South Chicago leaders break ground on the long-awaited Black midwife–led birth center, slated to open in 2027.

Plus: The Empty Bottle hosts release concerts by Mina Mills and Double Extra Large, the Black History Future Folk Symposium ...

Eddie Condon's sharp wit, swinging banjo, and propulsive guitar helped shape the hot sound of Chicago jazz in the 1920s and ...

Chicago musicians and composers Dustin Laurenzi and Matt Gold have their hands in many pots. Gold is a versatile guitarist ...

Charles Joseph Smith is a beloved fixture on Chicago’s DIY scene, but the ambitious music he's been making for decades has ...

The Reader was on site at EXPO Chicago 2026’s Thursday evening Vernissage, here are the best street-style looks we saw.

The talent and generosity Simon Small brought to the city’s studios and stages won over a huge number of people in the emo, ...

The lineup includes seven operas, three concerts, two movies, and the return of the spring musical with Guys and Dolls.

In A Body to Live In (2025), a newly released documentary, avant-garde filmmaker Angelo Madsen wrestles with Musafar’s ...

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.

A new south-side hospital promises jobs and better care, but it may be a symptom of, rather than a treatment for, decadeslong ...

Fick Patterson opened the West Loop makerspace with an eye toward accessibility and craft-school-style learning.