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Thelma the Unicorn, Netflix’s adaptation of the hit Aaron Blabey book, is cute, if a little expected.

Editor’s note: Coco Picard spoke with Tony Lewis, Devin T. Mays, and Ellen Rothenberg about their group exhibition “WORKS BY.” Edited text from the comic is transcribed here to ease readability. Tony ...

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

Nothing can rival the video game boom of the 1980s, but with the majority of today’s arcade options catering to ...

Young People’s Theatre of Chicago brings this musical adaptation of the children’s book classic Last Stop on Market Street ...

"Decadence" marks the second chapter in Jordan Strafer's film trilogy about a fictionalized trial in 1990s Florida.

Compass Levy workers strike outside the United Center in March 2023. About 290 hospitality workers have unionized with Unite ...

City of Win is a series curated by Isiah “ThoughtPoet” Veney and written by Alejandro Hernandez that uses prose and ...

What started as a birthday party celebration for the Gift has since become an annual tradition, featuring ten ten-minute ...

J Bambii makes space for everybody at south-side party the FiFi, the free Grant Slam Fest brings eight acts to Jonquil Park, ...

Dakota Hughes as L'il Orphan Arnie in Poor People! The Parody Musical at Hell in a Handbag Credit: Rick Aguilar Studios At ...