The plot follows the work of the suffragist movement through the lens of two of its most prominent activists. Carrie Chapman Catt (Marya Grandy, deploying a belt that goes for blocks) is the “old ...

But the Oak Park Festival Theatre version, directed by artistic director Peter G. Andersen, takes a speech which has always ...

Since 2005 Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) has used the Secret History of Chicago Music to shine a light on worthy artists with Chicago ties who’ve been forgotten, underrated, or never noticed in ...

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

When I’m scrolling on Instagram, perusing party promo photos of people dancing in some south-side warehouse or West Town ...

From June 25 to June 28, Synapse Arts presented 2026 New Works at Berger Park Cultural Center, featuring trace by Qū Jié 曲洁 ...

Last year, Chicago microlabel Black Dice Records started releasing small-run CDs by fringe screamo bands. The label has ...

For nearly a decade, the global media treated the high-profile death of Illinois socialite Sheila von Wiese-Mack as a one-dimensional true-crime spectacle. Most accounts zeroed in on the gruesome ...

MUBI FEST returns to Chicago July 10–12 with a weekend of exclusive screenings, live music, and special events across The Salt Shed, Music Box Theatre, and Gene Siskel Film Center. Highlights include ...

The underappreciated musician’s musicians in Hushdrops have carried on through the tragic loss of drummer Joe Camarillo.

The first round of voting for Chicago’s next mayor will occur as part of the city’s next Consolidated Municipal Election on Tuesday, February 23, 2027. The ballot will also include elections for all ...

If you have a few bucks, a day to burn, and an itch to get out in the world, here are 19 cheap, weird, and wonderful day ...