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The latest issue of the Chicago Reader is the issue of February 3, 2022.
You can download the print issue as a free PDF.
The next print issue is the issue of February 17, 2022.
The Chicago Reader is published in print every other week and distributed for free to the nearly 1,200 locations on the map below.
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Chicago Reader print issue dates
The Chicago Reader is published in print every other week. Issues are dated Thursday. Distribution usually happens Wednesday morning through Thursday night of the issue date. Upcoming print issue dates through December 2022 are:
- 2/17/2022
- 3/3/2022 Best of Chicago 2021
- 3/17/2022
- 3/31/2022
- 4/14/2022
- 4/28/2022
- 5/12/2022
- 5/26/2022
- 6/9/2022
- 6/23/2022
- 7/7/2022
- 7/21/2022
- 8/4/2022
- 8/18/2022
- 9/1/2022
- 9/15/2022
- 9/29/2022
- 10/13/2022
- 10/27/2022
- 11/10/2022
- 11/24/2022
- 12/8/2022
- 12/22/2022
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