It was only a matter of time before AI companionship became a common, everyday reality, and here we are. While not all of us ...

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Brooklyn four-piece TV on the Radio released their debut full-length, Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes, more than 20 years ago—which can be hard to believe because it still feels so revelatory.

Lawrence "Law" Mahone and his video company, Triptych Visuals, have worked with hip-hop artists such as G Herbo, Lil Durk, and Jay Wood.

Castle Rat's sound is pure doom metal, while their lyrics, artwork, outfits, and personas situate them in a seamless medieval fantasy universe.

Beach Bunny got their start in Chicago’s DIY scene, and within five years they’d become a breakout phenomenon, never again able to fit their crowd into a basement venue.

Last week, during hearings on the Chicago Public Schools 2026 budget, Alderperson Nicholas Sposato offered Chicago Public Schools Interim CEO/Superintendent Macquline King an apology: “Dr. King, I ...

Chicago playwright Elizabeth Lovelady raises tough questions about attraction, memory, and guilt in the solo play Offended.

Factory Theater's Muffed sends up devised documentary theater through the lens of a real-life festival about the inventor of earmuffs.

You can hear aspects of trip-hop and 80s UK goth music, but Bleary Eyed use them as though they’ve always been part of ...

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.

As White Sox organist for 40 years, Nancy Faust shaped enduring traditions—including the playful use of “Na Na Hey Hey Kiss ...