GRAMMY winners are even better in person. Here's where to see Olivia Dean, FKA twigs, Turnstile & more.
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Why Chicago is the place to experience dance right now
Chicago's winter dance scene heats up with Joffrey Ballet, Hubbard Street, and Red Clay premieres. Here's what you can't miss.
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Less talk, more gallery space: CMA shows what celebrating Indigenous artists actually looks like
CMA's exhibit "still/emerging" is the follow-through every land acknowledgment should aspire to: less performative, more wall space.
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Can fabric and collage dismantle colonial history? Firelei Báez makes a breathtaking case
Firelei Báez transforms MCA Chicago into an immersive Caribbean dreamscape that questions colonial history. On view through May 31.
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Book Review: Marc Shaiman’s tell-most memoir isn’t afraid to name names
Marc Shaiman's memoir dishes on Sondheim, Streisand, and the highs (literal and figurative) and lows of showbiz life.
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Book Review: ‘A Year of Nothing’ understands burnout without trying to fix it
Emma Gannon’s "A Year of Nothing" is a slim, soothing companion for burnout, hustle fatigue, and reclaiming a smaller life.
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From ‘Wicked’ to ‘West Side Story’: Paul Tazewell proves costume design is fine art
Paul Tazewell's award-winning costumes from "Hamilton," "Wicked" & more take over Chicago's Griffin Museum through September.
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Book Review: Can you grieve a brother and a country at the same time? Novelist Brenda Navarro says yes
Brenda Navarro's "Eating Ashes" follows a sister's grief after her brother's death in Spain. Diego Luna is adapting the novel…
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Inside the French museum where Marie Antoinette’s last luxury still lingers
The International Perfume Museum offers 4,000 years of fragrance history—but it's Marie Antoinette's mysterious traveling case that lingers longest.
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Picasso got a free studio on the French Riviera and left 23 paintings behind
Sixty years on, Picasso's Antibes works still hold the quiet ache of a world learning how to exhale.
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