Gwendolyn Purdom

Forget oil paints, ceramics and charcoal. Crystal Hodges and Linsey Burritt completed one of their most recent installations using those colorful plastic capsules found in grocery store vending machines that...

Before former East Garfield Park resident and pet photographer Jennifer Whaley came up with her Pose a Pet app, she got her subjects' attention using a homemade necklace strung with...

When it comes to camera-shy pets, Instagram filters can only do so much. But as your feeds fill with "#blessed" seasonal greetings and portraits of friends' newborns festooned in Santa...

People often want to describe Alana Arenas' eclectic personal style as "funky." But the 33-year-old Steppenwolf Theatre ensemble member really would prefer that they didn't. "That is a word that...

Before Sabrina Waller enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1998, her recruiter assured her she'd never set foot on a ship. A year later, the now 36-year-old was one of...

A cake made out of cardboard and paper mache isn't on many birthday wish lists. But for Patty and Nayembi, Lincoln Park Zoo's youngest western lowland gorillas, the three-tiered faux-pastry,...

The Art of FallingGo: Oct. 15-19 at Harris Theater at Millennium Park, 205 E. Randolph DriveTickets: $39-$99. 312-850-9744; hubbardstreetdance.com/fall Physical comedy has been a trusty weapon in The Second City...

The key to helping local animal shelters and rescue groups just may be found with the help of social media. No, literally. Three keys have been hidden within the Chicago...