What began as a rural Tennessee jam band festival in the early 2000s has grown into the multigenre and multi-faceted festival we now know as Bonnaroo. While much has changed, what’s fascinating about...

[slideshow_deploy id='11464'] Click through the slideshow to view photos of Yasiin Bey's performance at Metro Chicago. All photos by Blake Schlin

Last week, two actors from the “Book of Mormon” taught a master class at Demonthon. Afterward, the DePaulia had the privilege of spoke with them to learn more about the production that has quickly...

The Second Watch is a weekly Game of Thrones recap column by Focus Editor Erin Yarnall. Vengeance motivates a lot of characters in "Game of Thrones." This is especially meaningful to the remaining...

Board games have been making a return to popularity as a more social face-to-face alternative. Despite the increase in digital and online media, all around the Chicago area board game shops and bars...

Over the last few years, Chicago violence has served as an inspiration for a significant number of documentaries. The bloody homicides and gang shootings that happen almost daily on the city’s South...

“That was awesome!” People cheered as the credits for White Mystery’s debut full-length film “That Was Awesome” rolled across the screen. The project, which boasted five different short stories,...

Out with the old and in with the new.  It seems these days the “old-fashioned” pedometer just doesn’t cut it with fitness gurus.  Activity trackers, otherwise known as fitness bands or fitness...

It isn’t easy exercising a green thumb between a two-flat and paved paradise. For many Chicagoans who rent an apartment without a backyard, this often means forgoing gardening, leaving farming to...

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. Bully Sometimes the bands...