We are thrilled to announce our upcoming 6th annual production, "Ghetto Vintage". This highly anticipated performance promises to captivate audiences with its dynamic choreography, infectious beats, ...

Princeton professor Mitchell Duneier came to town to talk about his new book, “Ghetto: The Invention of a Place, the History of an Idea,” and sign a few copies. But certain events in the week ...

IN A PART OF CHICAGO you may never have heard of. In a neighborhood where, only a dozen or so years ago, crushing poverty and vicious gangs had their heels on the throat of a dying community. Where, ...

Yesterday electronic wunderkind Nicolas Jaar debuted “Ghetto,” an exultant eight-minute house track featuring vocals from Chicago ghetto house and juke producer Thomas Kendricks, better known as DJ ...

Illinois lawmakers and the media have spent a lot of time this year considering how taxpayers can help wealthy spectators watch even wealthier football players botch games at Soldier Field eight ...

CHICAGO – The yellow school bus rumbles through vacant lots and past demolished buildings, full of people who have paid $20 for a tour of what was once among the most dangerous areas of this or any ...

DJ Deeon's legacy has impacted every strain of modern dance music. Joe Muggs and peers of the Chicago ghetto house pioneer pay tribute Just as he was building connections with that international ...

Ward Room has been hearing some objections to its use of the word “ghetto” in Monday’s blog post “How Ghetto Is Your School?” The post was about a new public schools report card that includes a ...

Influential Chicago producer and musician DJ Funk has died, aged 54. His death was confirmed and publicly announced by collaborator DJ Slugo on Wednesday (March 5) who said in an Instagram video: “I ...

Influential Chicago musician DJ Funk, credited with coining the term “ghetto house,” has died at 54. The news was announced by friend and collaborator DJ Slugo, who revealed Funk’s passing in a video ...

Instrumental in creating the house subgenre, the late producer is being mourned by the dance music community. By Katie Bain Chicago-based ghetto house pioneer DJ Deeon has died. An update posted to ...