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

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

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

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.

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

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

The Independent Productions Initiative helps fund new artists and projects, and the Greenhouse Theater Center gives smaller companies a home.

The Darkroom Chicago began with my belief that adults deserve more places to be curious. There are not many spaces where we can explore a new interest without enrolling in a class, paying for a ...