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Can a legal settlement actually change a workplace, or does it just change the paperwork? By Devyn-Marshall Brown I didn’t expect my first time at a strip club to go the way it went. I also didn’t ...

Overview: Prosecutors have a constitutional obligation to keep cops who lie, break the law, or display bias off the stand. But our reporting found county prosecutors were seemingly unaware of dozens ...

New York City–based dance producer and multi-instrumentalist Takuya Nakamura started playing trumpet as a child in Japan and fell in love with jazz while growing up. This brought him to Boston in the ...

The Moviegoer is the diary of a local film buff, collecting the best of what Chicago’s independent and underground film scene has to offer.

Stephanie Alison Walker's world premiere at Steppenwolf combines a comedy of manners with a sharp look at women's identity ...

The artists in "New Forms of Survivance" are finding new ways to “remain themselves" and "preserve their own cultural traditions." ...

Friends and family remember steppin' progenitor Sam Chatman and the seven decades he spent sharing music and spreading love.

Three ambient artists will split the AMA's latest pool of grant money. Plus: Beat-scene musician Megiapa returns to Chicago for a headlining show.

AmAuteur Film Festival cofounders Andy Krysiak and Luke Socie know you read that as “Amateur Film Festival.” The name for the ...

At the MCA, visitors are obliged to approach the assorted works of the late LA-based artist Kenzi Shiokava at an oblique angle.

The location of "Groundwork," the First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, is well-suited to its purpose of investigating our urban foundation.