The Chicago Reader is an alternative newsweekly in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1971 (the founders were friends who attended Carlton College in Minnesota), it is one of the preeminent alternative newsweeklies in the world, noted for high-quality literary journalism. An alternative weekly, alternately referred to as an alternative newsweekly or alternative newspaper, is a form of alternative media newspaper found in many centres in the United States and Canada. ... Jump to: navigation, search Chicago, colloquially known as the Second City and the Windy City, is the third-largest city in population in the United States and the largest inland city in the country. ... Jump to: navigation, search State nickname: Land of Lincoln, The Prairie State Other U.S. States Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Governor Rod Blagojevich (D) Senators Richard Durbin (D) Barack Obama (D) Official languages English Area 149,998 km² (25th)  - Land 143,968 km²  - Water 6,030 km² (4. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... Creative nonfiction is a genre of literature, also known as literary journalism, which uses literary skills in the writing of nonfiction. ...

Issues are dated every Friday, and distributed to more than 1400 locations in Chicago and Chicagoland Thursday and Friday. For the six months ending June 30, 2004, the average weekly circulation, audited by the Audit Bureau of Circulations, was 119,606. Fifth day of the week, falling between Thursday and Saturday. ... Chicagoland. ... Jump to: navigation, search Thursday, by international standard, is the fourth day of the week, falling between Wednesday and Friday. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Audit Bureau of Circulations is a non_profit organization established in 1914. ...

The Reader offers four sections of guidance to what's happening throughout Chicago. The often-lengthy cover article generally consists of investigative or local interest reporting; section 1 continues with local news, the latest film, music, and theater reviews, and The Straight Dope. Sections 2 and 3 contain further reviews and guides to restaurants, music and theatrical performances, and art gallery showings. Section 4 is for personal and classified ads, as well as several indie comics, News of the Weird, and Savage Love. Cecil Adams is the pen name of the author of The Straight Dope since 1973, a popular question and answer column published in The Chicago Reader, syndicated in thirty newspapers in the United States and Canada, and available online. ... Jump to: navigation, search Savage Love is a syndicated sex-advice column by Dan Savage, appearing weekly in several dozen newspapers, mainly free city papers in the U.S. and Canada, but also newspapers in Europe and Asia. ...

The work of acclaimed comic book artist and cartoonist artist Chris Ware is regularly featured in the newspaper. A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... A cartoonist at work. ... The cover to the collected edition of Jimmy Corrigan by Chris Ware Franklin Christenson Ware (born December 28, 1967) is an American comic book artist and cartoonist, best-known for a series of comics called the Acme Novelty Library, and a graphic novel, Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth. ...

The Reader’s Guide to Arts & Entertainment, a spin-off launched in 1996, is a weekly carrying the Reader's entertainment listings expanded for the suburbs north, northwest and west of Chicago, features, cartoons and arts columns. Jump to: navigation, search 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Illustration of the backyards of a surburban neighbourhood Suburbs are inhabited districts located either on the outer rim of a city or outside the official limits of a city (the term varies from country to country), or the outer elements of a conurbation. ... Jump to: navigation, search A columnist is a journalist who produces a specific form of writing for publication called a column. Columns appear in newspapers, magazines and the Internet. ...

External link

• The Chicago Reader Web site