Chicago DIY Artists Just Dropped an Album for Charity By Hannah Edgar Released by Why? Records, “Art Is Love, Vol. 1” compiles unreleased demos and tracks produced in quarantine. Read more
Without Subjects, Photographers Turn Around the Lens We commissioned six local pros to capture images of their own shelter-in-place. They responded with poignancy and humor. Read more
“Modern Love” Widower’s Book Taps into Collective Grief By Jillian Kramer The husband at the center of a viral “New York Times” column talks releasing a book about loss in the midst of a pandemic. Read more
“Finding Yingying” Honors the Life of U. of I. Student By Taylor Moore The documentary offers a corrective to media narratives surrounding Yingying Zhang's infamous murder. Read more
What Chicago Booksellers Are Reading During Quarantine By Jenny Berg The teams behind Seminary Co-Op, 57th Street Books, Book Cellar, Unabridged Books, and Sandmeyer’s give us their book recommendations for kids and adults. Read more
What Happens When You Cancel a Once-in-a-Lifetime Opera By Graham Meyer The coronavirus hit America at the worst possible moment for Lyric Opera. Read more
The Six-Hour Experimental Opera Happening on Zoom By Hannah Edgar More than 250 performers will participate in "Full Pink Moon," a streamed version of an opera by composer Pauline Oliveros. Read more
Why Sahar Mustafah Doesn't Do Happy Endings Interview by Anne Ford In her debut novel “The Beauty of Your Face,” a hate-driven shooting upends a suburban Muslim girls' school. Read more
Listen to Nnamdï During This Quarantine for the Love of God By Jack Riedy Brat drops April 3. Read more
The Many Lives of Rome Flynn By Marie Fazio The ‘How to Get Away with Murder’ actor on experiencing homelessness, being a college basketball star downstate, and more Read more
