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Lenora Blackamore's property in Woodlawn, where she hosts Airbnb guests most of the year.

Chicago Airbnb hosts see record surge from Lollapalooza guests — especially on South Side

December 17, 2018 at 4:09 p.m.

As long as you can get over any uneasiness with 20-something men with beards and tattoos, Lollapalooza-goers are a moneymaking venture this weekend, jokes Rebecca Braithwaite, an Airbnb host in...

‘Yes, and’: Second City behavioral science group studies how improv can create better communication

December 17, 2018 at 4:10 p.m.

Actions and words are not predictable. Though you have a general sense of what will play out in a meeting with your boss or a conversation with a friend, most...

New dating app Crown, from the creators of Tinder, gives users a daily NCAA tournament-style bracket of profiles to choose from.

New dating app uses NCAA-style bracket to crown a winner. And yes, it’s complicated.

December 12, 2018 at 10:13 p.m.

If you’re sighing at the idea of swiping through endless (and often lackluster) profiles on Tinder and Bumble, a new dating app called Crown wants to alleviate that “swipe fatigue”...

Chicago Cultural Center hosts evening of Egyptian dance, music

December 17, 2018 at 4:10 p.m.

Sometimes diplomacy doesn’t look like a United Nations table surrounded by ambassadors. Breaking down international borders can also be manifested in a spiritual exchange, like dance. In a performance Tuesday...

Pianos en los parques permite a todos experimentar con las teclas

May 13, 2019 at 11:19 a.m.

"¿Están listo para arremolinarse?" En Jackson Park los niños se amontonan alrededor de un piano y un banco, en busca de una oportunidad para tocar las teclas y mirar el interior de la...

Joseph Josué Mora and Myra Pacheco use this design to create fabric patches for the Undocumented Community Resource Fair at Gallery 400 this weekend.

Undocumented immigrant artists get a showcase of their own

December 17, 2018 at 4:10 p.m.

“Aliens by Law” Myra ‘Groovie’ Pacheco and Joseph Josué Mora carefully spread blue paint over their design, which gradually exposes the phrase. In pop culture classics from E.T. and Star...

Amara "Rebel" Betty is an AfroBoricua artist and activist from Pilsen. Her zines, which address gentrification in Chicago's barrios, will be featured at this weekend's Zine Mercado in Logan Square.

Pilsen artist details life in Chicago ‘barrios’ at Zine Mercado

December 17, 2018 at 4:10 p.m.

“The role of the artist is to make the revolution irresistible.” These words from Toni Cade Bambara — a leader of the 1960s Black Arts Movement — inspire Pilsen artist...

Carlotta Gill, left, plays "Lean On Me" with Matt Griffo at Buttercup Park Thursday, July 12, 2018 in Chicago. The piano is at the park for the summer as part of the "Pianos in the Park" program organized by Make Music Chicago. (Erin Hooley/baiduhai)

Pianos in the Parks lets everybody tickle the ivories

December 17, 2018 at 4:11 p.m.

“Ya’ll ready to jam?” Outside the Jackson Park field house, children squeeze between an upright piano and its accompanying bench for a chance to unabashedly pound their fingers across the...

Americana means good beer, good music at Square Roots Festival

December 17, 2018 at 4:11 p.m.

When Celtic punkers the Tossers first met as 18- and 19-year-olds on Chicago’s South Side in the 1990s, the band purposely booked shows in bars so they could (though underage)...

Cosplay and manga reign, as Anime Midwest comes to Rosemont

December 17, 2018 at 4:12 p.m.

Leo O’Brien and Tristan Sites locked eyes from across the room and made a beeline to meet each other. Both were cosplaying Nightwing — a DC Comics superhero — at...

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