Six concerts and The Big Gig! are scheduled for t County Library System's 2025 Black History Month Blues Series. See the ...

In a frank memoir, George Johnson tells how he took Johnson Products public, hosted Martin Luther King, got Jesse Jackson up ...

Plans for the South Side Community Art Center — the longest-running African American arts institution in the country — ...

It's a bittersweet day for Barbara Quintero-Bailey and her sister, Brenda, after a judge sentenced Mark Diamond to 17 years ...

Cann knows that many of the names on this program are unknown, but she hopes Chicago audiences will give it a chance.

Buoyed by a successful Broadway run, the play about a bustling beauty salon opens this week at Chicago Shakespeare.

A new show celebrating Black excellence is coming to Second City next week. “We Always Bounce Black: A Black Excellence Comedy Revue” which is billed as a celebration of ...

Homelessness among Black Illinois residents is more than double the national average, according to a report from the University of Illinois Chicago in collaboration with the Illinois Office to ...