African Festival – Chicago, IL

Chicago is the subject of “City So Real,” a sweeping epic five-part documentary series by Oscar nominee Steve James (“Hoop Dreams,” “Small Enough to Jail”) premiering commercial free on NatGeo on Oct.

A multilayered initiative to address community resilience at every level, ranging from microgrid technology to STEM programming.

The Road Up is a documentary drama in the Chicago Film Festival’s Documentary Competition, one of the City and State entries from the hometown writing and directing team of Greg Jacobs and Jon Siskel.

Candyman director Nia DaCosta wants to see non-horror genres explored by black filmmakers. Horror movies centering around the experience of African-American characters have seen a new prominence in ...

The coronavirus has affected everything, including the world of entertainment. From businesses closing to events going digital, Chicago is learning how to deal with the changes and loses due to ...

Some Chicago businesses will have to close by 10 p.m. and residents are asked to limit gatherings to six people as the number of newly confirmed coronavirus cases ...

The Chicago Architecture Center ( CAC ) is extending its 10th annual Open House Chicago festival ( OHC ) through Sunday, Nov. 1. Attendees have seven more days to follow 25 trails for self-guided ...

Nia DaCosta has confirmed that the new 'Candyman' film will include an origin story for the character. The 30-year-old director has overseen the "spiritual sequel" to the 1992 horror classic and ...

We’re two weeks from Election Day and in Illinois -- along with a broad swath of the country -- mail-in ballots are pouring in. Just over 800,000 Illinois voters have returned their mail-in ballots so ...

"This kind of public engagement -- it's the opportunity of a lifetime," says newly appointed LA Academy Museum programming head Jacqueline Stewart ...

That’s a far cry from her later identity as Mama Gloria, the icon of Chicago’s Black transgender movement. Born in 1945 to a mother absorbed in her life as Club Delisa showgirl and “the Black Marilyn ...