Chicago Artists Coalition Exhibit Shows What It’s Like to Be a Queer Outsider in Muslim North Sumatra
Leonard Suryajaya’s Don’t Hold On to Your Bones opens in March.
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With $6.5 Million Windfall, Chicago Arts Win Out in MacArthur's Reshuffling
In his September feature on the Chicago-based John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Sam Worley asked how its new boss, Julia Stasch, would focus the organization's spending—and who might lose funding along the way. Stasch said then that local arts organizations were safe, and today her word proved true when the foundation gave the entire $6.5 million of … Read more
Three Fun Things You Should Know About Mavis Staples
February is a busy month for the ever-prolific Mavis Staples. She releases her 16th album, Livin’ on a High Note, on the 19th, and Jessica Edwards’s documentary Mavis! premieres on the 29th on HBO. Here, three little-known tidbits about the 76-year-old gospel icon, culled from the movie.
Five Things to Do in Chicago This Week
Frequency Festival, Ambrose Akinmusire, Othello, Hamburg Ballet, and Buckwheat Zydeco
Spring Awakening's Venue Change Could Give Promoters a Month of Park Access
With three festivals proposed for Chicago parks this year, React Presents could usurp a month of public space.
Watch How Hans Fleischmann Reimagined The Glass Menagerie
He was living in a van in L.A. when inspiration struck.
The Five Best Things to Do in Chicago This Week
Joffrey Ballet, Van Gogh’s Bedrooms, Louder Than a Bomb, Ronnie Baker Brooks, and Marnie & Phil: A Circus Love Letter
How BJ the Chicago Kid Broke Out of Brainerd and Onto FM Radio
After more than a decade in the music business, the R&B singer hits new heights with his major label debut.
How Rising Rents are Pushing Art Galleries Out of the West Loop
What’s the real cost of the neighborhood’s real estate boom?