Despite some minor hits in the 1960s, Chicago vocal group the Radiants couldn’t ride the soul-music wave they’d helped create.

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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.

Plus: A new, free public shower program at 10 S. Kedzie and Alec Karakatsanis unpacks his latest book on copaganda ...

The Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival's developmental Puppet Lab offers support and connections for emerging artists.

Golden Street cofounder Son Amoz wants his organization to build a spiritually rooted ecosystem for musicians, muralists, and ...

As masked federal agents kidnap people off the streets, a state bill to protect medical face coverings sits in limbo. In ...

A Trace analysis found Chicago’s clearance rates are declining even with fewer homicides to solve. Thousands of families are ...

The Moviegoer is the diary of a local film buff, collecting the best of what Chicago’s independent and underground film scene ...

Many people know Carmack as half of underground queer pop promoters Citypill. In 2019, Carmack met Stevie Logan, and in 2021, ...

Situated at 79th and Clyde, Chicago Body Shop neighbors a few tire shops, but its mission is not to tune up your car, but a ...

In Second City's latest mainstage revue, This Too Shall Slap, the politics stay offstage, but the angst is evident.