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• Trapped in stasis

  06-10-2026 18:32 via chicagoreader.com
  
  “Permission Structures and Decorative Art" through 10/24 at Shanghai Seminary
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• Casa Cafe takes a hiatus from hardcore

  06-10-2026 18:06 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Pilsen taco joint Casa Cafe has become the most important space for the youth wing of Chicago’s hardcore punk scene. This is largely thanks to Francisco “Pancho” García, a punk musician who cofounded Ruidosa Art Collective. He started hosting occasional shows in the restaurant’s back room a few years ago, and the space has since […]
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• Freedom Square: The Black Girlhood Altar is a soul-stirring elegy and affirmation

  06-10-2026 17:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
  In 2023, the Invisible Institute and City Bureau released their Missing in Chicago investigative report by City Bureau’s Sarah Conway (now the Reader editor in chief) and Invisible Institute’s trina reynolds-tyler. The report found that “Black people make up about two-thirds of missing persons cases in Chicago, according to the last two decades of police […]
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• Man vs. nature

  06-10-2026 14:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
  In the project 60 wrd/min art critic, writer Lori Waxman explores how art writing can serve an expanded field of artists—including those incarcerated, trying to gain visas, working to establish themselves professionally, or just wanting feedback for a secret hobby. For this iteration, Waxman reviews work by Chicago-based artist Jiaqi Liu. Jiaqi Liu Jiaqi Liu […]
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