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This outdoor concert is part of a series presented by the University of Chicago’s Arts + Public Life organization as part of a summer tribute to big bands.

Roger Q. Mason’s stage play and film Lavender Men considers Abraham Lincoln's love life and interrogates American mythology.

Rockers the Puta-Pons only managed one album, but their two irrepressible front women endured tragedy and a messy breakup to stay friends.

In “Living Without the Gods,” Chicago-based Indian artist Shaurya Kumar probes the removal of spiritual artifacts under colonial occupation.