Two dozen fourth-graders at Shoesmith Elementary School sat intently around Tracy Occomy Crowder, hanging on her words as she told the story of how she became a writer. The class ...

A neutral arbitrator recommended Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Teachers Union agree to a new contract that includes, ...

One man was killed and a woman was injured in a shooting in Woodlawn early Saturday morning, police said.

Uncertainty is the best way to make art," said artist Robert Earl Paige as he watched a dozen or so focused kids draw on ...

Shermann “Dilla” Thomas, a self-taught Chicago historian who rose to fame on TikTok, is the new brand ambassador and chief of ...

Turtel Onli, a graphic artist known for his self-published comics and for founding the “Black Age of Comics” movement, died ...

The second half of Esa-Pekka Salonen’s two-week residency with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra was dominated by a stirring performance of “Bluebeard’s Castle,” Bela Bartok’s only opera. Last Thursday n ...

The Logan Center was the place to be last Friday night if you were interested in hearing classical music from the 17th ...

From costumed balls to archiving family histories, there are lots of ways to celebrate Black History Month in and around Hyde Park.

You might think that Vanessa Severo's “Frida...A Self Portrait” is a portrait of the iconic 20th-century female Mexican ...

SPRINGFIELD – Illinois participated in one court battle with the Trump administration Thursday when a federal judge ...

The Kenwood Academy girls and boys basketball teams cruised to comfortable back-to-back playoff wins against visiting Payton ...