Lynyn lets his wild beats breathe on the new Ixona, beloved indie label Trouble in Mind hangs it up, 5 Magazine celebrates 20 years, and more.

Pleasure Cruise” at Roots & Culture is a conceptually ambitious show trying to navigate waves of joy only to chart two different courses.

Unionized nursing staff say the nonprofit LGBTQ+ health-care provider has refused to budge on key issues, like wages and nurses’ autonomy.

Neo Sora, director of Happyend (2024), spoke to the Reader about Japanese history, fascism, and how near the film's “near ...

A Q&A with the young actor and Columbia College Chicago graduate making her feature film debut in One Battle After Another ...

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Masked federal agents exit the Broadview ICE facility after launching tear gas and shooting chemical irritants at demonstrators on September 19, 2025. Credit: Ash Lane for the TRiiBE Demonstrators are ...

Rajiv Joseph's play at Steppenwolf anatomizes the emotional impact and aftermath of the reappearance of a child thought dead.

The history behind the legend of alleged serial killer Erzsébet Báthory comes to life with Idle Muse's The Blood Countess.

Writer and performer Elizabeth McGovern embodies the Hollywood siren's life and loves in her play Ava Gardner: The Secret ...

Munro's Gangsta Baby, toxic masculinity and trauma is right in the audience's face.

Local indie artists organize to spurn Spotify via open letter, the 19th annual Hyde Park Jazz Festival lights up the ...