Chicago’s Most In-Demand Set Designer By Taylor Griggs Yu Shibagaki has already worked on three plays opening here this year, with more to come. Her goal? That you don't think about the set. Read more
Andrea Coleman’s Family Photos Have Secrets By Skyler Aikerson The 25-year-old artist's digital collages ask: If memory could speak, would it? Read more
Quiz: Weed Strain or Chicago Band? By Grace Perry Beach Bunny, Retirement Party, Grapetooth, and more. Read more
Inside the VR “I Have a Dream” Exhibit By Taylor Moore The much-ballyhooed exhibit that employs virtual reality to transport visitors to MLK's “I Have a Dream” speech makes its first stop at the DuSable Museum, opening February 28. Read more
Jane Byrne’s Cabrini-Green Stunt Gets a Theatrical Treatment at Lookingglass By Kris Vire J. Nicole Brooks's new play, opening February 26, tackles the mayor’s 1981 move of staying in the Cabrini-Green housing project. Read more
Mikki Kendall on the Failures of Feminism Interview by Anne Ford The author of the new book Hood Feminism on Lori Lightfoot, civility discourse, and why the women’s empowerment effort has fallen short Read more
How a Chicago Lit Mag Mounts a Festival in Mexico City By Alexandra ArriagaPhotography by Harrison Martin Two thousand miles from home, the artists behind Make magazine have built an audience for their Lit & Luz festival. Read more
Local Author’s Breakout Debut Is a Novel About a Novel By Taylor Moore Books change lives — sometimes literally, as in Michael Zapata's critically acclaimed “The Lost Book of Adana Moreau.” Read more
Frequency Fest 2020 Dials in Artists from Around the Globe By Graham Meyer This year's iteration includes rare stateside retrospectives of groundbreaking composers Annea Lockwood and Éliane Radigue. Read more
Magician Trent James Is the Purveyor of “Pure Lies” By Tyra Nicole Triche For his next trick, this prodigy from Brookfield will change your perception of old-school magic. Read more
