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The museum says the exhibit, called "The Sound, the Soul, the Syncopation," is the first comprehensive look at music created exclusively by artists who have lived in public housing.

Has Chicago reached Street Fest glut?

Comedian Robert Klein stops by Afternoon Shift on his way to UP Comedy Club for a weekend run. And the Music Institute of Chicago's Artist in Residence, Tammy McCann, regales us with her versatile voice. Plus Eric Klinenberg talks about a topic largely absent during the election, climate change.

The political landscape is littered with stories of reinvention, but what about musical second acts (good and bad)?

Matthew Lillard’s Fat Kid Rules the World is a coming of age film that captures punk rock as the ideal vehicle for gaining acceptance. 

Theatrical variety is on parade this weekend as monologist David Kodeski and composer Eric Reda co-author an opera tracking a gay life in the arts, while Oak Park's Circle Theatre goes Bollywood and eta Creative Arts tackles a drama by Lonnie Elder III.

Psychedelia always has been one of many strains running through the long and fruitful career of the great Neil Young. Remember those otherworldly acoustic idylls like “Expecting to Fly,” or better yet, the long, languid guitar jams in songs such as “Mr.