When ICE activity threatened a local taqueria, the city’s underground music scene stepped in to save it.

N estled on the corner of Cermak and Hoyne, Pilsen’s new family-owned bar, is aiming to carve out a niche for itself in the ...

South Side artist Brian Herrera talks about his art form, Mesofuturismo, and the world it emerges from.

Englewood rapper and farmer Heavy Crownz says he “believes in the African proverb: ‘if you want to go far, go together.’” ...

In each of these lanes, Menace4hire brings his own vision. His fashion builds on a streetwear foundation with skewed ...

Housing cooperatives come in all shapes and sizes, but provide residents with affordable homes, a sense of community, and ...

But while white bands have long been the face of punk rock in Chicago, small collectives of Black, Latine, and indigenous ...

Ava V. Marie and Gemini Jynx opened the Pynk Portal Pole Sanctuary last year, a pole and dance studio for adults of all sizes ...

Toronto Blue Jays second baseman Andrés Giménez stepped to the plate in the top of the eighth inning at Rate Field in Armour Square last Friday, his team trailing the host Chicago White Sox by a 3-1 ...

Noah J. Ricketts and cast in the Broadway production of "The Great Gatsby." Credit: Photo courtesy of Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman. This story was first published in the Hyde Park Herald. Chicago ...

At its meeting, the Chicago Board of Education heard several speakers make statements during the public comment period, most regarding The Chicago High School for the Arts (ChiArts) and the closing of ...

This is my first issue as South Side Weekly’s new Editor-in-Chief, and I am delighted to have joined this team. I am a native South Sider, and proud of it. Living here has fostered a sense of ...