Billy Hinton is better known as a seventh-degree black belt, but he also released a string of obscure but highly sought-after ...

Lately artist Xingyu Huang has immersed herself in underwater video footage collected from an artificial floating garden in the Chicago River.

The touring version of the musical's 2023 Broadway revival makes the story of Leo Frank's 1915 lynching feel vital and timely.

Taco Bops, aka Tshoma Pugh, catalyzed the hip-house scene and helped launch the first all-rap radio show on the city’s ...

Stephen Adly Guirgis's 2000 play about faith and punishment, Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train, feels newly relevant at City Lit ...

The Moviegoer is the diary of a local film buff, collecting the best of what Chicago’s independent and underground film scene has to offer.

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Whether you’re a horror-curious reader like me or a seasoned fan, the new collection Red Line: Chicago Horror Stories serves up a smorgasbord of styles, themes, and perspectives that will satisfy a ...

The charm of the 2001 film Amélie doesn't translate well in the stage musical, now onstage with Kokandy Productions.

A professor faces challenges in her personal and professional life in the world premiere of Amy Crider's Buddha's Birthday at Lucid Theater.

Abyssal Zone Collective's nonhierarchical approach to examining "end times fascism" pays off in Holy, Holy, Holy.