click to enlarge Formed in 2017, art-rock ensemble Je'raf arrange bits of hip-hop, jazz, funk, and postpunk into whimsical,…
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Museums can often feel like a cold, overly formal place. On one hand, that setting promotes an aura of respect…
In the 19th century, amid social unrest, crime, and infectious disease in the lower Manhattan neighborhood of Five Points in…
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When Blackstar came out in January 2016, I got my hopes up. Maybe, just maybe, this new album meant that…
It's not often that a writer will make me see Chicago in a new way, but with his debut collection…
This musical version of the 1987 Michael J. Fox vehicle, receiving its world premiere at the Paramount Theatre in Aurora,…
Ruby (Brooke Reams) and Wilson (Kevin Tre'Von Patterson) seem to have a picture-book marriage. While their daughter is away at…
In 2013, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Deborah Blum wrote an article for Wired magazine titled "The Imperfect Myth of the Female…