Ibrahim Maali of Solidarity Studios speaks to the power of music making to connect communities in Palestine, South Africa, ...

Africa Restored (Cheryl as Cleopatra) by Kerry James Marshall is on view as part of “Project a Black Planet: The Art and Culture of Panafrica” at the Art Institute of Chicago. Using his trademark ...

Besides having a good eye for thrifting, Shelly Parks also uses basic sewing skills to help compose her looks.

Karl Michael Iglesias is a Puerto Rican actor, director and writer from Milwaukee, WI, who now resides in Brooklyn, NY. His ...

The Chicago Cultural Center's latest exhibit, "Potential Energy: Chicago Puppets Up Close," celebrates the city as a center ...

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The rest of the album is a blend of originals and reinterpreted standards by the likes of George Gershwin (“Embracable You”) ...

Maps & Atlases formed in 2004 and have spent the past couple decades exploring the terrain where weird time signatures turn into hum-along choruses and uplifting, folky harmonies.

Percussion prodigy and washboard wizard Jimmy Bertrand worked with Louis Armstrong and Ma Rainey and mentored future star ...

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In October, Nandi Rose Plunkett, who makes music as Half Waif, released her sixth full-length album, See You at the Maypole, which chronicles her vulnerable and turbulent search for understanding ...