The Chicago Police Department has rewritten an internal policy that allowed officers to easily close missing persons cases ...

Filmmaker Nancy De Los Santos remembers the civil rights and labor icon who she had the pleasure of knowing over four decades ...

After four EPs that revealed a fire in the belly, Yaelokre dropped a riveting debut full-length, Foreword (Atlantic), in ...

Grabadolandia, a free educational printmaking festival run by the IGC, wants to inspire people to engage in “printmaking as a ...

Sloane Murphy writes like she lives in a tavern on a vinyl barstool that’s been desiccated by years spent soaking up other ...

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Overview: Prosecutors have a constitutional obligation to disclose when officers have a history of misconduct, lying, or ...

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

New York City–based dance producer and multi-instrumentalist Takuya Nakamura started playing trumpet as a child in Japan and fell in love with jazz while growing up. This brought him to Boston in the ...

In 1971, a vision was planted on the South Side of Chicago that would grow into one of the most important Black theater institutions in the country. ETA Creative Arts Foundation was not just built to ...

The artists in "New Forms of Survivance" are finding new ways to “remain themselves" and "preserve their own cultural traditions." ...

Stephanie Alison Walker's world premiere at Steppenwolf combines a comedy of manners with a sharp look at women's identity ...