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Storefront theater, neighborhood shopping rows with a point of view, and the institutions and people making Chicago art interesting beyond downtown.

Chicago editorial collage: A city held up by its people.
A city held up by its people.

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Choose
a Show

Follow the production

Definition Theatre, Teatro Vista, and Silk Road Cultural Center don't always perform at their administrative address — check the actual production venue for the specific date you're booking, not just the company name.

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An announced season and a show actually playing on your night are two different facts. One of them matters for your plans; only one of them is a press release.
Chicago editorial collage: Street style. Neighborhood soul.
Street style. Neighborhood soul.

Wear the city

Shop With a
Point of View

Andersonville

Women & Children First, Cowboys and Astronauts, Dearborn Denim, Foursided, Andersonville Galleria.

Logan Square

Wolfbait & B-girls, Lost Girls, Fleur.

Wicker Park / West Town

Quimby's, Myopic, Reckless, Lost Girls, Swaby.

North Center

Production Mode.

Pilsen

Mestiza, Semillas.

Chinatown

Vital Chinatown.

Hyde Park

Silver Room, Seminary Co-op, 57th Street Books.

Downtown designers

Maria Pinto, Azeeza.

Correction: Quimby's is at 1854 W. North Ave., not Chicago Avenue.

Chicago editorial collage: Art, steel, and the city in between.
Art, steel, and the city in between.
Collage illustration of a vintage theater marquee, an artist's palette, a stack of books and a tailored jacket with autumn leaves

Art + design

See Art
Beyond Downtown

Institutions and people carrying Chicago's art scene into neighborhoods, not just museum campuses.

Institutions

People making the city interesting

Artist / Social Practice

Theaster Gates

Stony Island Arts Bank and a body of work that treats neighborhood infrastructure as material.

Writer / Performer

avery r. young

A Bronzeville-rooted voice across page and stage.

Chefs

Genie Kwon & Tim Flores

Part of the diaspora-dining wave redefining what "destination restaurant" means outside downtown.

Chef

Erick Williams

Virtue's chef-owner, a Hyde Park/Woodlawn anchor.

Chef

Christian Hunter

Part of the current wave of chefs grounding Chicago dining in specific neighborhoods.

Chefs

David & Anna Posey

Elske, among the city's enduring essentials.

Retail / Vintage

Shernett Swaby

Part of the Wicker Park/West Town shopping identity.

Design

Jamie Hayes

Contributing to Chicago's independent design scene.

Designers

Azeeza Khan & Maria Pinto

Downtown Chicago's own fashion-design identity, not imported labels.

Chicago artwork by Kevin Halstead · Surreal editorial interpretations of the city.

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