Late afternoon light streamed through huge storefront windows of the otherwise dimly lit Hopleaf Bar, bouncing from dozens of multicolored tap heads lined up like international trophies along the bar. ...

Editor's note: This is the last article in a three-part series following three seniors in the School of Music. Read part 1 here, and part 2 here.  Too often, college is about looking forward....

Last October, artists Lauren Bon, Tristan Duke and Richard Nielsen brought a giant shipping container to Chicago.  That shipping container had been fashioned into a giant photography device, called...

When Alfonso Gomez-Rejon first read the script for “Me, Earl and the Dying Girl” he couldn’t help but feel like it was meant for him to direct. “I had gone through a very personal loss in my...

The Second Watch is a weekly "Game of Thrones" recap column by Focus Editor Erin Yarnall. Read more here.  I really thought this would be the episode that Sansa and Theon team up (or as I will...

[slideshow_deploy id='12232'] Despite the frigid gusts of wind blowing on the golden Friday afternoon, dozens of eager students trailed the south entrance of the quad just minutes before the gates opened...

Lillian Hellman’s acclaimed “The Little Foxes” has inundated The Goodman Theatre and is winding itself around the heart of every audience that comes to experience it. Directed by Henry Wishcamper,...

Summer is approaching, which means we are finally able to leave our igloos, throw on a pair of shorts and sunglasses, and do something besides watch Netflix. Chicago summers are famous for many things,...

[slideshow_deploy id='12222'] Once a gym full of meatheads, one West Side warehouse has been transformed into a homey, eccentric and welcoming studio space. Treehouse Records, co-founded by Matt Gieser...

If you ever pass through River North or the West Loop on a windy day, you may catch an overwhelming chocolate scented breeze. That scent is coming from one of Chicago’s oldest chocolate factories, Bloomer...

We did the homework so you don't have to. Check back each week for the scoop on bands you can't miss at Pitchfork, Lollapalooza, North Coast and Riot Fest this year. Parquet Courts Parquet Courts...