This month in the Chicago union landscape, Second City actors and stage managers are enjoying the security of steady wage increases in their new contract. State-funded home care and childcare workers ...

A regular at Saint Hyacinth Basilica in Avondale, Godawiec demonstrates great style daily—even at the 6 AM masses she often ...

Wit, warmth, style, and charm are the enduring hallmarks of this show, and it’s good to see it back in all its glory for the ...

Ethiopian Dreams brings an autobiographical exploration of Ethiopian culture and circus arts to Chicago Shakespeare.

Trump’s brutal cuts to arts funding demonstrate the vulnerability of a culture sector tied to state ideology. How will Chicago rebuild?

Cocojoey plays a homecoming show to support the wild new Stars, Roy Kinsey inaugurates the Rapbrary’s physical home, and more ...

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An upcoming series at the Music Box Theatre explores the work of pioneering queer filmmaker Arthur J. Bressan Jr.

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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With three days of nonstop entertainment, including two stages of live music, West Fest is one of this summer’s most highly ...

Tyler Anthony Smith's high-concept Queen for a Day with Hell in a Handbag is a darkly goofy comedy about fame and isolation.