Two current productions of plays by the late August Wilson "create an exquisite time capsule of Black American community." ...

Chicago Record Report covers new local music that's caught the Reader's ear—including releases by Lala Lala, Sons of Ra, and ...

Screamo blowout ZBR Fest Midwest packs Subterranean with 28 bands, WZRD celebrates 50 years on the air with a free Martyrs’ ...

Emergency Group swim in the heady tides of prog rock, psych rock, and free jazz. These Brooklyn improvisers harness ...

A social housing program, included in the plan approved on April 19, could change Chicago's housing landscape forever.

Democratic National Convention approaches, the Chicago Film Archives presents stories from the front line of the 1968 convention.

Shootings decreased overall last year, but the opposite was true in 17 neighborhoods. Most aren't included in Chicago's ...

When my favorite bartender at the Raven Room told me that the bar and event space is shutting down at the end of April, I nearly burst into tears. For more than a year, I had been visiting the ...

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

In his first year as a resident at the Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago-based artist Tongji Philip Qian is rethinking the order of the studio.

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

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