Theater and Performance

“A Night Filled with Spirit(s): A Preview of “Gender Play, or What You Will”” Newcity Magazine, May 15, 2025.

“Beyond the Walls: Chicago Theaters Build Worlds Outside Prison” Newcity Magazine, May 8, 2025.

“History Rhymes: A Preview of Hedwig + The Bauhaus at the Ruth Page Center” Newcity Magazine, April 22, 2025.

“Fiction Stalks Reality in Revitalization of ‘The Pillowman’” South Side Weekly Magazine, March 27, 2025.

“Lynch v. Byrne: A Review of “David & David” at Annoyance Theatre” Newcity Magazine, March 7, 2025.

“Life’s a Marathon Not a Sprint: A Preview of “Grit” at Steppenwolf 1700” Newcity Magazine, March 4, 2025.

“Anthony Spaulding’s To Cut a Barber’s Hands tells his story of life outside of prison” Chicago Reader, October 3, 2024.

“Ruth on the Rocks Explores Childhood, and Motherhood, in Back of the Yards” South Side Weekly, October 15, 2024.

“Sativa Diamond wins Entertainer of the Year at the 2024 Gaggys” Windy City Times, October 14, 2024.

“Two Destinos shows look at immigration through different perspectives” Chicago Reader, October 3, 2024.

“Wigs will fly at telenovela drag parody ‘Más Dramáticas’” Windy City Times, September 17, 2024.

“What does Transvengeance mean to you?” Chicago Reader, June 12, 2024.

“A half century of poetic possibilities” Chicago Reader, June 26, 2024.

“Patriarchy’s past, present, and future in Masc” Chicago Reader, June 12, 2024.

“DuSable Museum to celebrate jazz drummer Max Roach Friday” Hyde Park Herald, January 31, 2024.

“A new musical, ‘1619: The Journey of a People,’ commemorates 400 years of Black history” Hyde Park Herald, July 26, 2022.

Visual Arts

“His street photography was a hobby. Now Patric McCoy’s work is displayed in museums” Gay Cities, April 9, 2025.

“Saints become drag queens at Goldfinch Gallery’s “The devil is in the details”” Windy City Times, February 11, 2025.

“Kinky horror films find pleasure in pain” Chicago Reader, October 17, 2024.

“The magically macabre world of Sublime Remains” Chicago Reader, October 17, 2024.

“The dreamscapes of Kendall Hill” Chicago Reader, September 4, 2024.

“Through costuming, Bill Crisafi accesses a new kind of power” Chicago Reader, June 11, 2024.

“The Artistic Alphabet Mafia offers a queer crafting glitch in reality” Windy City Times, June 13, 2024.

“Annual quilt show returns with a flourish after four-year hiatus” Hyde Park Herald, April 23, 2024.

“Artists Against Apartheid organizers balance joy and Palestinian resistance” Chicago Reader, April 17, 2024.

“Hyde Park artists share the spotlight during EXPO weekend,” Hyde Park Herald, April 11, 2024.

“Bridging the gap” Chicago Reader, May 2, 2023.

“Emerging artists shine at HPAC’s Ground Floor” Hyde Park Herald, January 17, 2023.

Food

“From fast casual to fine dining: 50 years of the American gyro, and a look at the dish’s Chicago history” The Chicago Tribune, July 14, 2025.

“Unpacking the Past (and the Groceries) With Your Therapist” The New York Times, July 11, 2025.

“Best place to grocery shop for those with crippling decision anxiety” Chicago Reader, March 6, 2025.

“The Rise of Malört, an Unexpected Midwest Princess” New York Times, November 15, 2024.

“Enjoy an intimate home-cooked meal with RICE” Chicago Reader, October 10, 2024.

“Reader Bites: Shallot-infused ten-year Shaoxing cocktail at Minyoli” Chicago Reader, September 18, 2024.

“Checking out the cookbook clubs of the Chicago Public Library” Chicago Reader, September 5, 2024.

“2 local Black-owned eateries awarded $30K in grant initiative” Hyde Park Herald, December 28, 2023.

“Army veteran’s new bakery to bring sweet treats to Harper Court” Hyde Park Herald, August 4, 2023.

“Breaking fast with the U. of C.’s Muslim Student Association” Hyde Park Herald, April 21, 2023.

Person first

“Burning The Binary: From Bonfires To ‘They Beach,’ Trans Chicagoans Find Summer Joy On The Lake” Block Club Chicago, June 26, 2025.

“The defiant acts of the working class” Chicago Reader, May 14, 2025.

“Joe Keery Lookalike Contest Brings ‘Stranger Things’ Fans To Logan Square” Block Club Chicago, November 25, 2024.

“Chicago Crowns Jeremy Allen White Lookalike Contest Winner” Block Club Chicago, November 17, 2024.

“A Cumbia Renaissance” South Side Weekly, October 11, 2024.

“Medicine for the Soul At All Ages” South Side Weekly, July 4, 2024.

“COVID-cautious queers now have a spot to mingle with Parallel Play gatherings” Windy City Times, May 30, 2024.

“‘Drag deity’ Luc Ami hosts spring cleaning drag swap” Windy City Times, March 4, 2024.

“Best place to build a movement” Chicago Reader, February 22, 2024.

“Finding Comfort in a New Spiritual Home” South Side Weekly, November 17, 2023.

“LGBTQ+ cycling club builds both community and awareness” Windy City Times, August 1, 2023.

“The Oriental Institute is changing its name” Hyde Park Herald, March 15, 2023.

“At ‘Reflections on 1919’, poet and sociologist Eve L. Ewing explores the remnants of Chicago’s Red Summer” Hyde Park Herald, October 19, 2022.