Retired steelworker Tom Wells documented Chicago’s 60 miles of freight train tunnels under the city—it was just a matter of ...

The Brown Line is an emerging, independent Chicago newsletter named for the elevated train—aiming to cut through redlining to elevate the underground arts, culture, and community life of the city’s ...

Open Space Arts presents the North American English-language premiere of Guillem Clua's queer romantic comedy.

Long before reggaeton topped global charts, its story was being written through migration, resistance, and the sounds of the Caribbean. “Dancing the Revolution: From Dancehall to Reggaetón,” a new ...

The Moviegoer is the diary of a local film buff, collecting the best of what Chicago’s independent and underground film scene has to offer.

Plus: Roving underground party Trench drops its own debut comp, Bookclub hosts a benefit for two of the Broadview Six, and ...

As Illinois communities fight hyperscale data center projects from Joliet to Coal City, a group of Yorkville residents is finding unlikely common ground across party lines.

Plus: Underground hip-hop group Typical Cats reunite for their 25th anniversary, rapper Rich Jones drops a new full-length, ...

USA Hockey quietly banned transgender people from many recreational programs. LGBTQ+ players say they’re not going anywhere.

In a place where identity can shrink down to a number, her memory reminds me that I was once called something else: Baby.

Chicago gave the leather world the Gold Coast. It gave the world International Mr. Leather. And through the Leather Archives ...

Netta Walker's world premiere at Definition relies too much on literature and music to communicate the feelings of the ...