As they prepare to open their take on Molière's Tartuffe, the Conspirators talk about developing "the Style" that informs their work.

With the Fire-Toolz album Lavender Networks, prolific weirdo Angel Marcloid becomes labelmates with the likes of Aphex Twin and Boards of Canada.

The people and groups behind the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park, part of South Chicago’s quantum computing ...

At 26, Inga has emerged as one of Chicago’s most compelling new voices—a singing artist whose work lives, as she puts it, ...

As this noisy rock subgenre has surged in popularity, young midwestern artists—Sunshy, Griefeater, Interlay—have played a key role in its evolution.

In 2013 cellist Tomeka Reid founded the Chicago Jazz String Summit to honor those who’d come before and spotlight upcoming ...

Organizers are calling on everyone in the city to embrace the national “no work, no school, no shopping” day of protest.

Spring exhibition in Chicago, in seeking a shared sensibility of what unifies us, provide canopy cover from the chaos of ...

Warm Love Cool Dreams is kicking off this summer’s jammed concert calendar with a two-day blowout on Memorial Day weekend.

The Moviegoer is the diary of a local film buff, collecting the best of what Chicago’s independent and underground film scene ...

Spanning film, food, visual and performing arts, and more—here’s your Reader-approved guide to celebrating AAPI Heritage ...

Plus: The newly renamed Girls Rock! Chicago holds a fundraising auction, and postpunks Stalled celebrate album two.