After Moonlight By Kris Vire Oscar-winning screenwriter Tarell Alvin McCraney returns to Chicago — and to acting — for his new Steppenwolf play. Read more
Documenting a Divide in South Shore By Christian Belanger A new book chronicles the neighborhood’s exacerbating wealth disparities, as told from the perspective of someone who grew up there. Read more
Giving Ghost Signs New Life By Claire Voon Bronzeville artist Carris Adams, who mounts Double-Talk May 11 at Goldfinch gallery, draws inspiration from faded billboards and logos. Read more
Is Yoko Ono Underappreciated as a Poet? By Claire Voon The Poetry Foundation mounts an exhibition on the iconoclastic artist, Wish Trees and all. Read more
Sara Maslanka Takes on Sexual Violence Through Dance By Lauren Warnecke The Chicago Danztheatre artistic director premieres I Bet You Think This Dance Is About You May 3 to 18 at Andersonville’s Ebenezer Lutheran Church. Read more
Hamlet’s on Trial, Kim Foxx Is the Prosecutor, and You’re the Jury By Kris Vire Chicago Humanities Festival artistic director Alison Cuddy discusses the making of _Please, Continue (Hamlet). Read more
Live Your Paleontology Fantasy on Michigan Avenue By Claire VoonPhotography by DS Shin Bring the kids to this free Field Museum pop-up, which simulates an archaeological dig. Read more
See a Literal Jetpack at the Museum of Science and Industry By DS Shin and Hannah Edgar Wired to Wear, an exhibit on wearable technology, is open now through May 2020. Read more
How Photographer Laura Aguilar Uplifted Queer, Chicano Identities By Kerry Cardoza The National Museum of Mexican Art is hosting a monumental survey of her work. Read more
Ted Hearne Uses the Baton As a Tool for Protest By Graham Meyer Hearne conducts and performs with the Chicago Children's Choir on April 1 and 2 at the MCA. Read more
