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- News & Politics, Feature Feb 17, 2021
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Have you seen these 51 women?
If there wasn’t a serial killer who picked off dozens of victims without detection for decades, then the city was broken in a way that gave off the illusion of one.
- News & Politics, Feature Dec 7, 2020
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A case of disappearing hoops in gentrifying neighborhoods
In the last decade the Chicago Park District has removed 12 of 16 basketball courts from neighborhoods that have doubled and tripled in value, further marginalizing communities facing displacement.
- Music, Music Review Oct 19, 2020
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Chicago’s Growing Concerns Poetry Collective use kindness to unite people against bigotry
- City Life, Public Service Announcement Aug 21, 2020
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Wherever you go, there you are
Upcoming events and distractions from our listings coordinator
- City Life, Public Service Announcement Aug 14, 2020
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I'll just drink this tea, thanks
What our listings coordinator is musing about this week
- News & Politics, Feature Aug 13, 2020
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This is my brain on local TV news
Thirteen and a half hours of broadcasts on looting leave a day of impressions without a trace.
- Music, Music Feature Jul 8, 2020
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The return of Captain Sky
Chicago’s funk superhero releases his first album in 40 years—and this time his mission includes mentoring Black teenagers on the south side.
- Columns & Opinion, Opinion May 12, 2020
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On being a single dad, a journalist, and a Black south-sider during the pandemic
It involves juggling my kid’s Zoom-call cameos and a new beat, and checking in on my homies.
- Arts & Culture, Comedy Nov 20, 2019
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Turning life lessons into a Korporate Bidness
Donovan Price turns to YouTube to hilariously highlight what #BlackChicagoBeLike.
- City Life, Feature Oct 17, 2019
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Ode to the Green Line
A vital—and vexing—vehicle that connects Chicago’s Black communities on the south and west sides
- Film, Small Screen Aug 29, 2019
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South Side is an inside joke even outsiders will get
The Comedy Central series offers a nuanced, and incredibly funny, depiction of Englewood you won’t see on the news.
- Music, Concert Preview Aug 8, 2019
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Ajani Jones taps into a familiar paradoxical love for Chicago on Dragonfly
- News & Politics, Feature Jul 24, 2019
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‘This is my home’
Woodlawn residents share their vision for a neighborhood in transition
- Music, The Block Beat Jul 3, 2019
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Omen gets back in the game
After years away, the Chicago rapper and producer returns to Dreamville Records’ active list—and to the south-side park where he learned to play.
- Music, Music Feature Jun 25, 2019
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Baltimore rapper TT the Artist helps femmes celebrate themselves
She brings her high-energy set to the Black queer space of Renaissance One on Thursday.
- Arts & Culture, Art Feature Jun 13, 2019
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From the Bubbly Creek festival to sculptures made from straws
A roundup of art events happening this weekend
- Arts & Culture, Art Feature Jun 13, 2019
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Black fatherhood
Black men are rarely afforded the luxury of being seen as nurturers and caregivers.
- Arts & Culture, Books and Comics Issue May 30, 2019
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Started from the Bottomyards, now we’re gentrified
A hyper-colored, Afrofuturistic graphic novel captures how white privilege feeds on Black neighborhoods.
- Arts & Culture, Art Review Nov 8, 2018
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The Time Is Now! celebrates the black artists of the south side who used their work as a vehicle for social change
The Smart Museum exhibit and companion book provide a valuable historical record of Chicago art between 1960 and 1980.
- Film, Movie Review Sep 11, 2018
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Sociologist and filmmaker David Schalliol explains how he came to make his first documentary, The Area
"I want to meet people, understand a place, make connections, and produce work that has meaning and effect."
- Arts & Culture, Art Feature Aug 14, 2018
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Brian Wells has quietly spent decades documenting the south side in oil paintings
The McKinley Park artist’s work will be on display at the Rainbo Club in September.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 25, 2018
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South-side poet Kwynology wants you to fall back in love with Chicago at her open mike
In the Yard will let south- and west-siders share their work in their own community.
- Arts & Culture, Feature Jun 5, 2018
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Roseland’s transformation captured in 1970 student film
The footage of Old Fashioned Days on South Michigan Avenue will become the centerpiece of a new documentary.
- Music, The Block Beat May 17, 2018
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The Vixen revisits the starting line of her personal drag race
She didn’t win over RuPaul, but she’s carrying on the fight for inclusivity that she began at the south side’s venerable Jeffery Pub.
- Arts & Culture, Art Feature Apr 4, 2018
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Magnolia Screen Printing wants to provide jobs for the young people of Chicago Lawn
Omar Kamran and Justin Clemons hope to grow something beautiful and lasting in their neighborhood.