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Midwestern musician Jason Molina was found dead, alone in an Indianapolis apartment on March 16, 2013.  The scene was bleak. According to The Chicago Reader, “A half-filled bottle of cheap vodka lay in the freezer. Cigarette butts littered the floor. A friend stopped by and found the door unlocked but chained from the inside.” Before...

The Off-Broadway Premiere of Sancocho is extending its limited engagement again, through Sunday, April 23, 2023.  The new play by Christin Eve Cato (The Good Cop, DUAF 2022) and directed by Rebecca Martinez (Miss You Like Hell; Theatre for One: Here We Are), is now playing at WP Theater (2162 Broadway) and was originally scheduled to conclude its run on April 9th.  

To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Harold Lloyd classic, we remember some of the bravest stars who took incredible risks to entertain audiences in the earliest days of cinema.

Bassist, composer, bandleader, and Woolgathering Records label founder Matt Ulery is proud to announces Mannerist.

Meeting a spouse, rediscovering an ex, matching with yourself

Martha Bayne is the editor of three anthologies of writing about Chicago and the Midwest, a senior editor at the University of Illinois Press…

Photo caption: Dorothy R. Leavell, editor and publisher at The Chicago Crusader Newspaper

Get the latest Illinois news, including news from cities in Illinois, a midwestern state bordering Indiana and the Mississippi, nicknamed the Prairie State.

If Promontory Point receives Chicago landmark status, it would be a victory for community activism, historical preservation, public art and waterfront access.

The problem we're facing now is that we're losing the common conversation that binds us as a society.