Artists on the Verge
Get to know these local emerging stars before everyone else does.
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It’s a Bathroom! It’s a Garage! It’s a … Gallery?
Five spaces that make creative use of real estate
I’m Still Here
Thirty years ago, few people would have expected conceptual artist Gregg Bordowitz to live long enough to see his career retrospective.
Chicago’s Choir for Trans Singers
Every week, a group of nonbinary, gender-questioning, and trans Chicagoans gather to rehearse in a North Center church. Sometimes, that means learning to embrace their voices in the process.
How Photographer Laura Aguilar Uplifted Queer, Chicano Identities
The National Museum of Mexican Art is hosting a monumental survey of her work.
Ted Hearne Uses the Baton As a Tool for Protest
Photo: Jen Rosenstein The 36-year-old composer, who sang with the Chicago Children’s Choir starting at age 5, credits the group’s social-justice focus for inspiring Sound From the Bench, his piece about corporate personhood that was a finalist for last year’s Pulitzer Prize in music. (It was beat out by Kendrick Lamar’s Damn.) The Museum of … Read more
How Lili-Anne Brown Found Success As a Director
In the mid-2000s, when the Pill Hill native decided to become a director, she had already spent a decade in theater, working as an actress by night and a talent agent by day. But the career change meant starting over again — namely, at Timber Lake Playhouse in tiny Mount Carroll, Illinois — before becoming artistic director of the … Read more
The Age of Art in Dating Apps
As major museums rejigger their business models to prioritize experience, artworks are taking on a whole new utility.
Mike Kinsella’s Part-Time Job Is His College Band
The singer thought he’d left his college emo band behind when he graduated. But American Football is enjoying an unexpected resurgence.
A Brief Timeline of Devil in the White City’s Film Gridlock
Hollywood has played a dragged-out game of hot potato with adapting the film, which is finally heading to Hulu as a series.