Four Fringy Holiday Shows in Chicago By Kris Vire Dickens and The Nutcracker are swell and all, but sometimes you just need a little more spice in your eggnog. Here, four edgier holiday shows. Read more
You Should Know Gia Margaret By Dan Hyman Ahead of her show at Lincoln Hall on November 23, Margaret reflects on juggling day jobs and using Kickstarter to hold herself accountable. Read more
Saba Endured Grief. Now He's Ready to Shine. By Mark Bazer After using his last album to process a cousin’s death, the rapper finds himself reenergized. Read more
Roy Kinsey: Black, Queer, Rapper, Librarian By Arabella Breck, City Bureau The native Chicagoan, who performs at Subterranean on November 23, used music to round out his identity. Read more
You Can Now Buy the Contents of Rogers Brown's Home at Auction By Lauren Williamson Objects owned by the Chicago Imagist hit the market. Read more
Reimagining Chicago Block Club Signs By Micco Caporale At a gallery show, community notices ask, “Won’t you be my neighbor?” Read more
The One Thing Jeff Tweedy Still Keeps Private By Mike Thomas The Wilco frontman, 51, on parenting, addiction, and the one thing he still keeps private Read more
Stephen Eichhorn Brings Your Living Room to His Art By Tal Rosenberg The local artist’s unusual and vibrant collages have struck a chord with an increasingly homebound generation. Read more
The Black Panthers’s Local Legacy — in Art By Kerry Cardoza Over 50 artists, mostly from the Midwest, feature in this new exhibition at Stony Island Arts Bank. Read more
