Since 2005 Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) has used the Secret History of Chicago Music to shine a light on worthy artists with Chicago ties who’ve been forgotten, underrated, or never noticed in ...

It’s the 100th anniversary of Route 66, and in Chicago, you’re at the start of the Mother Road. A two-hour-and-change drive takes you to a colorful collection of statues illustrating their place in ...

The liquidation floor at Horizons Music occupies about 5,000 square feet. Credit: Kirk Williamson I hadn’t heard of Mendota before March, when I discovered a reason to visit. The town is about 90 ...

They are raising their sons with the same values of friendship and political consciousness that has sustained their connection for two decades.

Of all the cities along the south shore of Lake Michigan, Michigan City has the funkiest vibe, lacking the overt swankiness of New Buffalo or the gritty industrial landscape of East Chicago or Gary.

The underappreciated musician’s musicians in Hushdrops have carried on through the tragic loss of drummer Joe Camarillo.

Many of my hot summer days as a child were spent in the coal mines of Grundy County, floating in the water-filled caverns that bloom into a series of local lakes. Feeling the cold, dark depths beneath ...

A dispute between a white couple and a Latine couple takes on bigger sociopolitical implications in Theatre Evolve's ...

Just west of Chicago, Berwyn makes for an easy, low-cost afternoon built around public art, neighborhood eats, and historic bungalows. Depot District Sign Credit: NaBeela Washington Starting at the ...

Maria Elena Silva plays songs in different languages, in different styles, and from different authors and eras, but the singer and guitarist’s intent is constant: to create settings for performances ...

The world premiere of this musical at the Goodman has star power and lots of laughs, but the slapstick overpowers the ...

Gary, Indiana, often gets a bad rap, but the Miller Beach neighborhood is a favorite summer day excursion for my partner and me. About an hour away by car, and accessible by the South Shore train line ...