I’m sitting in a window seat at Lestat’s coffee shop on Adams Avenue in Normal Heights, waiting, as one does, to meet with a clowning duo who go by the moniker Fancy and the Loop. As I glance up from ...

As a child, Isabella “Bella” Diaz never imagined she could make a living doing flips. A Chicago native, Diaz grew up doing gymnastics in Peterson and Harrison parks and went on to study dance at ...