Nothing like an opening at the Museum of Contemporary Art to showcase the exceptional style Chicagoans have, in all their diversity. The festivities in May celebrating artist Nick Cave’s solo exhibition “Forothermore” were no exception. Body coverings were a central theme and could be appreciated on every level: on guests’ outfits in their special post-lockdown […]
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Juneteenth celebrations and more
Upcoming events and recommendations for the next seven days
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Thirty years ago, a Black queer zine captured the scene that birthed house
Robert Ford and Trent Adkins shaped the bold, subversive, gossipy, funny, deeply engaged voice of Thing, which was felled by the AIDS pandemic in 1993.
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Celebrating Black achievements
Upcoming events and recommendations from our listings coordinator
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South-side champion
Writer-photographer Lee Bey’s new book Southern Exposure showcases architectural masterworks on the typically neglected south and west sides.
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The Time Is Now! celebrates the black artists of the south side who used their work as a vehicle for social change
The Smart Museum exhibit and companion book provide a valuable historical record of Chicago art between 1960 and 1980.
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People of Culture will be taking over the DuSable Museum this weekend
A celebration of African culture will be happening at the DuSable Museum.
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Expo is a little smaller than last year but bigger than ever
The annual art fair is deliberately overlapping with the Chicago Architecture Biennial.
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Chicago’s south and west sides offer a wealth of art galleries and museums
Feast your eyes at these spaces outside the downtown area.
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Bill T. Jones, Chicago Restaurant Week, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend
Young Playwrights Festival, Forward Motion Activist Fundraiser, and more things to do this weekend.
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Bill Clinton hits town to support Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign and other Chicago news
Also, snow on the ground in Logan Square for a movie shoot and Rahm’s new inner circle.
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At the Hull-House Museum, artwork made while doing time
Stateville Correctional Center inmates find creative ways to serve out their sentences.
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The Hyde Park Jazz Festival paints a portrait of the Chicago scene
With 32 acts at 11 venues, the Hyde Park Jazz Festival paints a portrait of the Chicago scene.
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My full interview with longtime Chicago film programmer Floyd Webb
The creator of Blacklight Cinema, a Chicago film festival that ran from 1982 to 1995, reminisces about the history of black underground filmmaking and his own “adventures in cinema.”
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Art by and about black men
With a new show by and about black men, the South Side Community Art Center aims to reclaim.