President Donald Trump wants to strip public health funding from four states led by Democratic leaders—including $8 million from Illinois.

August Strindberg's Miss Julie unfolds like a fever dream in Gabrielle Randle-Bent's staging at Court Theatre.

Rupture & Repair, Tanuja Jagernauth's devised play at Free Street, examines how to deal with the past as we plan a future.

American Blues Theater's intimate revival of Come Back, Little Sheba features a revelatory performance by Gwendolyn Whiteside.

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.

"It Had to Be You,” a solo show by Judith Brotman, at Basement gallery, presents paradoxes at skewed heights under the low ceiling.

For his 2025 installation HVAC, artist Liang-Yu Huang recreated the components of a heating, ventilation, and air ...

Tone Deaf Records owner Tony Assimos plays an in-store with his own band, Alexa Viscius opens a gallery show of her music photos, and more.

Spaces for People, Systems for Spaces” at Western Exhibitions features 15 artists who make art about architecture.

South-side filmmaker jellystone robinson discusses their upbringing, creative process, and forthcoming screenings.

Untold Stories,” the MFA thesis exhibition of Abdulrahman Hamdi at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, marks his full emergence.