“The Night Doesn’t Stop the Stars”
On the 50th anniversary of the killing of Fred Hampton, poet Haki R. Madhubuti pays tribute to the leader of Chicago’s Black Panthers with a new work.
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That’s So Whitney
After the release of a celebrated second album and a whirlwind world tour, the duo returns home to headline five shows.
A South Suburban Hallmark Story
Three questions for Rikk Dunlap, novelist and maintenance worker
A New Exhibition Challenges Corporate Office Culture
You won’t view your cubicle the same way after Jessica Vaughn’s incisive show at Patron Gallery.
Tasha: Kindly Refrain From Misusing My Lyrics on Instagram
Albany Park native Tasha Viets-VanLear’s 2018 debut album, Alone at Last, is full of soulful tracks so intimate they feel like ripped-out diary entries. But the 26-year-old singer now understands there’s a ceiling to that approach. “People who have listened to my music enough maybe have an expectation of what I will give them,” she … Read more
How the Bauhaus Changed Chicago
Elsa Kula, 3 Dimensions Brochure (Detail) Photo: Courtesy of the Art Institute The Bauhaus, a school of progressive design founded 100 years ago in Germany, produced a distinctly modernist style that influenced art and architecture around the world. Bauhaus Chicago: Design in the City, opening November 23 at the Art Institute of Chicago, showcases the … Read more
Finally, a Spongebob Squarepants Pop-up
The installation by Louis De Guzman, J Balvin, and Nickelodeon runs through Saturday at 1714 North Damen.
What Came After the Hairy Who? An Exhibition Answers
The Elmhurst Art Museum examines post-Imagist art in Chicago, seeing through the vision of a beloved curator and critic who died last year.
Richard Costes Wants a Place for Deaf Actors in Chicago
How the actor, playwright, and accessibility consultant made his name in an often inaccessible theater scene
The Big Question: What’s the Meaning of the Universe?
We asked U. of C. astrophysicist Dan Hooper, whose new book, At the Edge of Time, dives deep into the Big Bang.