The 1980s figure heavily in this week’s picks of top art events around the state. In the late ‘80s, Jay Mohr was turning away from high school and college sports and towards stand-up comedy and acting ...

Ten years after his run helped define a generation’s summer, Fetty Wap returns with Zavier, a more reflective, evolved sound and a chance to tap back into something people have been wanting to feel ...

Freestyle, the subgenre of dance music that emerged in the early years of the 1980s and hit peak popularity toward the end of the decade, isn't a particularly easy sound to define. It's a hodgepodge ...

If you went to high school in the '80s, you probably heard Rob Base, Exposé and Stacey Q on the radio. Here's your chance to relive those days and the music of that era.

Plus: DJ Hannah Viti on Tasha and Audiotree making tender magic together, Reader listings coordinator Salem Collo-Julin on must-have pro-Bernie T-shirts, and more Best of Chicago 2025 Credit: Cover ...