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Aight Bet's stomp-you-out beats, slap-you-up lyrics, and seamless juxtaposition of booming rap and hardcore vocals have loads of artistic potential.

Fruit LoOops' live shows can switch between the raw, stripped-down aesthetic of punk and the rehearsed technique of performance art, but they’re never pretentious.

Chicago’s “spirit of creation and love of play” are helping filmmaker Rey Tang find artistic opportunities for herself and ...

Biz 3 publicist Dana Meyerson works with the likes of Ms. Lauryn Hill and Chappell Roan, but she grounds herself in her Chicago community.

The pledge to host eight Palestinian academics resulted from negotiations between university administration and student ...

Chicago drummer Lily Glick Finnegan and New York violinist gabby fluke-mogul throw it in the sink at this weekend’s Catalytic ...

A new report found the department responsible for government contracts doesn’t monitor whether companies violate ...

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Opened in 1974 as part of the University of Chicago’s art department, the Smart has long since become a stand-alone ...

Demetrius Amparan is a music artist and poet from the south side of Chicago. He is a nonprofit leader and father to daughters ...

Foodman first created music in a PlayStation game called Depth, and his rudimentary experiments with the technology sparked an understanding that anyone can be an artist, regardless of skill or ...