Marsha Norman's Pulitzer-winning drama about a depressed daughter and her mom provides an overwhelming emotional journey.

Max Wolf Friedlich's drama at Writers Theatre packs a lot of debate about the psychological effects of our digital age into one act.

Last week, Oregon label Jealous Butcher Records released Sanctions, the first album from Chicago alt-country group Souled American in 30 years. That’s a long time for any band to go without a new full ...

The Teachers for Social Justice curriculum fair invites educators to share what the rest of the country is being told to stop teaching.

The Dover Road, a satire about fussy Brits eloping, works better in parts than as a whole in Ghostlight's Glessner House staging.

"Castle" is a semiotic puzzle accomplished through formal experimentation and the idiosyncratic visual vocabulary of Amy ...

The poetry of Shivani Gupta, drenched in personal memory, masters the delicate craft of creating space for a reader to see ...

Chicago takes its public art seriously—which is why a Big Tech-funded mural of slain Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska has ...

D.C. trio the Messthetics combine jazz and punk, but that was never the far-fetched proposition it might sound like on the ...

For Cécile Schott, who makes minimalist ambient music under the name Colleen, beating a fear sparked a burst of creativity.

The Volo Museum is a top destination for pop culture exhibits. This attraction features a significant collection of cars used ...

Founded in 1986 in Cincinnati, Ohio, the Afghan Whigs have walked a long, rambling road with many detours and potholes—and ...