The 2025 edition of the Chicago Blues Festival has one of the stronger lineups in recent memory—its mix of hallowed veterans ...

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Opinion: For decades, Chicago has underinvested in transit while global cities have moved toward more efficient ...

Grace Jones and Janelle Monáe’s coheadlining summer tour is an intergenerational celebration of gender-expansive Black women for the ages.

Bailey often pairs conversational lyrics with her twinkling harp in a way that evokes childhood innocence and nostalgia, and her voice sometimes sounds like she’s on the brink of tears.

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Physical Theater Festival Chicago celebrates 12 years of creating community across genres and geography, and Chicago Dance ...

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

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The Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival's developmental Puppet Lab offers support and connections for emerging ...

Chicago Record Report covers new local music that's caught our ear—including by Angel Bat Dawid & Naima Nefertari, Bussy ...