Someone to Watch in '24

Rising singer-songwriter Kara Jackson opening first U.S. tour with sold-out Chicago show

The Oak Park folk musician and former National Youth Poet Laureate who sings of love and loss is “Someone to Watch in 2024.”

By Erica Thompson

Someone to Watch in ’24

Chicago art curator Stephanie Cristello finds much to like in creating unique displays

“I’m the curator you call when you’re doing something really weird and want to make it work.” Cristello, the latest Chicago Sun-Times “Someone to Watch in 2024,” says of her work.

By Stefano Esposito

CURRAN-022524-11.JPG Sarah Curran, executive director of UChicago Presents, at the University of Chicago's Mandel Hall in Hyde Park.

Someone to Watch in ’24

Sarah Curran bringing new perspective to University of Chicago's classical music and arts programming

UChicago Presents began in 1943 as the University of Chicago Chamber Music Series.

By Kyle MacMillan - For the Sun-Times

Kimberly Moore at KDM Engineering, 550 W. Jackson Blvd. She’s president and founder of the company.

Chicago engineer Kimberly Moore shares her STEM smarts with underrepresented youth

By Erica Thompson