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

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 ...

Split Lip's "absurdly entertaining" second production, Merry We: An Elite Comedy, marks the DIY company as one to watch.

I wish I had seen just a few minutes of a circus art performed, especially juggling, because clowns often do juggle, and our villain, Jimmy Knives himself (played with main-character panache by Quinn ...

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

"Steelmakers" is an accessible entry point to the environmental, industrial, immigrant, and labor histories of the Calumet region.

At Sawhorse, “Far Down the Phantom Air” unites the prehistoric and the postindustrial into a devotional that poses worship as pleasure.

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

The CPD committed to releasing “merit” promotion lists in 2017. Now, the city claims it would be an invasion of privacy.

Among the new class of shoegaze artists powering the continuing resurgence of the genre, many cite Whirr as a foundational ...

Gun violence is highest in Chicago’s poorest neighborhoods, where organizers say tackling poverty is the only way to create ...

Vinyl has long been the big story in physical media, but CDs are cheaper, quicker to manufacture, and poised for a comeback.