The 2026 Frequency Festival draws a line through one-bit electronics, Scottish balladry, musically hybrid fictional history, ...

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A reader submits a letter calling for the Illinois Commerce Commission to reject Peoples Gas’s proposal to pass its reckless spending onto residents.

Set in a less-than-modern Bronzeville condo, Squat laser focuses on a group of neighbors navigating their own personal lockdown restrictions. Zaria, a young, attractive social media fitness instructor ...

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Ratboys roll out the "Bolo Joe" at JT's, Beverly Phono Mart opens a pop-up while its crashed-into storefront gets fixed, and ...

Public encampments provide resources and community for people experiencing homelessness, but city crews repeatedly evict residents.

Mama African Marketplace, the beloved South Side community anchor, will be missed by local youth, families, and vendors.

Glenna Fitch, who DJs as Sold, has had a love affair with electronic music since childhood. While attending college at Kent State, they’d regularly trek more than an hour to Cleveland to experience ...

Mozart's Così fan tutte at Lyric Opera is like opening a heart-shaped box of delicious eye and ear candy for Valentine's Day.

Purelink's delicately layered tracks are so immersive that even the smallest details, which might fade into the background in ...

He's won a handful of journalism awards; he's won two first-place awards from the Association of Alternative Newsmedia (for music writing in 2020 and arts feature in 2022) and a Peter Lisagor award ...