Teresa Wiltz

From birth, practically, we're told — again and again — that education is the golden ticket to the American dream. This is a meritocracy! Study diligently, put the work in...

Hankering for a break from the frizz-inducing Chicago heat, Wiltz went west to the hometown of Starbucks, where more than 7,000 journalists of color are swarming the city for the...

Just in time for the 4th of July holiday, the union that represents lifeguards, camp workers and park-cleanup crews is voting Saturday on whether to authorize a strike. A "yes"...

After all these years on the fringes of the downtown St. Patrick's Day Parade--staying home, paying no attention to it whatsoever--it was time to get out there and see what...

Brooklyn Funkessentials In the Buzz Bag (Shanachie) At first blush, the premise behind the Brooklyn Funkessential's "In the Buzz Bag," a collaboration with the Turkish-Romanian gypsy band, Laco Tayfa, sounds...

Brooklyn Funkessentials In the Buzz Bag (Shanachie) At first blush, the premise behind the Brooklyn Funkessential's "In the Buzz Bag," a collaboration with the Turkish-Romanian gypsy band, Laco Tayfa, sounds...

Welcome to the last installment of our admittedly Eurocentric, somewhat Anglophiliac, U.S.-heavy and Chicago-focused chronicle of the most important cutural events of the last 1,000 years. (Movie) 1968. "2001: A...

1914-World War I, which will destroy a large percentage of the young artists of Europe and will drastically affect the creative thinking of those who live through it, begins. (Visual...

(Visual art) 1946-Detroit photographer Harry Callahan comes to Chicago to teach at the Institute of Design and embarks on a series of masterpieces that becomes chamber music for the eye....

Last Sunday we began the daunting chronicle of the pivotal cutural events in the last 1,000 years. What follows is Part 2 of our admittedly Eurocentric, somewhat Anglophiliac, U.S.-heavy and...