Bringing a historical tale to life is never an easy feat, but Bailiwick Chicago's newest endeavor, "Dessa Rose," is a story about two women, one black, a runaway slave, and one white who is a plantation...

Netflix offers members streaming movies and television shows to watch instantly. However, it seems to be the full series of shows that attracts most students. Having to wait barely any time for the show...

Canada Goose probably didn't expect in 1957 when it was founded in a small Toronto warehouse under the name of Metro Sportswear Ltd. that celebrities like Lucy Liu, Matt Damon and Kate Upton would be wearing...

Chicago's poetry scene experienced a combination of literary styles Monday night, when six contestants and a crowd of approximately 40 young and middle-aged adults gathered to hear stories, poetry, music...

Few television shows have enthralled a generation of viewers as quickly and totally as AMC's "Breaking Bad" did in its five tension and tragedy filled seasons. Similarly, there have been few TV actors...

This Friday and Saturday, from sundown to sundown marks the National Day of Unplugging. This project created by the Reboot network in 2002 aims to encourage people to disconnect their laptops, cell phones...

As we inch our way out of this mess of a polar vortex, SKATERS' debut album "Manhattan" provides the perfect soundtrack for living in the city during this sunny, drippy, frozen wonderland that is Chicago...

While I will attempt to make this as spoiler-free as possible, I'm banking on the fact that if you've deigned to read this far, you've most likely witnessed the spectacle that is episode one of season...

Something truly special is cultivated when dance and narrative come together to tell a story. This March, "Heartbeat of Home" delivers a stunning synthesis of both. The DePaulia had the opportunity to...

In 2010, a show came out based on a comic book that changed the outlook of a zombie apocalypse forever. Imagine the reality of waking from a coma into a world overrun by undead monsters, and it's easy...

(It's early Feb. 22. Sleep deprived, we start our ascent from Palenque to Tonina, and then to San Cristobal de las Casas through the Sierra Madre Mountains.)Imagine the first breath after a coma. The things...

"Well, I don't want to say 'enjoy the show,'" director Rachel Lyon said at the start of the screening of her documentary, "Hate Crimes in the Heartland," Feb. 25 in the CDM theater. The screening was followed...