She Who Dared centers the women behind the Montgomery bus boycott and the landmark case of Browder v. Gayle.

In a digital landscape saturated with subscription paywalls and premium content, it’s easy to overlook the value of a ...

A soldier and an acting teacher collaborate to imitate a dictator in Six Men Dressed Like Joseph Stalin at A Red Orchid ...

Nonbinary casting director and dramaturg Catherine MIller advocates for better representation onstage for trans and BIPOC ...

The Birth of a New Identity, 1869–1939,” on view at Wrightwood 659, over 300 works of art explore homosexuality.

Catalyst: Im/migration and Self-Taught Art in Chicago” at the Intuit Art Museum is a celebration of such works made since the ...

Importantly, the contract also enshrines academic freedom for nontenure-track faculty, ceases to classify them as at-will ...

The Chicago Blues Festival brings out the best in the local scene all weekend—and here are a few dozen shows to prove it.

Connective Thread,” curated by Michelle Alexander at Ivory Gate Gallery, gathers works by women artists that acknowledge ...

When those emotions include angry despair at the state of your whole fucking species, you’ve got to play hard enough to shake ...

The 2025 edition of the Chicago Blues Festival has one of the stronger lineups in recent memory—its mix of hallowed veterans ...

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