He's won a handful of journalism awards; he's won two first-place awards from the Association of Alternative Newsmedia (for music writing in 2020 and arts feature in 2022) and a Peter Lisagor award ...

Purelink's delicately layered tracks are so immersive that even the smallest details, which might fade into the background in ...

Every Thursday in February Mai Sugimoto will perform two sets at the Hungry Brain, usually in a duo and then leading a band.

Elucid is currently on tour with DJ Haram, a frequent collaborator who produced the wonderfully noisy and melodic beat on ...

Jahiem Jones (aka Prince Hiem Gorgeous Gucci) connects with youth at Brave Space Alliance and through ballroom culture.

The Moviegoer is the diary of a local film buff, collecting the best of what Chicago’s independent and underground film scene ...

The Los Angeles duo Rio Kosta consists of veteran session musicians Mike Del Rio and Kosta Galanopoulos, who met in 2019 during a festival sound check and began collaborating the following year.

As 2026 kicks off, several companies are preparing plans for new homes that will give them more space for community involvement.

Lyric stages Richard Strauss's twisted but thrilling Salome, based on Oscar Wilde's play, for the first time in 20 years.

The New 400 Theaters closed in 2023, leaving the far north side without a cinema. This year, new ownership will reopen the historic Rogers Park institution.

DJ Simmy seems to be everywhere, all the time, doing everything. When you’re out with friends, you’re in Sim City.

Their latest full-length, Far From, which dropped in November, confirms Barren Heir as a band of great musical brawn and relatively few words.