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

Retired steelworker Tom Wells documented Chicago’s 60 miles of freight train tunnels under the city—it was just a matter of ...

Open Space Arts presents the North American English-language premiere of Guillem Clua's queer romantic comedy.

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

Long before reggaeton topped global charts, its story was being written through migration, resistance, and the sounds of the Caribbean. “Dancing the Revolution: From Dancehall to Reggaetón,” a new ...

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

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.

The Brown Line is an emerging, independent Chicago newsletter named for the elevated train—aiming to cut through redlining to elevate the underground arts, culture, and community life of the city’s ...

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

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

As Illinois communities fight hyperscale data center projects from Joliet to Coal City, a group of Yorkville residents is finding unlikely common ground across party lines.