Hannah Edgar

These days, the DIY kids are all right — but they're very, very different from Sooper's heyday. Label project coordinator Frances Farlee recently attended a show slinging artisanal cocktails.

CHICAGO — To understand Sooper Records, the anything-goes local label, you have to understand the 2010s DIY world from whence it came.

Curtis Stewart’s “24 American Caprices” are an answer to Paganini’s classic set. And they are already taking hold with musicians.

Surveying the latest in city cultural institutions this fall, their offerings are as impossible to summarize as ever.

How did the Chicago History Museum — an institution focused on the history of our city and the region — end up with an impressive array of clothing

Eight prominent locals share the spots that make America’s third city so special for them

Local Note is a place of big swings — in more ways than one. The club, which opened its doors in late July, is banking on a bold prospect: bringing a jazz-only venue to Evanston. With a cozy capacity of just 50, the intimate, d…

Along with the heavy hitters at Symphony Center and Hyde Park Jazz Fest, our fall picks include Bella Voce, jazz on the Red Line and an invisible concert at Jay Pritzker Pavilion.

Also over a memorable weekend in Millennium Park, pianist Robert Glasper, trumpeter Ella Grace and a mayoral proclamation.

Through Monday, the Pritzker Pavilion lawn becomes Sonic Pavilion, a showcase of sound art installations specially engineered for its 24-channel trellised speakers. The opening piece is an ambitious map of Chicago neighborhood sounds by musicians, residents and engineers.