What the White Boy Wants
Straight outta Northbrook, Kevin Coval has helped turn Chicago’s Louder Than a Bomb poetry slam into a phenomenon. But that’s where things get sticky.
Straight outta Northbrook, Kevin Coval has helped turn Chicago’s Louder Than a Bomb poetry slam into a phenomenon. But that’s where things get sticky.
Charlie Parker’s Yardbird; A Canary Torsi; Charles Atlas, Rashaun Mitchell, Silas Riener; Egon Schiele: Death and the Maiden; and Chicago Improv Festival
Berry brought a cosmopolitan big-band sound to Chicago from St. Louis, paired it with Chicago noise and backbeat at Chess, and became a star.
Paleontologist Lance Grande’s new book pulls the curtain back on the Chicago institution. Curators: Behind the Scenes of Natural History Museums (University of Chicago Press) is out March 21. Here, a few things you’ll learn. 1 A pro “extraction team” is on retainer. Curators at the Field have been trapped behind the lines of a … Read more
And if the younger folks are like me, they’ll be glad for a break from the raucous summer fest scene.
Playwright William Massolia began researching immigrants’ first-hand accounts after finding out his own grandfather never became a citizen.
David McAninch, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Vince Staples, Winifred Haun & Dancers, and Chicago Flower & Garden Show
Stories of betrayal and intrigue shroud these ancient architectural wonders, says Victoria Lautman, a Chicago writer and photographer.
A new production by Winifred Haun and Emma Serjeant, exploring hoarding and material excess, premieres this month.
Homelessness Is a Crime!, Jens Lekman, The Hard Problem, Thodos Dance Chicago, and Eternal Youth