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When he first sat down behind a set of keys, Julian Davis Reid quickly learned the piano was his voice. The Chicago-based pianist and theologian first found himself in a music class at age 2. He ...

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. Chicago’s economy runs on power that cannot fail. That’s ...

In Q4 2025, Chicago’s central business district reached a critical juncture that is equal parts existential threat and material opportunity. The office market in the Central Loop is in serious ...

Courtesy of Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images for the Red Sea International Film Festival Queen Latifah captivated a packed crowd at the first of this year’s Red Sea Film Festival “In Conversation” talks, ...

FIRST ON FOX: A Chicago Public Schools (CPS) policy allows illegal immigrant students excused absences if they or their family members are afraid of federal immigration enforcement activities in the ...

City of Win is a series curated by Isiah “ThoughtPoet” Veney and written by Joshua Eferighe that uses prose and photography to create portraits of Chicago musicians and cultural innovators working to ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A new art studio in downtown Grand Rapids offers a space where customers can take a breath while working with clay. Kendyl Arden started Selah Studio five years ago in ...

An illegal immigrant with a criminal history has been arrested following a weekend shooting in which U.S. Border Patrol agents were shot at in Chicago. The shooting happened Saturday in the city's ...

Democratic Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson erupted at a reporter on Friday after they used the term "illegal aliens" during a press briefing, slamming the phrase as "racist" and "nasty." In a video ...