Kevin Woodard, who rapped as K-Smoove in the 90s, continues to serve the west side with the “Chicago-style turkey” at KS ...

Stepping into the world of sugar dating can feel equal parts intriguing and intimidating. It’s not something that is often represented in culture and media, and when it is, the messaging is almost ...

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

NASCAR’s Chicago Street Races attracted many new fans, giving them a fantastic backdrop of Michigan Avenue and the Chicago skyline to look at behind world-class car racers. And NASCAR’s “all-in” ...

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Corbett vs. Dempsey presents “Poised Compression," the first Chicago solo by Rosa Barba, comprising five deconstructed cinematic apparatuses.

This year's Lolla lineup is one of the worst in recent memory.

Lauren M. Gunderson's world premiere at Chicago Shakespeare celebrates Billie Jean King's challenges and achievements, on and ...

In Nick Payne's Incognito at Tin Drum Theatre, a scientist steals Einstein's brain—and then things get really weird.

The changes amount to small but significant rollbacks in the office’s openness under State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke.

Brea Fournier & the Dream Ballet's 2024 debut album is a borderline rock opera that mixes pop punk, indie rock, new wave, and alt-pop, with lyrics that relate a loose narrative of a manic pixie dream ...

Jessica Risker returns after seven years with a dreamy new album, Grunts Rare Books launches a sound-art series, and more.