Old Town School of Folk Music cofounder Win Stracke saw songs as a way to connect people to history, compassion, and justice.

Before any performer twirls a tassel, drops into a split, or picks up a mike, there’s a producer writing emails, organizing ...

Two massive data centers are eyeing drinking water from Lake Michigan. Advocates and experts are unsure if that’s the best ...

Diego Diaz, cofounder of Mosaico Interpreting Company, is one of very few trilingual American Sign Language interpreters of color in Illinois.

Fall Arts 2026 issue.

Born from hip-hop in the 1970s, turntablism is having its biggest moment in pop and rock since the nu-metal boom a generation ...

The scrappy, accessible, and passion-driven DIY film scene has become integral to Chicago's cinematic ecosystem.

The Reader is free. Producing it isn’t. And without your support, we can't continue. So we need you to chip in, even if it’s ...

The Independent Productions Initiative helps fund new artists and projects, and the Greenhouse Theater Center gives smaller companies a home.

Onion City Records opens this month. Plus: Sound & Gravity hosts a film screening and record fair, and the Post throws a ...

The Tuley Park Camera Club began more than 50 years ago in a small basement room before expanding into the photography wing that exists today. I learned about its history through the materials left ...

Smoke’s Bistro is located at 1225 E. 87th St. and is open Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday from 4 PM to 9 PM, Saturday from 3 PM to 9 PM, and Sunday from 11 AM to 6 PM. They are closed on ...