Can a banjo play Bach? This Chicago musician will make you believe.
Michael Miles, who will play Bach’s Suites for Cello on the banjo this weekend at Evanston Space, has a new album that challenges what you think the instrument can do.
Michael Miles, who will play Bach’s Suites for Cello on the banjo this weekend at Evanston Space, has a new album that challenges what you think the instrument can do.
Wrigley Field, Soldier Field, Guaranteed Rate Field and the United Center are a sign of Chicago’s strong sports fandom.
About 30 years ago, a run-down bowling alley hosted its first few punk shows. Then, for a little over a decade it became the all-ages heart of Chicago’s indie scene.
The Pulitzer-winning playwright has come a long way since feeling intimidated by theater kids years ago at freshman orientation at the University of Chicago.
Libraries in Chicago, Aurora, Addison and Evanston were targeted. The incidents were investigated and deemed unfounded. “It’s a little horrifying,” said a student studying at Harold Washington Library Center.
WBEZ and the Chicago Sun-Times showcase the work of its award-winning visual journalists along the walls of the popular tourist destination.
At Riot Fest this weekend, the Chicago post-punk band Braid will join the likes of the Breeders, Danzig and Death Cab for Cutie in recreating a seminal album from start to finish.
Mike Petryshyn, whose festival returns this week for its 17th edition, connects the condition to his early love of punk music and his tendency to think of solutions but have trouble executing them.
With writers and actors on strike, studios are banking on reality TV more than ever.
Jaggi quit his finance job, became a writer and moved to Chicago from Mumbai. His one-man-show at Steppenwolf runs Sept. 14 and 16.