In a single bus ride, children can learn both the importance of appreciating elders and never judging a book by its cover. The hip-hop musical “The Last Stop on Market Street” will be performed at the...

Jussie Smollett, star of the TV drama “Empire” spoke with Joshua Short, a junior journalism major, about his pride in his African-American heritage and the struggle for representation in Hollywood.�...

The stage is dark as anxious dancers stand before a series of crackling light bulbs. The music starts, the cameras begin to roll, and it’s time for “Soul Train.”That scene was repeated many times since Oct. 2, 1970, when “Soul Train” first burned through TV screens in a flurry of neon pastels, afros and bellbottom jeans. Disco music pulsed on the stage, infecting viewers with a groove that would set a standard for p...

Students sang, danced and moved like the King of Pop in front of a packed house as they remembered Michael Jackson with a new tribute show at the Chicago International Charter Schools’ Longwood campus this week.“Expressions of MJ,” which the theater company For Children By Children put together, opened Feb. 18 at the CICS-Longwood Auditorium, 1309 W. 95th St. Other performances took place on Feb. 19 and 25, and the final two ...