Dave Malloy's a cappella musical Octet at Raven is one of the most engrossing pieces of theater onstage so far this year.

TUTA's Crime and Punishment offers a spare but effective take on Dostoevsky's novel—set in an onstage bed of soil.

The Hula Hoopin' Queen closes out the season at Young People's Theatre of Chicago with a joyous story of friendship and ...

Sheriff Tom Dart is quietly lobbying the Cook County board for an AI jail security system and nearly $1 million for license ...

Everything from the emails you send to the photos you save on your phone is stored in a data center. For decades, data ...

Labor and immigrant rights are central to Chicago's identity, making the Cesar Chavez news especially tragic to arts and ...

Local filmmaker Johnny "MrLingoHimself" Jones is capturing the history, culture, and artistic power of his neighborhood with ...

Illinois abolished cash bail and drove down the population at the Cook County jail. Under the county’s top prosecutor, it’s ...

Mohammad Salahat spent a year and a half working in Pinckneyville’s solitary unit; what he witnessed was a warehouse for untreated mental illness.

Ragbagalia Fest aspires to build community while centering women, femmes, and queer people. This new daylong festival at ...

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

Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson is best known as a sideman to Magic Sam and Muddy Waters, but he could tear up a stage all by ...