Chicago theater alumni and other local talent shot the low-budget indie rom-com Block Party this summer in Bowmanville.

Chanda had left W.I.T.C.H. by the end of the decade, and keyboardist Patrick Mwondela took on a leadership role. Their songs, including 1980’s “ Freedom Fighter ,” developed a more overt disco flavor, ...

A lifelong Chicago Transit Authority user, Joanna rode to the Pink Line stop in Pilsen from her family home in West Ridge. Iliana, who currently lives in the northwest suburb of Wheeling, was a Pilsen ...

Two massive data centers are eyeing drinking water from Lake Michigan. Advocates and experts are unsure if that’s the best ...

Old Town School of Folk Music cofounder Win Stracke saw songs as a way to connect people to history, compassion, and justice.

Born from hip-hop in the 1970s, turntablism is having its biggest moment in pop and rock since the nu-metal boom a generation ...

The scrappy, accessible, and passion-driven DIY film scene has become integral to Chicago's cinematic ecosystem.

Diego Diaz, cofounder of Mosaico Interpreting Company, is one of very few trilingual American Sign Language interpreters of color in Illinois.

Fall Arts 2026 issue.

Before any performer twirls a tassel, drops into a split, or picks up a mike, there’s a producer writing emails, organizing ...

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