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A Q&A with the young actor and Columbia College Chicago graduate making her feature film debut in One Battle After Another ...

The history behind the legend of alleged serial killer Erzsébet Báthory comes to life with Idle Muse's The Blood Countess.

An immigration agent killed an unarmed 38-year-old father outside Chicago. The initial narrative was quickly disproven by ...

Writer and performer Elizabeth McGovern embodies the Hollywood siren's life and loves in her play Ava Gardner: The Secret ...

Munro's Gangsta Baby, toxic masculinity and trauma is right in the audience's face.

Local indie artists organize to spurn Spotify via open letter, the 19th annual Hyde Park Jazz Festival lights up the ...

Rajiv Joseph's play at Steppenwolf anatomizes the emotional impact and aftermath of the reappearance of a child thought dead.

At its core, Pretty Good Fest is a “way to meet nice people who make art,” said Davis, and, in that spirit, it will end with ...

Donald Trump's deployment of federal agents to cities is based on the disproven claim that immigrants commit a ...

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Albums Runs loads up on goodies for run number 25, Sullivan Davis starts as Color Club’s head booker, and more.