Our Own Documentarian
A Q&A with Steve James
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You Can Rent Stuff from the Field Museum
A few of the 400-plus items that members of the museum’s Harris Learning Collection can borrow for a fee
We Birth the Best Theater Talent
From left: Coon, Sinise, McCraney, Shannon, Allen, Mamet Joan Allen. Carrie Coon. David Cromer. Frank Galti. Tracy Letts. William H. Macy. John Malkovich. David Mamet. Tarell Alvin McCraney. Laurie Metcalf. Amy Morton. Jessie Mueller. Bruce Norris. Denis O’Hare. William Petersen. Sarah Ruhl. David Schwimmer. Michael Shannon. Anna D. Shapiro. Gary Sinise. Mary Zimmerman … Shall … Read more
The Pipe Organ at the Music Box Theatre
Photo: Ratko Radojcic Dennis Scott, who plays the Music Box Theatre’s glorious pipe organ during silent-movie showings, says that the greatest compliment he can hope for is when patrons tell him his playing matched the movie so well that they forgot he was there. Well, apologies, Maestro Scott, but I cannot let the organ fall … Read more
We’re Beautiful on the Inside, Too
Don’t judge a book by its cover, or a building by its façade. These lobbies and atria rank among the city’s best architectural vistas.
Our City Flag Is Cool Enough to Wear
Photo: Clark Maxwell Photo: Courtesy of Jacob Kearney Photo: Francesco Villa
We Take Street Art Literally
Pothole #1, 4631 N. Kenton Ave. Photos: Courtesy of the artist Here’s a reason to embrace our winter weather: Without it, we wouldn’t have so many potholes, and without so many potholes, we wouldn’t have pothole art—specifically, the whimsical tile mosaics that Jim Bachor has been clandestinely embedding in patches of broken pavement around the … Read more
We Love to Work Blue
Illustration: Hawk Krall For comediennes at Ladylike, the monthly all-female storyteller showcase at Cafe Mustache, holding back is strictly verboten. Liz Ziner told a story about pulling out an IUD she mistook for a tampon. Brittany Meyer upped the ante with an anecdote about her DivaCup spilling during sex and turning her bed into a … Read more
The Best Discounts and Freebies of Chicago Theatre Week
Tickets to more than 100 local shows come at the deep discount of $15 to $30 a head.
Five Things to Do in Chicago This Week
University of Chicago Folk Festival, Chicago Auto Show, Uncle Vanya, The Orchid Show, and Common Time