WATCH: Looking Out, Looking In: Meet cytologist-turned-artist Catherine Keebler
By Cindy Wang Medill Reports Former cytologist Catherine Keebler became an art student at The Art Institute of Chicago after her retirement, but her creative
By Cindy Wang Medill Reports Former cytologist Catherine Keebler became an art student at The Art Institute of Chicago after her retirement, but her creative
By Jordyn Bradley Medill Reports Though Amanda Carlson has only been tattooing for a year and a half, her career as an artist started long
By Julia Lowe Medill Reports Between performing as the principal violist with the Chicago Sinfonietta — “Chicago’s hippest orchestra” — and playing piano at bars
By Julia Lowe Medill Reports On the heels of Black History Month in February and Women’s History Month in March comes the powerful recognition of poetic voices
By Koster Kennard Medill Reports When actor-turned-comedian-turned-puppeteer Josh Zagoren, 41, heard the Green Mill was shutting down indefinitely because of COVID-19, taking away one of
By Jordana Comiter Medill Reports It’s been three years since the world shut down and people’s lives were interrupted. With live performances halted, the theater
By Alexa Erbach Medill Reports Almost a year after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, many states continue to fight for abortion access
By Carolina Baldin Medill Reports Nearly seven years ago, Gina Petitti, an Italian grandma who lives in Freehold, New Jersey, starred in her first video.
By Almagul Serikbayeva Medill Reports One year has passed since the beginning of the war, and some people are already forgetting about it, Ukrainian native
By Kierstin Lindkvist Medill Reports During Black History Month, local Black artists have been featured at the Navy Pier Chicago Children’s Museum showing off their art