Erwin Helfer is a local hero who has made a global impact. His Highland Park–based label, the Sirens, is hosting a ...

Eiko Ishibashi brings her taut and richly layered music to Logan Center for the Arts for her most recent Hamaguchi ...

A craftsman of combining uplifting spirituality and music, Ben Katzman plays the Empty Bottle with Thicc Lizzy and Edging.

“The Lute is Eternal” proclaims the text that concludes the ten-minute video to Jozef van Wissem’s recent single, “The Call ...

Folly Group’s “Paying the Price” is one of the best electronica-infused postpunk songs about shame, and it’s only a B side.

Playing at Constellation, Marisa Anderson and Jim White's collaboration is a mix of abstract exploration and gentle folk ...

A longtime fringe favorite gets a festival of her two-character plays in Hamburgers & Disappointment with Sweetback ...

When the Reader checked in with local noisemaking polymath Seb Alvarez in 2022, he’d turned his creative focus away from his ...

Giggs’s self-released debut full-length, Walk in da Park, is a landmark album in UK hip-hop history, and almost 16 years ...

The current revival raises the temperature and the roof with splendid direction, design, and performances across the board.

Eddie Izzard's solo performance of Hamlet at Chicago Shakespeare provides a clear and resonant take on the story.

Baby Through 5/19: Thu-Sat 7:30 PM, Sun 3 PM; also Wed 5/1 and 5/15 1 PM; Citadel Theatre, 300 Waukegan Rd., Lake Forest, 847 ...