The WCGI Big Jam, hosted by the Chicago hip-hop station, celebrates the season with some of the hottest names in rap.

Coalesce’s music feels like a bitter black mass whose apocalyptic textures are countered only by the band’s dark humor.

Bump in the Night Theatre's Jump Scares, Vol. 1 offers a sampler platter of spooky stories in an intimate setting.

With her long-gestating debut album, The Star, east-side rapper Asha Omega speaks to the importance of self-knowledge and healing.

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Locally made goods, unique experiences, and Chicago organizations to support with your shopping list plus tarot! Tattoos! Puppies!

Counters, drawers, shelves, the refrigerator-freezer, and the second fridge (the back porch) spill over with brightly labeled jars, bottles, and tins—the idiosyncratic, shelf-stable output of local ...