Nearly 70 properties are in receivership after Jiazhao ‘Frank’ Chen defaulted on at least $119 million in real estate loans. A proposed landlord registry could help the city track irresponsible ...

Hailing from Hangzhou, China—a scenic city that’s now a major tech hub—Celine Lam comes by her wistfully critical painting ...

As a songwriter, Susie McCollum’s influences include jazz, opera, R&B, theatrical music, and folk tunes—a repertoire that ...

Revocation have been blasting out fiendishly intricate technical death metal for more than a quarter century. Led by ...

A new Russian Circles album is always something to look forward to. The instrumental metal trio’s most recent album, 2022’s ...

Orange County duo the Garden make punk rock like they were raised on the Internet. Wyatt Shears plays bass and guitar, his twin brother, Fletcher, plays drums, and they both contribute vocals and ...

Chicago theater alumni and other local talent shot the low-budget indie rom-com Block Party this summer in Bowmanville.

Two massive data centers are eyeing drinking water from Lake Michigan. Advocates and experts are unsure if that’s the best ...

A lifelong Chicago Transit Authority user, Joanna rode to the Pink Line stop in Pilsen from her family home in West Ridge. Iliana, who currently lives in the northwest suburb of Wheeling, was a Pilsen ...

Diego Diaz, cofounder of Mosaico Interpreting Company, is one of very few trilingual American Sign Language interpreters of color in Illinois.

Old Town School of Folk Music cofounder Win Stracke saw songs as a way to connect people to history, compassion, and justice.

Chanda had left W.I.T.C.H. by the end of the decade, and keyboardist Patrick Mwondela took on a leadership role. Their songs, including 1980’s “ Freedom Fighter ,” developed a more overt disco flavor, ...