Endless Reveries: Water in Experimental Film Thu 5/22 at 7 PM, the Block Museum of Art, 40 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, free ...

Third is a SouthSide born rapper and teacher with a deep affinity for words. As a lyricist and storyteller, Third is always ...

Ghostlight Ensemble's site-specific Drink the Past Dry combines elements of Doctor Who with a real-life bar setting.

Eclectic Full Contact Theatre revives Alan Ayckbourn's early comedy about infidelity and mistaken identities, Relatively ...

Since 2005 Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) has used the Secret History of Chicago Music to shine a light on worthy artists with Chicago ties who’ve been forgotten, underrated, or never noticed in ...

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Walter King Jr.s Diary of a Black Illusionist showcases the west-side native's breathtaking artistry at Chicago Magic Lounge.

Keiko Green's Gorgeous, a coproduction of Raven and Rivendell, is a smart two-hander about loss, change, and a prize English bulldog.

Trap Door's revival of Bertolt Brecht's Galileo finds chilling connections between the embattled astronomer's time and our own.

Karel Čapek's 1921 sci-fi classic R.U.R. gets a timely makeover for the age of AI at City Lit Theater in Bo List's adaptation.

Employees at a Boston magic and novelties shop find connections in the world premiere of Eliza Bent's The Regulars.

In the shadow of Cook County Jail’s brutal red-brick facade, on May 10, dozens of Chicagoans built community and kept vigil for incarcerated mothers and caregivers separated from their families by the ...