The term “death doula” is wide-ranging and depends on the family’s needs and the services the doula provides. Their offerings are generally practical or emotionally centered, encompassing financial ...

Two-day twee and indie-pop festival the Windy Pop Weekender includes 90s favorites Rocketship, Dressy Bessy, and the Softies.

The title of the new album by Mike Reed’s the Separatist Party, Sing the Color Blue, may augur a synesthetic experience, but it only hints at the crisscrossing of signals that went into its making.

Even as Weaver moves around, he keeps Chicago with him. Like most of us who travel or relocate to another place, he often gets asked about Chicago’s reputation. “They’re like, ‘Oh, Chicago, it’s so ...

Texas-born, Chicago-based folk artist Marian Runk has a background as a cartoonist. That perspective informs her songs, which have a wistful, vivid, and discursive eye for detail. Her work recalls ...

Bitknot shows off Feeble Little Horse’s grasp of trip-hop, new age minimalism, and atmospheric video-game scoring.

September 26 sees the first run of the Palestine Film Showcase at the 18th Street Casa de Cultura in Pilsen. The event spotlights four documentary short films by Palestine filmmakers, along with food, ...

French Police might be the fastest-growing Chicago band with such an underreported story. If you read Jocelyn Martínez-Rosales’s 2023 Reader piece about the band’s first tour of Mexico, through, ...

Keep some dreams just for yourself.

Comparing the early and upcoming renditions of the Chicago Underground Film Festival with artistic director, programmer, and cofounder Bryan Wendorf ...

Jen Silverman's update of a Jacobean tragedy cleverly combines contemporary locutions with sharp observations on gender and ...

Tim Kinsella was friends with Danny Belrose when Danny lived in Chicago, but this book is a novel, not a biography. Kinsella wasn’t a witness or participant, yet the book feels vivid and immediate, as ...