Chicago songwriter Stephen Kohler wrote “Step Into Your Shoes” for his eldest son, a premedical student living with long COVID, according to release materials supplied by NoVo Management and Publicity.
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A Filipino drag queen plans a debut celebration as he approaches 30 in CIRCA Pintig’s “Debut: Coming of Age in Filipino America,” touring Chicago in November and December.
Michael Maglaras’ documentary examines paintings of the American Revolution. It is available through 217 Films for individual home viewing.
Featured image: Andrew Pelletier. Photo by Patrick Ginn. “I’d love to say that I hear a sound in my head, then pick up the instrument, hit record and boom, there’s…
Sara Rahanjam on how research, materials and revision shape her ongoing Spring series, and what a viewer can bring to the finished work.
Catch up on Scapi’s stories from Chicago and beyond, published from October 25, 2026 to November 1, 2026. Select a headline to read the full story. Nothing Without a Company…
Featured image: Brianna Borger. Courtesy of Brianna Borger. “I always go back to Acting 101 – who are you talking (singing) to, and what do you want from them?” Brianna…
Andersonville Autumn Restaurant Weeks runs Nov. 1-15, with prix fixe menus from $35 to $60 and an updated list of participating restaurants.
On Social Touch, his work with William Parker Wood turns arrangement decisions into questions about what a song needs to say.
The Virginia musician on listening beside a dogwood, representing a plantation fire and bringing his grandmother's prison-history work into sound.
Featured image: Aiden James. Courtesy of aidenjamesmusic.com. “Listening back, I wanted to tell my younger self, good job, that’s really solid,” Aiden James said. The singer-songwriter was hearing a performance…
Double Trouble runs from 8 to 11 p.m. Oct. 31 in Pilsen, with DJ sets, an artist-made haunted house and a costume runway.