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 designates KickBack proceeds for Junior Board
Organizers designated proceeds from the Oct. 24 fundraiser for the company’s next Junior Board cohort. The program serves emerging arts leaders ages 18 to 28.
Metropolis’ “The Little Mermaid” audition deadline is Oct. 26
Metropolis lists Oct. 26 as the deadline for its staged-concert auditions. The submission form remained open Monday morning; no closing hour is specified.
Fright on Farragut and Halloween parade set for Oct. 31 in Andersonville
Andersonville’s Oct. 31 plans include the 48th Ward parade, business-district trick-or-treating and Fright on Farragut from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Oil Lamp returns to Bedford Falls with its 13th year of It’s a Wonderful Life
Becca Holloway directs Joe Landry’s live-radio adaptation in Glenview November 20–December 27, with onstage foley and a new announced cast.
Manu Grace releases EP “Oh Man, I’ve Done It Again?”
The South African artist’s Oct. 23 release includes “Can You See Me?” and was developed with collaborators working between Cape Town, Berlin and London.
John C. Reilly brings Mister Romantic back to Steppenwolf for four December performances
The band-backed vaudeville show returns to the Downstairs Theater December 10–13, with songbook standards, clowning and audience interaction.
J.MYSTERY releases “Drifting Away” single and music video
Francisco Reis produced the song, and Vasco Mendes directed its video. The single is part of the Portuguese artist’s forthcoming EP, “LOVE AWAY MY PAIN.”
Phoebe Rea releases “Meet Me There” ahead of upcoming EP
The Oct. 23 single is the first track announced from Rea’s next EP, following her debut, “Anybody Else?”
FLEUR ROUGE releases “Pretty Privilege” ahead of five-track EP
The London-based artist’s new single follows “Small Talk.” Both songs are included on an upcoming EP written with Dustin Dooley and Nathan Challinor.
Chicago Art Department and Latina Sweat Project plan Halloween fundraiser
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.
Aiden James returns to “Rain” by listening for what still holds
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 he recorded in 2010, a one-take version of Patty Griffin’s “Rain” made with voice, guitar…
Daniel Bachman’s The Witness Tree makes the recording method part of the history
The Virginia musician on listening beside a dogwood, representing a plantation fire and bringing his grandmother's prison-history work into sound.
Sacha Mullin lets the song make its case
On Social Touch, his work with William Parker Wood turns arrangement decisions into questions about what a song needs to say.
Andersonville Autumn Restaurant Weeks returns Nov. 1-15
Andersonville Autumn Restaurant Weeks runs Nov. 1-15, with prix fixe menus from $35 to $60 and an updated list of participating restaurants.
Brianna Borger on turning the notes into a dramatic choice
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 Borger said. The voice teacher and stage director begins song interpretation with a person to address…
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