This lyrically nimble 21-year-old Hyde Park rapper is proof that hype really is cyclical. He first caught the nation’s attention in 2011 as the vocalist for Kids These Days, whose members met as students at the elite Chicago public high school Whitney Young. Featured in The New York Times, the funk-soul group was on the … Read more
Graham Reynolds, the Gaudete Brass Quintet, and more acts on the lineup for the (exactly) 3.5-hour event at City Winery.
Here’s your guide to the readings, discounts, and giveaways at indie shops across town.
A collaboration with Christopher Wool, a mug by the sculptor of the Bean, and more affordable items are on the block this Saturday at the West Loop auction house.
West Fest, the Comedy Exposition, the Tour de Fat, and the weekend plans of one of the guys in charge of the Square Roots fest.
This standup from Chicago is on her way to the top, one failed-feminist joke at a time.
Catch the exciting, unconventional soul singer at the food fest on Thursday.
See Chanticleer, Seussical, Summer Nights at the Brookfield Zoo, and more.
See Alarm Will Sound, the new Riverwest Music Festival, an emo double billing, and more—there’s music out there for every type of listener over the long weekend.
The movie critic became the star in Steve James’s adaptation of Ebert’s Life Itself memoir—a film that celebrated Ebert’s life, and unexpectedly showed its end.
