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The new art space, Juliet Art House, introduces the work of Rebecca Baruc.
When Rebecca Baruc was 11 years old, she began to show her drawings from her journal t…
The new crowdfunded business specializes in matching comic book creators with publishers.
As the pandemic disrupted the comic book industry in April 2020, Devil'…
A new exhibition at Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Art surveys over 60 years of cartoonists.
Does a comic strip belong on a museum wall? I ask this not to ques…
Black cartoonists from Chicago are featured in a new book and included in a new exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago.
Imagine a world to come wh…
Kick off the summer with these events.
We're open! While most of the state and the city has returned to business as usual in some ways, masks are still recommend…
And the massive survey of artists does it well.
The nonprofit, artist-run network Tiger Strikes Asteroid has five locations across the U.S. in Los Angeles, Phila…
John Michalski, onetime Chicago improv teacher and performer, never found great fame. But he embodied the art form at its purest.
John Michalski died May 24. In …
Dr. Charles Smith and other artists find a new home at the Art Preserve.
Before Black Lives Matter was a movement, Black lives mattered in the work of Dr. Charle…
"The potential and the sadness and beauty of big empty spaces" inspires Lucky Plush's The Map of Now.
For over a year, the Harris Theater has loomed like an abys…
A former cabbie talks to writer Reginald Edmund about Ride Share at Writers Theatre"and the real-life experiences that inspired it.
Being a public driver has nev…
Jay Españo brings international perspective as the new AD for PrideArts; plus Leaders for a New Chicago awards and a new fund in honor of the late Malcolm Ewen
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The all-female-identifying Moonwater Dance Project explores water-as-metaphor in its newest piece.
The low rumble of the double bass slides up and down with the …
Some performing arts groups are opening their doors, but others are inviting audiences to soak up the sun.
In just the past couple of weeks, theaters have starte…
Mount Prospect's Mallory Smart, who publishes the online journal Maudlin House, has a new book coming out from Trident Press this year.
"Lit!" is what writer and…
The actor's role in the onscreen adaptation hearkens back to his introduction to musical theater and time spent in New York City.
In the Heights, the new Jon M. …
A reflection on the museum's storied past and more inclusive future
What do you get when a leather daddy and a librarian walk into a synagogue? Well, apparently…
The "musician-governed" Chicago Philharmonic looks to innovative programming for the future.
Last week the Chicago Philharmonic Society announced the appointment…
Dee Alaba seeks collaborators who celebrate and respect identity.
Born in Davao in the Philippines and raised in Des Plaines, Dee Alaba began dancing at the age…
The parade's postponed till October, but you can still celebrate Pride outdoors and online this month.
Last year, Pride events were mostly limited to online cele…
About Face Theatre takes the mystery out of training next-generation LGBTQ+ artists"while putting it into a streaming production.
Read from the scroll of off-Loo…
North Park Village Nature Center provides an ideal setting for Lyric's Hansel and Gretel.
There's no more perfect setting for Lyric Opera's Hansel and Gretel in …
DePaul's Theatre School retools the MFA acting program to be less expensive and more relevant; plus news from Collaboraction and Playmakers Laboratory
Twenty yea…
Workers at the pioneering south side space organize against unfair labor practices.
It's no secret that Experimental Station (ES) is unique.…
A Joyce Foundation grant paves the way for a community playmaking project at Congo Square focused on Black women and girls.
"I love Black women and girls. I love…
An exhibit at the Chicago History Museum offers a new perspective on the enigmatic photographer's work.
Something very interesting happens when a person encount…
