By Dakota Parks for Downtown Crowd Whether he’s tagging and painting over pieces at Graffiti Bridge or designing massive, commissioned...

By Dakota Parks for Downtown Crowd Emily Bishop, 22, has spent the last three years intensively training in dance studios in Chicago,...

By Dakota Parks for Downtown Crowd For many of us, music is the much-needed respite from daily chaos and our catalyst for creativity....

By Dakota Parks for Downtown Crowd For most millennials and Netflix-now-Peacock-binge- watchers, Kate Flannery is easy to ID for her role...

By Dakota Parks for Downtown Crowd Armed with her controller and a friend on lookout for birds and power lines, Emily Bailly, a local...

By Dakota Parks for Downtown Crowd Known far and wide for his roles in Starship Troopers and Frighteners, Busey got his start in the...

By Dakota Parks for Downtown Crowd There is no character quite as nostalgic as Mickey Mouse. He is not only an American icon, but his...

By Dakota Parks for Downtown Crowd When people think of art, images of white canvases covered in complimenting hues and hands-off museum...