Even Hanover

Belarus Free Theater's King Lear, the Hypocrites' Glass Menagerie, and eight more new stage shows

Shakespeare in Belarusian and a reimagined Tennessee Williams play are among the highlights this week.

| Feb 10, 2016

Laura Breiling

Dating during chemotherapy isn’t easy 3

Hair loss, libido-killing meds, the unsexy specter of death, and Tinder

by Brianna Wellen | Feb 11, 2016

Jay Bendt

The romantic misadventures of a professional online girlfriend

How a woman’s virtual relationships scrambled her real-life love.

by Jami | Feb 11, 2016

Bobby Sims

My annual Valentine’s Day depression 5

A different kind of heartache arrives every February 14—and it’s my stupid dead dad’s fault.

by Erika Price | Feb 11, 2016

Katie Carey

That moment the relationship got complicated

Shotgunning weed smoke into my girlfriend's mother's mouth and more brief stories of dating difficulties.

by Brad Einstein | Feb 11, 2016

Michael Brosilow

Off-Loop institution Mary-Arrchie Theatre says good-bye with American Buffalo

Tony Adler reviews the production David Mamet didn't want reviewed.

by Tony Adler | Feb 10, 2016

Courtesy The Nancy Spero And Leon Golub Foundation For The Arts

'Monster Roster' confirms Chicago's significance in midcentury American art

A crucial era in local art history is on display at the Smart Museum.

by Dmitry Samarov | Feb 10, 2016

What it's like to live in the world's largest refugee camp

Ben Rawlence's new book is an enlightening account of Dadaab, a territory rarely covered by the mainstream press.

by Rayyan Al-Shawaf | Feb 9, 2016

Jamie Ramsay

Immm Rice & Beyond introduces Uptown to Thai street food

The "meat-and-three" concept goes Thai at the fast-food spot on Broadway and Argyle.

by Mike Sula | Feb 11, 2016

Julia Thiel

Quincy Street Distillery brings a rare style of whiskey back to Illinois 1

There are only a handful of malt rye whiskeys in the U.S., and one is made just outside the Chicago city limits.

by Julia Thiel | Feb 11, 2016

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Can a kinky introvert be compatible with a kinky extrovert?

Plus: a trans woman sticks zir nose in, a would-be bottom seeks tips for anal

by Dan Savage | Feb 11, 2016

John Sturdy

Abraham Levitan of Shame That Tune returns with the podcast Nerds on Tour

Plus: Composer David Reminick of Paper Mice holds his PhD recital, and rapper Rich Jones celebrates the new mixtape Pink Slips.

by Leor Galil | Feb 10, 2016

Bosco Nicholls

The Funs make a complicated Valentine's Day mix

The downstate duo's ten-year relationship has had its rocky patches—just like the songs they've picked to talk about love.

by Leor Galil | Feb 10, 2016

Photo Courtesy Nbc

Fee Lion on the album she’s listened to for 270 hours

Plus: DJ Pluto on Liszt accidentally inventing cartoons, the Reader’s Leor Galil on Pinegrove’s hybrid of punk and country, and more

by Leor Galil | Feb 11, 2016

Print Issue of February 11, 2016

Volume 45, Number 18

| Feb 11, 2016

Antero Hein

Cosmic Body: a trance-inducing dance experience, sans the purple haze

by Matt de la Peña | Feb 5, 2016