Lyric Opera of Chicago has revealed that Sylvia Neil, Chair of its Board of Directors, will step down in May 2026. Learn more ...

When National Guard troops from Texas started to arrive in Illinois last week, I drove out to the Immigration and Customs ...

Pope Leo XIV has urged labor union leaders from Chicago to advocate for immigrants and welcome minorities into their ranks.

"The Intentions of Thunder," the new collection of poems by the city's own Patricia Smith, is a gorgeous, heartbreaking ...

Filmmaker Bill Condon takes on “Kiss of the Spider Woman” in a new adaptation of the Tony-winning Broadway musical. In ...

Chants, banners, and marching feet returned to Tallahassee Oct. 18 as the “No Kings Day” movement rallied thousands across ...

Marches and rallies throughout Wisconsin drew record crowds for the No Kings day of protest against the Trump administration ...

WAmadeus is a very rich, poetic, highly philosophical play, with lots of music and moving parts. There’s a great deal ...

The R&B world was rocked this week by the news that legendary singer D’Angelo has died after a battle with pancreatic cancer.

A retro revival is underway in the design world: mushroom-shaped lamps, walnut stereo consoles, daisy dishware, neon Polaroid ...

Ahead of thousands of anti-authoritarian “No Kings” protests planned for Saturday across the United States, Republicans are ...

Republicans have cast the events scheduled nationwide as un-American and suggested that Democrats are seeking to prolong the ...