people in the Loop—devout readers of the city’s free papers. It’s not lost on me that the City has swept both homeless encampments & the newsracks that hold my paper.

STATEMENT: Uncommitted delegates urge the Democratic Party to reject a hierarchy of human value by ensuring Palestinian voices are heard on the main stage. We are learning that Israeli hostages’ families will be speaking from the main stage. We strongly support that decision and

did a short write-up of the Behind Enemy Lines protest at the Israeli consulate on Tuesday will have more in depth coverage and thoughts on this entire's week's protests in a week or two: chicagoreader.com/news-politics/…

Excited to announce I'll be moderating the post-screening Q&A with legendary filmmaker and artist Shu Lea Cheang on the Chicago stop of her road trip with the new 35mm print of her 1994 film FRESH KILL. . Only one chance to see this print and hear her speak!

Friday 😤 New era shit, come have fun ❤️

Check out my first article!! Worked on this piece as a City Bureau writing fellow covering migrant labor issues. Interviewed gogo boys in Chicago for months.. I’ll never be the same chicagoreader.com/news-politics/…

Im late asf but back in May Alphonse mentioned my album is this 🔥 article for Pitchfork ! Thankk uu for ur words ⭐️✨✨ pitchfork.com/thepitch/pitch…