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Pioneers of Queer Cinema highlights the history of LGBTQ stories in movies.
It's safe to say that there are more stories being told by queer filmmakers than ever…
Gary Chichester reflects on the riotous roots of the first-ever Pride parade.
A young, conservative homosexual from the northwest suburbs was cruising in Lincol…
Storytelling, circus arts, and social justice all find a place in youth training programs.
Summer performing arts camps and training programs usually provide a p…
The groups are teaming up for an all-day comedy party on June 19.
On June 19, 1865, news of the Emancipation Proclamation freeing American slaves finally reached…
UrbanTheater Company and other BIPOC theaters deserve solidarity"and funding.
On June 3, Chicago theater artists flooded my social media with #openyourlobby; a c…
If you want to decolonize theater, start with the script.
George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Trayvon Martin, Sandra Bland, Renisha McBride, Atatiana Je…
A group of Black archivists is helping communities create their own narratives, filling in what history books have left out.
When major movements rock the cours…
And it's a voice the rest of the world needs to hear.
Comedian, writer, and actor Dwayne Kennedy is truly a comedian's comedian. He has appeared on screens and s…
Muralists use boarded-up storefronts as their new canvas as part of Paint the City.
I biked from McKinley Park to Humboldt Park last Friday to deliver a package …
Prop Thtr's virtual monologue festival calls time on the usual theater cliques.
When Aniello Fontano finished his MFA studies in dramatic writing from the Univer…
In the wake of backlash on institutional racism, the longtime owner announces his departure.
In response to worldwide protests over the killing of George Floyd a…
Conceptual artist Nate Young's "Transcendence of Time" puts his own family's Great Migration story on display.
When William Nathaniel Jackson arrived in Philadel…
The Chicago Poetry Center gives CPS students virtual literary lessons.
Just one week after Chicago Public Schools (CPS) went remote, the Chicago Poetry Center (C…
The annual celebration of multidisciplinary performance adjusts for the times.
Pivot Arts has been an incubator for multidisciplinary performance for nearly a de…
An interview with collector and Instagrammer Julia Carusillo
Oh, to quarantine inside a Polly Pocket, safe and enclosed, all the comforts of home sculpted in col…
Poets come together to share the joy, pain, and hope from the pandemic in a new video project.
Open mikes have gone dark amid the pandemic, but creativity has ta…
Three streaming productions give us plenty to ponder in the pandemic.
The world of quarantine is paradoxical, with our immediate environments smaller and more co…
"Za Woka Genava" means "I think you are hot" in Simlish, and I think that's beautiful.
I was ten years old when the virtual world of The Sims was released. After…
A look at the good, bad, and ugly games we played before computers.
I'm privileged to have a built-in "stay-at-home bubble" because I rent an apartment from my f…
The virtual world is still a sanctuary for folks leaning into their sexual fantasies.
When I first walked into Black Planet, a sci-fi-themed erotic adult night…
With VALHA11A, they've created their first online LARP.
Role-playing games and theater seem so closely aligned that it's surprising more companies haven't fully …
The DePaul-based online magazine adapts its annual live storytelling event for quarantine.
On May 29, 11 DePaul students will present a series of their written a…
What is the appeal of the game that's taking the world by storm?
For most of my life, Animal Crossing was a tiny and indescribable world made just for me. It was…
In which my 11-year-old friend George takes a break from staring at his computer and consents to an interview.
My friend George is 11 and grew up on the south si…
Restructuring at the top causes an exodus"again.
Friday's resignation of seven playwrights from Chicago's Tony-winning, 46-year-old Victory Gardens Theater"annou…
