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Black Magic and Call for the Wailing Women offer two views on grief
Black women deal with loss in new digital plays by Perceptions Theatre and Black Lives Black Words.
By Kerry Reid | Oct 22, 2020
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If enough of us celebrate Independent Venue Week, we might have one next year too 2
To complement IVW's live programming, the Reader has rounded up some favorite stories about Chicago music venues past and present.
By Jamie Ludwig | Oct 22, 2020
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Get me rewrite! 1
Aaron Sorkin rewrites Chicago history to help beat Trump.
By Ben Joravsky | Oct 21, 2020
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You’re going to be OK
The Mental Health Issue
Download My State of Mind: The Guide Book (PDF) by SocialWorks.
This 20-page section was a special pullout supplement in the October 15, 2020 Chicago Reader.
This content would not be possible without the support of the Chicago Reader partners: Habilitative Systems, Sinai Chicago, Joliet Job Corps and Paul Simon Job Corps, Adler University, Chicago Behavioral Hospital, Thresholds, and Kadima Mental Health Services. -
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The Housing Issue
Isaacs | Culture A book looks beyond skyscrapers to a neglected bounty of single family houses.
Dukmasova | Witness Ex-cops attempted to throw out a Rogers Park tenant at gunpoint. The police report tells a different story.
Landlords A new database matches rental properties with owners, whether they like it or not.
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