Brandi Carlile had built a devoted following since she emerged from the Seattle music scene in 2005, with emotion-driven lyrics and a powerful voice that is a little bit folk, […]

Democratic presidential candidate Senator Elizabeth Warren brought her stump speech to a packed town hall at the Auditorium Theatre on Friday night, calling out big money in politics, corruption in […]

Summertime in the city means it’s time for big things–music festivals, street fairs, parades, baseball and blockbuster exhibits on Museum Campus. Something big always seems to crop up just when […]

In a genre that seems to be quite of the moment, count Wild Rose as the latest entry into films about female musicians searching for themselves, stardom, love…and sometimes all […]

The hardest reviews to write are the ones for greatly anticipated movies that ultimately fall short of expectations. Such is the case with Yesterday, a film that, based on its […]

There are two truly fascinating, wildly different documentaries about unique sailing trips being released right on top of each other that are both worth your time. One is Maiden, about […]

Fresh off the first set of televised debates, several Democratic presidential hopefuls will make appearances in Chicago over the weekend, most at the annual Rainbow PUSH Convention, titled “400 Years […]

The Grant Park Music Festival presents excellent classical music concerts — for free — throughout the summer at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park. Nearly all follow classical formalities, […]

Matt Muse, Chicago-based rapper and poet, is steadily rising star and honestly, it’s no surprise. His flow is impeccable as he tackles issues of individuality with a fast and explosive […]

We’re at the final weekend of June and there is still so much left to do! Concerts, festivals, Pride celebrations, art, and more are going on in Chicago for this […]

It was just about two weeks and seventy-five years ago that the United States Navy would attempt and succeed at an extremely difficult mission that would mark the first of […]

The work of Joel-Peter Witkin stirs up an array of emotions and aptly tantalizes the eye and mind. From a sense of staggering beauty in their black and white soft-starkness […]