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The life of enslaved West African intellectual and spiritualist Omar ibn Said comes to the Lyric in this Pulitzer Prize–winning opera. https://bit.ly/4yFIxjH

The work of Emma Stebbins, the first woman to receive a public sculpture commission from New York City, is on view at the Driehaus Museum. https://bit.ly/47JwYgp

Willie Kent laid down a solid foundation for electric Chicago blues chicagoreader.com/music/the-se...

By using notations of rhythmic movement as language, Jesús Hilario-Reyes traces imagined movement across layers of ink https://bit.ly/4dVkrtY

Mud Row digs into the tangled roots of one family’s history chicagoreader.com/performing-a...

Gerald Dowd chose Día de los Muertos to bring together more than a dozen musical acts for Day of the Dowd 3--a daylong benefit concert supporting Chicagoans experiencing hunger and food insecurity. https://bit.ly/4zhmzVy

You Can See Everything smartly examines perception and truth in classic Nathan Fielder form. https://bit.ly/4jWvwyL

Mikael Burke's intimate and affecting staging of Michael R. Jackson's Pulitzer–winning musical is a coup for About Face and Raven. https://bit.ly/47ycdV1

Shakespeare's late romance opens the company's bold foray into rotating repertory, to be followed by A Midsummer Night's Dream. https://bit.ly/4yAzRLi

Great hyperpop has continued to come out since Pitchfork proclaimed it a bust, including two albums by Chicago-based artist Fraxiom. https://bit.ly/3WJazNR

MPAACT’s show weaves real stories from across the African diaspora. chicagoreader.com/performing-a...

Memphis LK Sat 11/4 at Schubas https://bit.ly/4dPa3Uw

This fall Heavens to Betsy are on tour, playing shows for the first time in more than 30 years. https://bit.ly/47wNccK

“Errantry" through 10/31 at Patron https://bit.ly/4ial047

Wicker is a horny, charming fairy tale that goes hard for partnership and community. https://bit.ly/4eP3qBQ

Curtis Matzke created a documentary about Thomas Reilly-King's first feature when both were college students in the 2000s, and it's finally screening. https://bit.ly/3UBZ2PQ

Kermess takes over the spiegeltent used by Teatro ZinZanni to bring a sexy burlesque twist to circus arts in their inaugural show. https://bit.ly/3UHmknp

Two estranged friends and business partners bond over booze and sci-fi in Factory Theater's exploration of science fiction and loss. https://bit.ly/4i8vpgJ

A Dark Wood is a grim dystopian vision that hits close to home chicagoreader.com/performing-a...

Mathilda Zeller draws on local lore and her own family history in her horror novel, which expands on short story “Kushtuka." https://bit.ly/3W18Wed

Indigenous-inspired,Piñatta's 4th annual Luna Negra Day of the Dead celebration returns to the next Monday Night Foodball. https://bit.ly/4k7l9b9

Dani Robles throws shows and runs a recording studio at DIY space Ericka's House, leads the band CalicoLoco, and works for Ur Mom Records. https://bit.ly/4BjAnQr

The Moviegoer is the diary of a local film buff, collecting the best of what Chicago's independent and underground film scene has to offer. https://bit.ly/4eKFPCe

On November 13, Sleepwalk will release their debut for New York indie MNRK Heavy, View From the Outside. https://bit.ly/4BkPp8y

A triptych of pieces from the groundbreaking company's repertoire, including John Taras's revelatory Firebird, lit up the Auditorium. https://bit.ly/4zHOYnc

Sen Morimoto grounds their new album in sure-handed gentleness, newly minted Chicagoan Greg Freeman comes through town on tour, and more. https://bit.ly/3VXPyid

Artist Mue Wu's work with sound raises fundamental questions: who, what, where, when, how, and why are those sounds? https://bit.ly/4BiIOf2

Family and friends reminisce about Jimmy Boyce, the ferocious drummer and kindly soul from one of the great bands of Chicago's 1960s garage-rock boom. https://bit.ly/4jqQSUw

A new oral history takes a deep dive into the birth, evolution, and enduring influence of the off-Loop troupe created by Stuart Gordon. https://bit.ly/4i6x5Hs

Announcing the highlights of this year’s fest, hosted at the Siskel Film Center from November 6–15 chicagoreader.com/film-tv/movi...

Review: Ken Russell’s The Devils chicagoreader.com/film-tv/movi...

Georgia Oakley's gorgeous adaptation of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility foregrounds familial love. https://bit.ly/4ispxjQ

Charlie Parr has been making stark, arresting music for two and a half decades, and he seems to be able to summon the aesthetic of any era he wants. https://bit.ly/4jpCXy3

Suzy Sheer make electroclash for pillow fights. https://bit.ly/4jvYViT

P.E.E.'s aesthetic makes them potentially appealing to fans of any style where musicians play their instruments like they've got the zoomies. https://bit.ly/4zCHmCn

Vile Mind's riffs have the tight, grinding inevitability and the guttural roar of thrash or death metal. https://bit.ly/3U6tfGm

Find our Cook County judicial election guide in this month's print edition of the @chicagoreader.com!

Members of Let's Talk Womxn stage a night market in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month at the next Monday Night Foodball. https://bit.ly/47WCHzu

Grey Area Productions and Trap Door Theatre present the local premiere of S.L. Daniels's absurdist twist on the Angry Young Man drama. https://bit.ly/4B6yE0O

Aguijón Theater Company's production of Flavio González Mello's backstage comedy blends Slings & Arrows with a sci-fi twist. https://bit.ly/4yR5yRA

Lifeline's KidSeries takes a stroll on the noir side of the street with this mash-up of Dashiell Hammett and classic fairy tale characters. https://bit.ly/4hZ8Ivp

The Moviegoer is the diary of a local film buff, collecting the best of what Chicago's independent and underground film scene has to offer. https://bit.ly/4zBpGas

Amy Herzog's drama about a grandson and grandmother reconnecting through grief and loss gets an intimate revival with A Short Leap Theatre Company at the Den. https://bit.ly/4hQwfQA

Erika Sheffer's drama at Shattered Globe Theatre offers too many easy truisms in examining corruption in Vladimir Putin's Russia. https://bit.ly/4dZz8MD

In Counterpublic's Coyote Time, St. Louis becomes a site for prototyping what civic renewal might look like. https://bit.ly/3VQIGDd

Honoring tradition my own way. https://bit.ly/4hPdA7x

The Bridge has been connecting improvising musicians from France with their midwestern counterparts since 2013. https://bit.ly/4s1pcHX

In a world of underripe produce shipped from thousands of miles away... celebrate what we have here. https://bit.ly/4yevENf

Composer Haley Fohr will accompany the classic silent film alongside musician Alan Sparhawk at the Studebaker Theater, kicking off a short European tour. https://bit.ly/4ewHfjE

With his fizzy flagship White Tiger, Peter Chung makes the city safe once again for artisanal Korean rice wine. chicagoreader.com/food/food-dr...