Ten Great Things to Do in February
From a reopened Art Institute to a Children’s Choir concert featuring Chance the Rapper, Chicago’s cultural offerings are beginning to thaw out.
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Second City’s Second Life
New executive producer Jon Carr aims to rehabilitate the iconic improv company.
Jim Belushi
The actor, 66, on hallucinogens, Second City flops, and the true inspiration for John’s cheeseburger sketch
Elizabeth Margulis’s Artist
The Buffalo Grove celebrity stylist, closet curator, and woman behind @BigHairBigCity reveals her go-to painter.
How the Sweet Valley High Books Ruined Our Lives
Photo: Jessika Ross In their new podcast Wokefield, comedians (and Chicago contributors) Elizabeth Gomez and Adrienne Gunn investigate how the Sweet Valley High novels — about twins Jessica and Elizabeth Wakefield — warped their preteen brains. Here, they pick the least woke books. Power Play, 1983 Plot:Jessica fat-shames a sorority pledge. The pledge eats lettuce, loses weight, and becomes … Read more