Imaging the future of trans healthcare — and plastering it across the MCA
Edie Fake's mural, now on display at the Museum of Contemporary Art, is hard to pin down. Also, Edie Fake is hard to pin down.
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Review: Charli XCX redefines in her Rosemont show what it means to play live today
The arena sang and bounced like this was the last concert they would ever attend. But was this even a concert? There was no band, no dancers, not even a...
Life after bandtime: The nine lives of Talking Head Jerry Harrison, in Skokie for ‘Stop Making Sense’
Nine things you probably didn't know about the guitarist and keyboardist for the Talking Heads and co-founder of the Modern Lovers.
Column: Why Star Wars spinoff ‘Andor’ is the 2025 protest art you’ve been waiting for
"Andor, which begins its second season Tuesday, is the most vital, resonant political parable being made right now.
Column: John Mulaney holds Netflix hostage: Week Six
Like on Letterman, there's a willingness to wander off the path of expectations in "Everybody’s Live with John Mulaney."
‘Breakfast Club’ is reuniting at C2E2. What do Gen-Zers at John Hughes’ school think of the Gen-X movie?
We asked some students at Glenbrook North, the school depicted in John Hughes’ movie, to watch it for the first time. SO MUCH in the film wouldn’t fly today, they...
Cynthia Pelayo blends horror and Chicago history in ‘Vanishing Daughters’ — including legend of Resurrection Mary
Cynthia Pelayo just wrote a novel weaving together a serial killer, the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition, a plane crash at O’Hare, Chet’s Melody Lounge in Justice and Resurrection Mary.
New book dives into the history of Lollapalooza
“Lollapalooza: The Uncensored Story of Alternative Rock’s Wildest Festival” traces the ups and downs of the 34-year-old summer music event.
Column: Elvis Costello brings an early St. Patrick’s Day, and a lot else unexpected, to the Park West
If you were expecting your favorite hits from your favorite Elvis Costello albums, this was not your show.
Chicago Humanities Spring Festival boasts Leslie Odom Jr., Eve Ewing and Paul Reiser — because culture isn’t dead yet
Chicago Humanities Spring Festival has always been a festival of ideas, never more appreciated than now.