The Yard Tackles High School Shootings on Stage
The youth theater company hits Steppenwolf’s stage with a timely play.
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Q&A: Veronica Roth Returns With The Fates Divide
The author of Divergent discusses her latest book, anxiety, and why she chooses to stay in Chicago.
Poet and Essayist Hanif Abdurraqib on Optimism, Activism, and Carly Rae Jepsen
The author of They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us talks about simple and complex joys in advance of his Chicago Humanities Festival appearance.
60 Things to Do in Chicago in May
Beer Under Glass in the Garfield Park Conservatory, Chicago’s finest food trucks at Lincoln Park Zoo, Macbeth at Chicago Shakes, and more.
Ten Things to Do This Week
John Prine at the Chicago Theatre; a scathing theatrical look at restaurant culture; the Chicago Humanities Festival kicks off; and more.
Zephyr Dance Wants to Put Architecture and Dance on Equal Footing
The experimental dance company performs on stage … and on windows, on stairs, and anywhere it can.
Neo-Confederates Plan to Organize in Chicago this Weekend. Protesters Plan to Meet Them.
While the state Confederate group toasts a rebel grave on Sunday, local organizers will march to Ida B. Wells’s neighboring resting place.
Ten Things to Do This Week in Chicago
Bill Murray, Jan Vogler & Friends: New Worlds, Memphis, Beth Adler & Nancy Gardner: What I’ve Learned from Flower Arranging, Helen Frankenthaler Prints: The Romance of a New Medium, Lord Huron, and more
Hoda Katebi
After a controversial local TV appearance went viral—10 million views and counting—the Iranian American fashion blogger and activist is dealing with a whole new level of attention, good and bad.
Ten Things to Do in Chicago This Week
Kay Ryan and the Apollo Chorus of Chicago, Okwui Okpokwasili, Lincoln Portrait, Intersection, Sound of Silent Film Festival, and more