Since 2005 Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) has used the Secret History of Chicago Music to shine a light on worthy artists with Chicago ties who’ve been forgotten, underrated, or never noticed in ...

When I’m scrolling on Instagram, perusing party promo photos of people dancing in some south-side warehouse or West Town ...

From June 25 to June 28, Synapse Arts presented 2026 New Works at Berger Park Cultural Center, featuring trace by Qū Jié 曲洁 ...

For nearly a decade, the global media treated the high-profile death of Illinois socialite Sheila von Wiese-Mack as a one-dimensional true-crime spectacle. Most accounts zeroed in on the gruesome ...

Last year, Chicago microlabel Black Dice Records started releasing small-run CDs by fringe screamo bands. The label has ...

The underappreciated musician’s musicians in Hushdrops have carried on through the tragic loss of drummer Joe Camarillo.

MUBI FEST returns to Chicago July 10–12 with a weekend of exclusive screenings, live music, and special events across The Salt Shed, Music Box Theatre, and Gene Siskel Film Center. Highlights include ...

A three-day race brought together over a hundred couriers who raced, partied, and crashed their way through a revived ...

Days after the opening of the Obama Presidential Center, residents of nearby South Shore and Washington Park are still fighting to stay in their communities. “I don’t stay in South Shore anymore ...

The first round of voting for Chicago’s next mayor will occur as part of the city’s next Consolidated Municipal Election on Tuesday, February 23, 2027. The ballot will also include elections for all ...

This UNESCO World Heritage site in Collinsville, Illinois, lets visitors climb a 100-foot earthen mound built nearly a thousand years ago.

From the abandoned Zorn Brewery Complex to the South Shore Line ride down, this is the most underrated day trip on Lake Michigan.