It was only a matter of time before AI companionship became a common, everyday reality, and here we are. While not all of us ...

Brooklyn four-piece TV on the Radio released their debut full-length, Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes, more than 20 years ago—which can be hard to believe because it still feels so revelatory.

You can hear aspects of trip-hop and 80s UK goth music, but Bleary Eyed use them as though they’ve always been part of ...

Before Kermit Ruffins’s headlining set on Saturday evening, a relentlessly creative troupe led by 84-year-old saxophonist ...

Castle Rat's sound is pure doom metal, while their lyrics, artwork, outfits, and personas situate them in a seamless medieval fantasy universe.

Lawrence "Law" Mahone and his video company, Triptych Visuals, have worked with hip-hop artists such as G Herbo, Lil Durk, and Jay Wood.

Daily Reader: Your guide to Chicago. Every weekday. Food & Drink: The latest reviews, food pop-ups, and more from our critic ...

Beach Bunny got their start in Chicago’s DIY scene, and within five years they’d become a breakout phenomenon, never again able to fit their crowd into a basement venue.

Chicago playwright Elizabeth Lovelady raises tough questions about attraction, memory, and guilt in the solo play Offended.

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

Factory Theater's Muffed sends up devised documentary theater through the lens of a real-life festival about the inventor of earmuffs.

Last week, during hearings on the Chicago Public Schools 2026 budget, Alderperson Nicholas Sposato offered Chicago Public Schools Interim CEO/Superintendent Macquline King an apology: “Dr. King, I ...