Achy Obejas

When Paula Killen left Chicago seeking fame, fortune and enlightenment in Los Angeles back in 1996, she had a very good chance at a television show. Her late night club...

Nora Tratame Como Soy (RMM) The longtime lead singer of Orquesta de La Luz, Japan's premier salsa band, Nora debuts her self-titled own eponymous solo album, recorded at Havana's legendary...

Fantcha is a new voice of hope, of spirit and love, from Cape Verde. But for the last 11 years, she has lived in Park Slope in Brooklyn, where white...

Alexandra Billings will always leave you wanting more. Just go to her Sunday night gigs at Gentry on Halsted and listen and watch. Just when you're settling in to the...

Susana Baca Eco de Sombras (Luaka Bop) On this, her second solo album, Susana Baca pulls back a bit from her coastal Peruvian roots and joins up with slick Manhattanite...

The multi-tiered, multimedia theme park that is DisneyQuest -- just about ready to celebrate its first anniversary in Chicago -- is a curious, almost paradoxical phenomenon. Designed as a Disney...

La Dulce Vida Cafe is a bit off the beaten path, but the journey itself may be worth it. Tucked into a storefront on West Madison, in the shadows of...

The poet asked his love, Shall I compare you to a summer day? And those of us who live on the shores of Lake Michigan were relieved--yes, relieved--he didn't live...

When raves wind up being debated in the City Council and featured in the baiduhai, you know that -- no matter that the discussions may be about their danger...

The Gaslight Club at the O'Hare Hilton has a very clear clientele in mind, and it's not necessarily travelers: It's men. From the minute you enter the place, everything suggests...