Plus: Squirrel Flower and Brinstarr play free record-release shows the same night, and Music Direct hosts a giant CD sale.

Winnie Weiyun Szu applies paint or sumi ink to paper, panels, or canvas; the resulting pictures mostly give the impression of ...

West-sider Harold Burrage had just one national hit before dying at 35, but he lived on through his mentorship of the likes ...

ARC announced its dates and lineup on March 10, and DCASE announced the dates for the House Music Festival & Conference even ...

This was how Chicago welcomed the seventh Gay Games, a celebration of international sport competition, cultural presentation, ...

Stephen Wilson Jr. previously played guitar in indie-rock outfit AutoVaughn, but he’d spent the bulk of his career as a food scientist before turning to music full-time in 2016.

In May, Chicago rapper Kayo released Diamond Hands via his label and streetwear company, Southside Blue Hearts, and throughout the album he approaches the mike with a keen sensitivity.

DJ Ca$h Era created an Instagram post urging artists, creatives, and business owners not to use AI for graphic design work and promotion.

Mary Nisi talks about CHIRP's fight for low-power radio, the launch of DJ company Toast & Jam, and her all-woman party Hot ...

Marina Carr's play about midlife marriages receives an intimate, compelling, and brilliantly performed local premiere with ...

After witnessing the devastation sometimes caused by encampment cleanings, a previously unhoused Chicagoan turns his camera on the city workers responsible.

The Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice concluded “accused people were jailed in 74% of cases where a prosecutor petitioned to detain them" between May and June 2025.