The former NBA player's unconventional self-expression had an impact on LGBTQ+ people when he played for the Chicago Bulls.

Icons” temporarily imagines a different world, in which the familiar dreams of individuals with Down syndrome become palpable ...

Ben began working with wigs when the pandemic hit and quarantine temporarily shut down the drag scene. Since he wasn’t ...

Noah Diaz's You Will Get Sick at Steppenwolf leans a little heavy on the whimsical metaphors, but the performances are ...

Backed by a revolving cast of musicians he calls the Nephews, TJ Kennedy belts out weathered, sloppy outlaw country, with an ...

A musical about Larry Walters (aka "Lawn Chair Larry") makes its North American premiere at Chicago Shakespeare.

The Evanston company celebrates 46 years of producing classic and contemporary plays from the African and African American ...

In Kimberly Akimbo, a teenage girl with a progeria-like condition wrestles with mortality and a dysfuctional family.

On their debut album as Juanita & Juan, Jungle Cruise, Bag and Powers sound so charming you’ll wish you were aboard their cruise ship.

Jettila Lewis illustrates games and comics and makes clothes and functional art, but they work especially closely with the music community.

Divyangi Shukla practices acts of great care for the damaged and the forgotten through sculpture, painting, and poetry.

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