In 2003, Chicago-based artist Oli Rodriguez began documenting his gender transition with a handheld camera, along with his brother’s struggle with depression and anxiety. The filming took place over...

To longtime community artist Indira Johnson, nonviolence is a creative way to get things done. Born in Mumbai and raised in the teachings of Gandhi, Johnson has promoted peace and nonviolence through...

The Monthly Pan in on Elena, a 12-year-old girl with enough ambition for everyone at her middle school. Every day she journals her experience — one of a Cuban-American girl in Miami with the dream...

The Monthly Tucked in at 810 Dempster St, Hewn Bakery is a carb-lovers dream. I open the door, and even as the snow falls, the warmth offered by an earthy color palette and the smell of fresh...

The moment Ashley Brandon (Communication MFA ‘17) and Dennis Hohne found out their film was submitted for Sundance was one neither will ever forget. A self-proclaimed nerd, Brandon calculated the...