Plus: Roving underground party Trench drops its own debut comp, Bookclub hosts a benefit for two of the Broadview Six, and ...

Yay, we have Juneteenth off! So we’re going to—” yadda yadda yadda. When President Joe Biden signed Juneteenth into law as a federal holiday on June 17, 2021—commemorating the 1865 day Union soldiers ...

Hard Scrabble Sky by James Turrell was not only the first free, public Skyspace, but also the first in an urban environment.

USA Hockey quietly banned transgender people from many recreational programs. LGBTQ+ players say they’re not going anywhere.

Netta Walker's world premiere at Definition relies too much on literature and music to communicate the feelings of the ...

In “Between Us” at Project Onward, sister cities Chicago and Osaka come alive in works made collaboratively by neurodiverse artists.

Chicago gave the leather world the Gold Coast. It gave the world International Mr. Leather. And through the Leather Archives ...

In a place where identity can shrink down to a number, her memory reminds me that I was once called something else: Baby.

Chicago theaters for young audiences and young adults create room for exploring gender diversity and empathy onstage and off.

Her friendship with Pidgeon provided the opportunity to explore more expansive ways of building family. Sarah-Ji became a dog ...

Plus: Underground hip-hop group Typical Cats reunite for their 25th anniversary, rapper Rich Jones drops a new full-length, ...

The Purple Cucumber helped launch the career of drummer Vince Ippolito, whose work with Happy Day Productions included ads ...