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Making Some “Illinoise”

July 2, 2025July 1, 2025 by Lynette Smith
A photo illustration of Sufjan Stevens and the ‘Illinoise’ album, with the Chicago skyline in the background

Sufjan Stevens’s sweeping ode to the Prairie State turns 20. Let’s explore the album’s enduring status as a cult classic.

Categories Chicago Magazine Tags Culture, Two-Minute Guide

A Walk in the Garden

July 2, 2025June 24, 2025 by Lynette Smith
Edie Fake’s ‘Killer Dyke’ (2012) is part of a series that reimagines the façades of historic queer venues.

A new MCA exhibition reconsiders generations of local queer art — and the activism that inspired it.

Categories Chicago Magazine Tags Culture

The Power That Pop Culture Has

June 18, 2025 by Sarah Steimer

Adrienne Gunn’s debut novel uses reality television — and humor — to consider how modern media has affected our approach to love, success, and friendship.

Categories Culture & Travel Tags Arts & Culture

Joe Mantegna

June 17, 2025 by Lynette Smith
A portrait illustration of Joe Mantegna

The actor, 77, on his big break, a lesson from Gregory Peck, and his greatest Cubs memory.

Categories Chicago Magazine Tags Backroom, Culture

Peering Inside Chicago’s Original Art Colony

June 25, 2025June 12, 2025 by Sarah Steimer

In Chicago’s Fine Arts Building: Music, Magic, and Murder, author Keir Graff traces the many legacies of the city’s vibrant culture hub.

Categories Culture & Travel Tags Arts & Culture, Five Things

Shelby Van Pelt

June 16, 2025June 4, 2025 by Lynette Smith
An illustration of Shelby Van Pelt

The novelist, 44, on fan mail, a close call with the Boston bombing, and following up a bestseller

Categories Chicago Magazine Tags Backroom, Culture

Color Tells the Story in Joffrey Ballet’s Alice

June 17, 2025May 28, 2025 by Sarah Steimer

Ellie Cotey, the company’s costume manager, walks us through the careful care of the production’s whimsical wears.

Categories Culture & Travel Tags Arts & Culture

June/July Agenda

June 9, 2025May 28, 2025 by Lynette Smith

Top 20 reasons to fill up your calendar this summer

Categories Chicago Magazine Tags Culture

Chicago’s ’90s Poetry Scene Shaped Illinois’ Laureate

May 22, 2025 by Sarah Steimer

“On any given night, you could read poetry on a stage,” recalls Illinois Poet Laureate Mark Turcotte.

Categories Culture & Travel Tags Arts & Culture

Reframing the Immigrant Story

May 19, 2025 by Lynette Smith
Alfonso “Piloto” Nieves Ruiz’s 2017 sculpture ‘In the Name of Progress,’ seen here in his studio

Intuit Art Museum reopens with an exhibition featuring works by 22 self-taught, foreign-born Chicago artists.

Categories Chicago Magazine Tags Culture
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