This is not how we wanted to begin 2025. Last week, we announced layoffs and immediate cost-cutting measures to address a ...

The Gene Siskel Film Center’s Worlds of Wiseman series shows us our world. The question is whether or not we can change it.

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Lifeline Theatre's Kid Prince and Pablo gives Mark Twain's The Prince and the Pauper a contemporary rap retelling.

Imani Marie Joseph is a slam poet from the Southside of Chicago. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Creative Writing & Political ...