After a decade apart, Lstreetz has reunited with Shawnna for a joint album that proves the power of women working together in ...

The aging owner of a once-popular Chicago television store and his daughter face the changes in their circumstances in ...

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Reader writer Andrea Thompson's guide to the 43rd iteration of Reeling: The Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival ...

James Sherman's The First Lady of Television at Northlight tells a story from 1950 that's uncomfortably relevant for our times.

Rabbits in Their Pockets at Lifeline is a heartfelt and extremely smart contemporary story using African folktales as a jumping-off point.

Ghost Fetus at Trap Door is a sincere but underdeveloped allegorical story of intolerance in a small Christian community.

Abby Paj Tries to Stay Alive offers a look at survivalism through the lens of its creator's own anxious trajectory through life.

TL;DR: Thelma Louise; Dyke Remix at Theo gives a pop-punk musical twist to the usual "bury your queers" narrative.

A new troupe offers a streamlined and intimate site-specific interpretation of the Chekhov classic at Berger Park Cultural Center.