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Gwydion Theatre Company's revival of Henrik Ibsen's Ghosts resonates mostly as an exploration of the generational effects of hypocrisy.

A father-daughter road trip shows the distance between hope and reality in Bramble Theatre's Racecar Racecar Racecar.

International Anthem’s 11th birthday party adds a Hungry Brain residency, and veteran DJ Lee Collins needs help paying for cancer treatment.

Now on view at Roman Susan are “baby vessel instruments” by Liz McCarthy—somewhat monstrous sculptures plastered with the detritus of life.

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A mass shooting in Chicago should have been inspiration for a discussion of violence prevention. Instead, some blamed Venezuelan immigrants.

Molchat Doma are now based in Los Angeles, and every time they announce another Chicago concert, it’s at a bigger venue.

Instrumental ambient ensemble Hour draw their power from several east-coast music communities along the stretch between Maine and the group’s spiritual home in Philadelphia.

Horsegirl’s anything-goes, anyone-can-do-it outlook, which embraces punk as a spirit rather than as a concrete genre, echoes ...

The Frequency Festival's seven concerts include Chicago or U.S. debuts by Zosha Warpeha, Angharad Davies, and Pat Thomas & ...