With $6.5 Million Windfall, Chicago Arts Win Out in MacArthur's Reshuffling By Matt Pollock For the first time ever, the giant philanthropy awarded its entire budget for creativity to local artists. Read more
Three Fun Things You Should Know About Mavis Staples By Matt Pollock Jessica Edwards’s documentary “Mavis!” premieres on February 29th on HBO. Read more
Five Things to Do in Chicago This Week Frequency Festival, Ambrose Akinmusire, Othello, Hamburg Ballet, and Buckwheat Zydeco Read more
Watch Singer Eryn Allen Kane Rehearse for Her Next Big Show She performs at City Winery on Friday, February 19. Read more
Spring Awakening's Venue Change Could Give Promoters a Month of Park Access By Matt Pollock With three festivals proposed for Chicago parks, the SFX-owned concert promoter could usurp a month of public space. Read more
Video: Watch a Strandbeest Visit the Bean One of Theo Jansen’s incredible creatures stopped by Millennium Park. Read more
Watch How Hans Fleischmann Reimagined The Glass Menagerie He was living in a van in L.A. when inspiration struck. Read more
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 Read more
How BJ the Chicago Kid Broke Out of Brainerd and Onto FM Radio By Matt Pollock After more than a decade in the music business, the R&B singer hits new heights with his major label debut. Read more
How Rising Rents are Pushing Art Galleries Out of the West Loop By Jason Foumberg What’s the real cost of the neighborhood’s real estate boom? Read more
