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
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
Tickets to more than 100 local shows come at the deep discount of $15 to $30 a head.
University of Chicago Folk Festival, Chicago Auto Show, Uncle Vanya, The Orchid Show, and Common Time
This weekend, an open casting call in Northbrook is seeking the star of a new Steven Spielberg film.
More than a decade in the making, Emil Ferris’s stunning graphic novel, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, will be released on February 14.
Like how a Chicagoan coined the term “Beat,” and other things you could learn at the Newberry Library this month.
Photographer Michael Jarecki captures
the wild energy and bizarre beauty of
Chicago’s underground pro wrestling scene.
Straight White Men, Jonathan Biss, Wayang: The Art of Indonesian Puppetry, Lunar New Year Parade, and Sampha
And yes, he has something to say about Trump, too.
