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Demetrius Amparan is a music artist and poet from the south side of Chicago. He is a nonprofit leader and father to daughters ...

Chicago’s “spirit of creation and love of play” are helping filmmaker Rey Tang find artistic opportunities for herself and ...

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

Avondale shop Lot’sa hosts monthly workshops on things like botanical cyanotype prints, risograph notebooks, and concrete castings.

The rural ambulance that responded to their 911 call didn’t carry naloxone, the opioid overdose reversal drug also known by ...

Chicago drummer Lily Glick Finnegan and New York violinist gabby fluke-mogul throw it in the sink at this weekend’s Catalytic ...

Their virtuosic playing and charming, flamboyant showmanship have helped make Mariachi Herencia de México’s annual Christmas shows a nascent Chicago tradition.

The pledge to host eight Palestinian academics resulted from negotiations between university administration and student ...

Foodman first created music in a PlayStation game called Depth, and his rudimentary experiments with the technology sparked an understanding that anyone can be an artist, regardless of skill or ...

Opened in 1974 as part of the University of Chicago’s art department, the Smart has long since become a stand-alone ...

A new report found the department responsible for government contracts doesn’t monitor whether companies violate ...