THIS WEEK

NEWS & POLITICS

12 Joravsky | Politics Janice Jackson’s departure is another excuse to feed us bullshit.

14 Isaacs | Culture Jahn is gone. Will the Thompson Center survive?

City Life

04 Shop Local Kelley Moseley’s daring accessories will not go unnoticed.

FOOD & DRINK

06 Sula | Review Boonie Foods imagines Pinoy food past, present, and future.

16 Mental Health For three decades, the city has failed to cope with the loss of mental health clinics. The pandemic revealed the wounds of this disinvestment.

ARTS & CULTURE

20 Social Media A south side couple carves out a digital safe space for POC interested in outdoor recreation.

26 Festive Offerings Pivot Arts Festival “reimagines utopia” with a mix of live and virtual events.

Film

28 Review Code of the Freaks highlights Hollywood’s ableism.

29 Movies of Note About Endlessness is a compendious tour de force, Fried Barry is a manic and disgusting joyride, and Wet Season brings profound earnestness to a well-trod trope.

MUSIC & NIGHTLIFE

38 Chicagoans of Note Beau O’Reilly, cofounder of Maestro Subgum & the Whole and Curious Theatre Branch

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41 Early Warnings Rescheduled concerts and other updated listings

41 Gossip Wolf Facs light a beacon with a new album of dark postpunk, Equity Arts hosts a talk about nurturing community cultural spaces, and electronic trio Purelink drop an ambient EP.

Opinion

08 TikTok How going viral became the restaurant industry’s most crucial ingredient

10 Caffeinate South Loop’s Overflow Coffee carries on the legacy of Vee-Jay Records.

Who gets a slice?

21 Interview Trans Latina Frances D’allesio talks survival, mental health, and food.

Theater

22 Sci-Fi Fable E. Faye Butler helms a virtual feminist space drama.

24 (Semi)Virtual Triptych Three livestreamed plays at the Goodman cap a year of loss and reinvention.

30 Feature Goth trio Pixel Grip celebrate the club as a sacred queer space.

34 Records of Note This week the Reader reviews current releases by Nez, Dinosaur Jr., Les Filles de Illighadad, Monobody, Yautja, and more.

37 The Secret History of Chicago Music A local R&B favorite by the Fabulous Turks gets resurrected a er half a century.

44 Savage Love Dan Savage offers advice to someone who can’t escape his porn persona.

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