Mavis Staples sanctified Friday night at Pitchfork

Chicago Reader (Style) 7/20 9:20A Matt Ford

Even when Mavis Staples wasn’t singing gospel at Pitchfork, her powerful spiritual voice could bring together generations. Soul and gospel legend Mavis Staples opened her set on Friday at the...

‘I love everything about dancing’

Chicago Reader (Style) 7/19 2:14P Carolyn Chen

Since losing both legs at the age of 19, Kris Lenzo has dedicated his life to athleticism, performing, and advocating on behalf of people with disabilities. In 1979, when Oak Park resident Kris Lenzo...

My Favorite Picks for Nordstrom Anniversary Sale Public Access

Sequins and Stripes 7/18 9:00P Liz

Nordstrom Anniversary Sale Public Access is here! Not much has changed from this post but today I m sharing the items that you don t want to miss from the sale of the year. I shared 6 outfits from the...

Stop Hating on ComplexCon

Chicago Magazine 7/18 1:59P

The hip-hop magazine’s flagship convention, which hits Chicago for the first time this weekend, can only help local creatives. Plus: Four things to check out at McCormick Place.

Here's who is on the Pitchfork/Silver Room Block Party/ComplexCon cover (and the winner of our...

Chicago Reader (Style) 7/18 11:10A Brianna Wellen

How many did you guess correctly? A crowded festival weekend means a crowded cover!…

Do Female Winemakers Need A Soapbox?

Chicago Magazine 7/18 9:54A

Chicago eateries and bottle shops are quietly embracing more equitable representation of female vintners. Should they say it out loud?

PHOTOS: Take Action to End Criminalization, Detention, and Deportations Protest

Chicago Reader (Style) 7/18 9:44A Philip Lindsey

An estimated 12,000 people marched in downtown Chicago on July 13 to protest the Trump administration's immigration policies.…

Larry Legend Reviews DJ Khaled’s New Restaurant

Chicago Magazine 7/18 8:44A

Chicago’s foremost wing aficionado surveys The Licking, the DJ’s Miami-style soul food spot in Austin.

A 100 Percent Locally Sourced Pitchfork Schedule

Chicago Magazine 7/18 7:02A

There are 10 Chicagoans (plus a friendly neighbor from Gary) playing the festival this weekend. Here’s your guide to all of them.

Leaving Home, Coming Home, a blurry portrait of photographer Robert Frank, finally hits theaters

Chicago Reader (Style) 7/18 1:00A Andrea Gronvall

One of the last surviving Beat artists looks back on a long life. Not even ten minutes into director Gerald Fox's 2004 documentary Leaving Home, Coming Home: A Portrait of Robert Frank, the legendary...

Mom's at Politan Row turns the table on Japanese 'Western food'

Chicago Reader (Style) 7/18 1:00A Mike Sula

Chefs Randi Howry and Kelly Ijichi tap a nostalgia in the making. I promise I'm not just going to write about food hall vendors for the rest of my life, but this summer it feels like I could. Much...

"About Face," Wrightwood 659's exhibition on post-Stonewall LGBTQ art, embraces the uncertainty of...

Chicago Reader (Style) 7/18 1:00A KT Hawbaker

The show’s real power lies in how it acknowledges the complicated intergenerational conversations between queer artists of color. Thirty minutes after I left "About Face: Stonewall, Revolt and New...

Puerto Rican punks Davila 666 come back from the dead

Chicago Reader (Style) 7/17 11:00P Luca Cimarusti

Until last month, Puerto Rican six-piece Davila 666 had been quiet since 2011. The riotous outfit had earned a reputation as one of the best live bands in the world, fusing stripped-down, hard-hitting...

Barcelona’s Alma Afrobeat Ensemble keep the spirit of Afrobeat going strong

Chicago Reader (Style) 7/17 11:00P Catalina Maria Johnson

For the fourth year in a row, Barcelona-based guitarist Aaron Feder brings his Alma Afrobeat Ensemble on a U.S. tour. The group, which Feder founded in Champaign-Urbana in 2003, consists of members...

Connecticut psych freaks the Mountain Movers add more noise-rock to their heady jams

Chicago Reader (Style) 7/17 11:00P Steve Krakow

The Mountain Movers are among my current faves, because they know how to freak the fuck out. Formed in the mid-2000s, the Connecticut band started as a showcase for the songs of New Haven indie rocker...