Sandra Guy

Christian Bibbs, a ninth-grader at St. Francis de Sales High School, personifies Impact Youth Chicago’s impact: The 14-year-old has become a lead drummer and a solo singer, found lifelong friends in his safe space, and changed his career dreams because of... See more

Chicago’s non-profits have stepped up amid the city’s headline-grabbing unrest, upheavals and financial uncertainties to take on poverty, women’s rights, animal rescue and young people’s needs in awe-inspiring ways. The non-profits’ savvy runs the gamut, ... See more

Court Theatre, the University of Chicago’s professional theater of classic plays, is set to enter a rejuvenating rebirth with its new artistic director, Avery Willis Hoffman. Hoffman, who starts Nov. 1 as the Marilyn F. Vitale Artistic Director at the non... See more

Three-time Grammy Award-winning poet, songwriter and 30-year career performance artist J. Ivy, a native of Auburn-Gresham credited for giving acclaimed singer John Roger Stephens the name John Legend, recalls when he first recognized an Artificial Intelli... See more

The Chicago non-profit group that nurtures and showcases Latino theater artists will host two new theater companies and five promising production companies at its Destinos festival this fall. The yearly festival, slated to feature 16 productions — 14 loca... See more