Sade Carpenter

Enveloped in muggy heat, a sharp contrast from the biting cold outside, a Chicago darling looks down at the Concord Music Hall crowd, smiling as the group chants her moniker...

In a world of Photoshopped images everywhere you look, it can take a Herculean effort to maintain a healthy self-image. The struggle follows many of us into adulthood, but young...

Sure, Thanksgiving is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November every single year, but somehow it always manages to creep up and catch us unprepared. If you want to take...

Art, live music and cocktails are fun on their own, but the combination puts us in creative heaven. Art Beat Chicago brings these various art forms together from 7 p.m....

Rapper. Actor. Executive producer. From Broadway to TV to the silver screen, modern-day Renaissance man Daveed Diggs basically does it all. You may recognize him from his Tony Award-winning performances...

Imagine having only one pair of shoes to wear year-round. Now imagine you’re also homeless. In 2012, Justin Johnson had a chance encounter with a man who personally encountered this...

“You can thank my insecurities / For keeping me around you babe / I pack my bags but never leave / 'Cause it’s so hard to walk away.” It was...

Let’s face it—the prevalence of sexual violence comes as no surprise to those who are assault survivors, but the discussion about rape and sexual harassment is now a national conversation...

Periods are undeniably one of the most dreaded parts of any month, but with November comes a good reason to get excited about the red tide for a change. Thinx,...