From a reopened Art Institute to a Children's Choir concert featuring Chance the Rapper, Chicago's cultural offerings are beginning to thaw out. Read more
The Netflix adaptation (and August Wilson's original play) track Rainey's abuse at the hands of a white recording industry. But there was also a go-between: J. Mayo Williams, a Chicago talent scout and Paramount's first Black A&R rep. Read more
A puppet-filled play about a child navigating the COVID pandemic kicks off an initiative by Chicago Children’s Theatre to commission work from diverse writers. Read more
A new book on Ida B. Wells sheds light on the journalist’s subversive, change-making career — from her great-granddaughter’s perspective. Here’s what we learned. Read more
