Video: Get a Preview of Steppenwolf Theatre’s The Christians By Shane Collins Catch Shannon Cochran in Steppenwolf’s new play through January 29. Read more
The Best (and Weirdest) of Chicago Theater in 2016 By Catey Sullivan From best demonic possession to best use of root vegetables, Chicago's theater scene set plenty of new creative precedence this year. Read more
The Five Best Things to Do in Chicago This Week Car Town, High School Hoops, Illumination, Nerdette’s Holiday Spectacular!, and The Other Cinderella Read more
Five Things to Do in Chicago This Week Andrew Bird’s Gezelligheid Shows, Aretha Franklin, Made in Chicago Holiday Market, No Match for a Good Blaster, and Shemekia Copeland Read more
Where to Celebrate New Year's Eve in Chicago By Jamison Pfeifer Shows, events, and themed parties that will get you through the last hours of 2016. Read more
The Year’s Best Books About Chicago, by Chicagoans By Adam Morgan From a Black Mirror-esque sci-fi mindbender, to a history of a newspaper that changed American history, these books do our city proud. Read more
Why Creative People Should Stay in Chicago and Not Flee to the Coasts By Tiffany Walden Take it from Austin Vesely, Hebru Brantley, and Andrew Barber—Chicago is the place to be right now. Read more
The Top Five Things to Do This Week Christopher Wheeldon’s Nutcracker, Mr. and Mrs. Pennyworth, Randolph Street’s Holiday Market, Jerry Seinfeld, and Voices Heard Read more
The Shut-In’s Guide to Winter By Claire Zulkey Stay warm and entertain yourself with new releases to watch, listen to, and read. Read more
Rites of Passage: A Year of Chicagoans' Milestones Photographer Alyssa Schukar spent the past year documenting the many ways people in this city mark pivotal moments in their lives. Each of the scenes she captured, described here in her words, tells a compelling story. Read more
