Writers Theatre's revival of Every Brilliant Thing asks us to find the small things that shine light in the darkest times.

This revival succeeds on all levels, delivering a show that puts the sparkle back in Irving Berlin’s tunes and works as an ...

The third annual Cariño Festival de Cine will continue to honor the legacy of its namesake by supporting local emerging ...

A reflection on basketball, education, and systemic racism 30 years after the release of the Chicago documentary Hoop Dreams ...

ROOMS with dropshift dance uses Edgewater's Gunder House to explore physical and personal interiority through movement and ...

In both the teleplay and film version of 12 Angry Men, juror two is initially seen to be timid and impressionable, though he ...

This is the most important fundraising moment of the year for the Reader. As a nonprofit, we count on donors like you to ...

Rebecca Gilman's stalker drama Boy Gets Girl gets a chilling revival with MadKap Productions at Skokie Theatre.

Whenever I can help make the crowd move or sing, there's a type of unity," says dancer, pianist, and singer Kopano. "The ...

This is the most important fundraising moment of the year for the Reader. As a nonprofit, we count on donors like you to cover about half of our expenses. The average donation is $45. Many new ...

City of Win is a series curated by Isiah “ThoughtPoet” Veney and written by Joshua Eferighe that uses prose and photography ...

The Rust Belt, the postindustrial midwest, flyover country. Are these terms—which describe the area roughly from Wisconsin to Buffalo, New York—useful anymore? Were they ever? Every four years ...