Announcing the highlights of this year’s Black Harvest Film Festival, hosted at the Siskel Film Center from November 6–15 ...

Annoyance's Murder at Moidah Manor has some solid laughs but could use sharper instruments for delivering the whodunit whimsy ...

Known as Billy offstage, Bullion built a life in storefront theater with wit, intelligence, heart, and "the Style." ...

The Bridge has been connecting improvising musicians from France with their midwestern counterparts since 2013.

V.V. Lightbody poured sweat into a serene new album, photographer Jim Newberry celebrates a new book of Chicago music ...

Local vendors and collectors say the appeal of physical media isn’t just nostalgia; it’s ownership streaming platforms can’t revoke.

The Hyde Park Jazz Festival's biggest-ever crowd came out for a dazzling roster whose wide-ranging talents brought us two days of music with open borders.

Next year will be Reeling’s 45th festival. Succeeding and growing as a queer film festival feels nothing short of miraculous ...

A coalition of more than 55 organizations wants Cook County to freeze spending on the sheriff and state's attorney amid a ...

As Musclecars, Brooklyn DJs and producers Brandon Weems and Craig Handfield don’t make dance music to try to fit into anyone’s template of classic four-on-the-floor house—they seem more motivated by a ...

Mary Cassatt celebrated the everyday lives of women and children, as proven in this stunning show at the Art Institute of Chicago.

Where thirty years of love, nature, and self-knowledge inspire the greatness within every child.