Kitty Haywood and her sisters sang on countless songs and jingles, including some of the greatest albums Chicago ever ...

In a disheartening year, Chicago theaters stepped up with shows that offered rage, respite, and support for the audience.

Through the Black Panther Party Cubs and the Hampton House, Chairman Fred Hampton Jr. builds on his father’s linkage of art ...

The Moviegoer is the diary of a local film buff, collecting the best of what Chicago’s independent and underground film scene ...

The School of the Art Institute of Chicago laid off three of five employees at Video Data Bank, upending the nearly ...

The story of Chicago rock outfit Sybris is partly about the infrastructure of independent music and the networks that keep it ...

Transitions works because it embraces the breadth of dance music rather than focusing on, say, the kind of blockbuster EDM ...

Musician, content creator, and audio engineer Hannah Sandoz talks about the economic realities of touring, merch making, and ...

An unhoused person walks to a Chicago police station for weekly registration. Credit: André Boyer Terrance has followed the same routine for years. Once a week, he gets in his car around 7 AM and ...

Ryan Deffet made friends everywhere he went in Chicago’s indie scene. Now those friends are celebrating his life with this ...

Madie Doppelt's The Model Play, presented by Snails on a Bike, centers the voices of young women in the fashion industry.

City Lit's Sherlock Holmes and the Christmas Clowns mashes up Arthur Conan Doyle and G.K. Chesterton in a silly holiday romp.