The closing of the legendary dance club Medusa’s 25 years ago marked the end
of an era. In this raw and raucous oral history, the club’s founders, employees,
and patrons bring the exuberant madness of this after-hours mecca back to life.
The creators of A Memory Palace of Fear discuss how the exhibit is inspired by real-life housing nightmares, segregation, and inequality.
In the theater company’s rendition of a classic (misogynist) tale, a patriarchal bloodsucker meets his match.
SNL: The Experience, Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Welcome to Jesus, Nomi Dance Company, and more
Inspired by the year’s slate of horror movies and women’s pro-wrestling shows, check out these very topical (and elaborate) makeup transformations.
Illuminovel uses crowdsourced data to help aspiring authors.
The last of them will soon be gone, but their stories will be preserved for future generations through 3D projections and voice recognition.
The exhibit at Museum of Broadcast Communications opens tomorrow, and includes the original outline of the very first episode in October 1975.
The Niles North graduate and associate artist at 16th Street Theater discusses the diversity of the Muslim experience, her play’s importance in today’s social climate, and more.
The woman known as punk’s poet laureate stopped in Chicago to promote her new book Devotion and perform some heartfelt songs.
