Chicago’s Substack alternatives: newsletters like it
4 newsletters in the NewsletterFIT index cover the same topics as Chicago’s Substack (Chicago South Side arts and culture events, theater performances and opera performances). The closest matches are Story Club with George Saunders, CooltCluj and kerrymadden. They are ranked by how many topics they share with it, then by publicly shown subscribers.
Updated Nov 11, 2026 · ranked by shared topics, then publicly shown subscribers · methodology
About Chicago’s Substack
Food, Entertainment, & News
- Chicago South Side arts and culture events
- theater performances
- opera performances
- local event guides
- 1Story Club with George Saunders329K subscribers
SubstackWeekly · last post 10 days ago
A place to explore the way the short story works.
Likely audience: literary fiction readers
1 shared topic
- 2CooltCluj2K subscribers
SubstackWeekly · last post 10 days ago
From recent posts: CooltCluj publishes a Romanian-language cultural events digest for Cluj-Napoca, listing concerts, exhibitions, film screenings, theater performances, workshops, and book launches with venues and times. It is for…
Likely audience: marketing professionals
1 shared topic
- 3kerrymadden1K subscribers
SubstackEvery two weeks · last post 11 days ago
Story-catching and the day to day
Likely audience: Literature enthusiasts
1 shared topic
- 4
SubstackMonthly or less · last post 29 days ago
Writing on politics, faith, culture. Editor at The Real Deal, covering power, money, and NYC. Rebbetzin co-founder of The Altneu Synagogue on Manhattan's Upper East Side. This (free) space is for sharing my latest…
Likely audience: Jewish community members
1 shared topic
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