Nonbinary casting director and dramaturg Catherine MIller advocates for better representation onstage for trans and BIPOC ...

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The Chicago Blues Festival brings out the best in the local scene all weekend—and here are a few dozen shows to prove it.

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Catalyst: Im/migration and Self-Taught Art in Chicago” at the Intuit Art Museum is a celebration of such works made since the 1940s.

Connective Thread,” curated by Michelle Alexander at Ivory Gate Gallery, gathers works by women artists that acknowledge womankind's trials.

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Grace Jones and Janelle Monáe’s coheadlining summer tour is an intergenerational celebration of gender-expansive Black women for the ages.

The 2025 edition of the Chicago Blues Festival has one of the stronger lineups in recent memory—its mix of hallowed veterans ...

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Bailey often pairs conversational lyrics with her twinkling harp in a way that evokes childhood innocence and nostalgia, and her voice sometimes sounds like she’s on the brink of tears.