The band’s most recent full-length, last year’s An Insatiable Violence (Nuclear Blast), opens with a violent blast of ...

Stygian Bough always catch lightning in a bottle. The trio combines the two members of Seattle doom duo Bell Witch, bassist-vocalist Dylan Desmond and drummer-keyboardist Jesse Shreibman, with ...

The sarangi of northern India and Pakistan shares features with the cello, the violin, the central Asian igil, and the ...

In 2024, the Illinois Lottery launched a joint specialty ticket that contributes directly to ten different admirable causes, ...

Jenn Hassin calls “Strength in Fragility”“a mini retrospective,” as it is a vast collection of her many works and a visual ...

Chicago has long been a launchpad for musicians. From intimate neighborhood venues in Logan Square to packed stages in Wicker Park and River North, the city gives artists countless opportunities to ...

Color and Textiles” positions the textile and embroidery work of Lialia Kuchma and Anna Kuczma alongside Chicago artists.

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

The Chicago City Council advances a portal that has been years in the making to a vote, as housing advocates from various groups have been campaigning for a streamlined process to help renters find ...

"Disposessions in the Americas" is an assemblage of diverse perspectives shaped by the forces of colonial violence.

In the project 60 wrd/min art critic, writer Lori Waxman explores how art writing can serve an expanded field of artists—including those incarcerated, trying to gain visas, working to establish ...

Dave Malloy's a cappella musical Octet at Raven is one of the most engrossing pieces of theater onstage so far this year.