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Three generations of Japanese printmakers show the development of the traditional practice over a century.

How to live and move forward with the pain of stories about Korean "comfort women" and other violence.

In recasting the story's lead, Lifeline's world premiere adaptation of Mary Shelley's novel seeks a feminist slant but misses the gender privilege at the core of the original.

Virgo: According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you're entering a year-long phase during which your financial situation will greatly improve.

In four consecutive hours during EXPO Chicago 2018, curator Hans Ulrich Obrist will interview as many of Chicago's luminary creatives as he can.

The MCA's after-hours gathering served as an affirmation of our need for human connection when our social interactions and pubic debates move increasingly online.

Whether or not audiences are "ill-equipped to deal with nuance" as director Adam Webster claims is a moot point as little nuance exists in this philosophically empty production from the side project.

A survey of the pioneering, Chicago-based experimental photographer includes his work alongside the work of his peers.

Author and Newcity contributor John Carruthers is making sausage using Jeppson’s Malort, Chicago’s own notoriously odious sip. I had some questions for Mr. Carruthers.

"I Was Raised on the Internet" poses the question of the internet not just as a communication medium where social media, virtual identities and corporate control take hold, but as an infrastructure that constitutes a whole new reality.

Marriott Theatre nods, in rhythm and time, to a moment and a movement with this revival from the late Neil Simon.

With "Up Is Down," a Terra Art + Design Chicago initiative, Northwestern's Block Museum tells the unknown Chicago story behind 7 Up, Vienna Beef and countless other household brands. The exhibition reveals the Goldsholl Design Associates' pioneering experimental design and film in the service of bettering everyday life.

The best known examples of the influence of industrial music can be found in what today could be considered “legacy alternative rock” acts like Depeche Mode, Ministry and Nine Inch Nails, although hardcore fans would (and should) take umbrage at such an attempt to lump these “pop” acts into the genre. Trent Reznor may have done more than anyone to popularize industrial music, but he would be the first to admit that what he’s really

Red Tape Theatre sets the bar high for this nascent theater season with a bold production of Young Jean Lee's play directed by Wardell Julius Clark.

Virgo: Now is an excellent time for you to get big doses of people and places and things that are cleansed, pure, clear and untainted.

When Fantastic Negrito emerged onto the music scene in 2015, he looked to all the world like a new, emerging artist. In fact the man born Xavier Dphrepaulezz—winner of that year’s Tiny Desk Contest for his song and video “Lost in a Crowd,” which showcase a sound that builds upon the blues, but didn’t conform to most people’s ideas about what blues should sound like—had been making music for quite a few years.

Despite women leading the action on stage, this world premiere cannot belie the sense of a dubious start to The House Theatre's all-male-directed season.

Club and street dance styles, experimental dance and a response to surveillance, race and cultural violence all happen this fall.

Part of the Terra Foundation for American Art’s year-long Art Design Chicago initiative, "Art in Chicago: A History from the Fire to Now" will be launched at EXPO Chicago along with a panel discussion with scholars and artists.

A young African-American man examines what it means to be black and middle class in an era where the class divide among blacks is ever-widening.

For six years now, Soss has made beachcombing a nearly-every-day ritual.

Themes such as African heritage and solidarity, history and politics, family and gender roles, have helped create AfriCOBRA’s unique aesthetic philosophy. Fifty years later, they’re more relevant than ever.

Sargent was a prodigiously gifted artist working in a transitional era in European art history.

Virgo: The Amazon is the largest river in the world. But where does it originate? As is the case for the Amazon, your source has long been mysterious. But I suspect that's going to change during the next fourteen months.

The band has become a critical darling with the release of its latest release, “Twin Fantasy (Face to Face),” a complete rerecording of an earlier cult-favorite album;

While the script sometimes gets in its own way, this TimeLine Theatre production is affecting and engaging thanks in large part to Vanessa Stalling's direction.

Debut collections from Chicago voices.

Memoirist Jessica Hopper and poet Jacob Saenz discuss their new books and what they look forward to in fall.

In September, there are still lots of outdoor events to enjoy.

Teen Dreams about loco family visits

A design exhibition about the impact of Chicago in bicycle manufacturing history.

The tawny-tressed young firebrand is now a snowy-haired matron; her voice, while retaining its purity, has deepened and darkened, from sparkling silver to burnished gold, and there’s just a hint of gravel in its lower register. But in all other respects, Joan Baez has been an astonishingly consistent presence in American life for as long as many of us can remember; her music has been been a bulwark against corruption and violence, and a beacon

Touring his final Childish Gambino album—and on the wave of his viral music video "This Is America," a commentary on race and gun politics—Donald Glover leads the wave of must-see acts in Chicago this month.

For most Newcity readers, fall is about the new arts season.

Our Fall Design Preview includes something for everyone.

A multimedia exhibition to highlight the impact of immigrant artists in the Chicago creative scene.

This fall find new ways to appreciate Chicago's distinctive chow.

This fall don't miss these upcoming shows.

Lit events to look forward to as the leaves change and the temperatures drop.

An urbanist, architect literary ground-breaker and critical-thinking futurist continues the adjustment of his upward trend.