From Independence to Now Lecture Series “insist[s] on African cinema as a site of formal experimentation and critical thought.” ...

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

The beloved weirdo dance-music night at Danny’s, gone nearly 20 years, returns at Wicker Park gallery Public Works.

As the Poetry Foundation sunsets its adult education programming, the poet and educator remains committed to facilitating communal poetry spaces.

Talisman,” a multigenerational group show curated by Hindley Wang, gathers a selection inscrutable two- and three-dimensional works.

Optic Sink have stuck with the dark hypnotic synths and danceable grooves from their debut but they’re now more melodic and ...

Like so many albums, Runo Plum’s debut full-length, November’s Patching (Winspear), was inspired by a breakup and the ...

Jon-Carlo Manzo’s Fire Talk imprint Angel Tapes embodies the values of the underground by investing in artists long before they’re sure bets.

Duke Tumatoe has played in REO Speedwagon and worked with John Fogerty, but after 60 years he’s still making most of his fans ...

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

Justin Purcell's Magic Is People at Chicago Magic Lounge combines insider humor about the craft with astounding close-up ...

I’ve been watching the fire as it comes from far away, wondering if I should stay,” she sings over gentle fingerpicked guitar ...