Illinois basically has two regions: Chicago and “downstate.” Dense Chicago is reliably Democratic, whereas downstate skews ...

The writer, artist, philanthropist, and activist leaves a lasting legacy in Chicago's theater and LGBTQ+ communities.

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The changes amount to small but significant rollbacks in the office’s openness under State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke.

At Comfort Station, Mauricio López F. presented “Wind Reenactment,” a solo show that utterly, magnificently fails to do what ...

Jimmy Rogers first made his mark playing alongside Muddy Waters and Little Walter in the 1940s, but he didn’t have the hits ...

Zine Club Chicago and Chicago Public Library’s Richard J. Daley branch plan a day of vendors, discussions, and more on Saturday, July 26.

President Donald Trump has fired two Chicago immigration judges at a time when masked federal agents are increasingly turning to immigration courts to enact Trump’s “mass deportation” agenda.

Rabbitology is the nom de plume of Nat Timmerman, a University of Michigan student who has spent the past two years ...

Chicago’s drag superstar Shea Couleé joins small-screen superheroes in Marvel's Ironheart, now streaming on Disney+.

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