Organizers are calling on everyone in the city to embrace the national “no work, no school, no shopping” day of protest.

With any major accomplishment, it’s the journey that matters, not the destination—and Liz Cooper knows that as well as anyone ...

In 2013 cellist Tomeka Reid founded the Chicago Jazz String Summit to honor those who’d come before and spotlight upcoming ...

Chicago singer-songwriter Gia Margaret released her disarming debut,There’s Always Glimmer, in 2018, but since then her voice ...

It felt inevitable that violist Whitney Johnson, cellist Lia Kohl, and violinist Macie Stewart would form a trio. Their ...

Through Museum of Me, the ethereal metalsmith and YouTuber remakes her hometown as a museum of romance and private ritual.

Brendan Hunt's autobiographical solo show The Movement You Need is now onstage at Steppenwolf Theatre. Credit: Jenn Udoni Full disclosure: I have yet to watch a single episode of Ted Lasso (I know!) ...

Mehrnam Rastegari’s self-released 2025 debut album, Dislocated Pulse, is a delightfully fiery extension of an eclectic tradition. The New York–based Persian violinist fuses Eastern elements with funk, ...

A sampling of performances that highlight how Asian American artists in Chicago are creating a new wave of work that is "post ...

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

Plus: The newly renamed Girls Rock! Chicago holds a fundraising auction, and postpunks Stalled celebrate album two.

As this noisy rock subgenre has surged in popularity, young midwestern artists—Sunshy, Griefeater, Interlay—have played a key role in its evolution.