Coalesce’s music feels like a bitter black mass whose apocalyptic textures are countered only by the band’s dark humor.

The WCGI Big Jam, hosted by the Chicago hip-hop station, celebrates the season with some of the hottest names in rap.

With her long-gestating debut album, The Star, east-side rapper Asha Omega speaks to the importance of self-knowledge and healing.

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Bump in the Night Theatre's Jump Scares, Vol. 1 offers a sampler platter of spooky stories in an intimate setting.

Founders, friends, and affiliates of Chicago hip-hop label Closed Sessions use its 15th anniversary to reflect on the ...

A sturdy exhibition of photographs and objects born of the sprawling practice of Frank Lloyd Wright has opened at the ...

Leather artisan Amir Badri maintains a workshop in his home in Mayfair, where he accepts customs jobs and repairs.

Works by artist vanessa german on view at the Logan Center aim to transport viewers into a space of vulnerability, curiosity, ...

Shedd Aquarium is the ninth Chicago-area cultural institution to unionize with AFSCME Council 31 in the past three years. Now ...

South Side Impresarios stresses Price was almost certainly not the only composer of their race, gender, and time to write ...