Best of Fall: The Crafty Activist
Dorothy Burge stitches historical significance into her quilts of Black veterans.
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Best of Fall: The Graphic Stenographer
Tony Lewis connects the dots between language and art.
Best of Fall: The Soul Searcher
Back to her country roots, singer Stella Lefty is out to prove she’s no one-hit...
Color Tells the Story in Joffrey Ballet’s Alice
Ellie Cotey, the company’s costume manager, walks us through the careful care of the production’s...
June/July Agenda
Top 20 reasons to fill up your calendar this summer
Chicago’s ’90s Poetry Scene Shaped Illinois’ Laureate
“On any given night, you could read poetry on a stage,” recalls Illinois Poet Laureate...
Reframing the Immigrant Story
Intuit Art Museum reopens with an exhibition featuring works by 22 self-taught, foreign-born Chicago artists.
Things to Do: May 16-18
What to do in Chicago this weekend.
Summer’s Required Reading
From stories steeped in the rhythms of the city to a lighthearted romance, these new...
Shades of Boredom
Newly published images by photographer Mark Steinmetz highlight everyday life in a Chicago of 35...
Five Things to Do: May 2-4
What to do in Chicago this weekend.
“House Music Is the Chocolate”
Producer-DJ Vince Lawrence takes center stage in a new documentary about the birth of house.
Five Things to Do: April 25-27
What to do in Chicago this weekend.