On a dark street in Bushwick on Beat Nite last week, one storefront stood out. From the plate-glass façade gazed out a classical, simplified portrait of a smiling girl’s face filling the entire ...

When Waukegan photographer Mary Neely heard Samantha Paredes play the piano at a local church, she was amazed at her Paredes’ talent. “She is the kind of person who seems to bring joy into the room ...

In a few vacant storefronts around Highland Park, art has filled the void — large cartoonish portraits of people bearing vulnerable, soulful and even comic expressions. Their creator, Jonathan Plotkin ...