“It’s Alright Ma (I’m Only Bleedin’)” pulls from Allen Ginsburg, Elvis Presley, the Carter Family, Woody Guthrie, and Robert Johnson, and it all makes sense—and continues to evolve.
Apollo’s Fire, Joffrey Ballet, Zombie Broads, The Seldoms, and Music Box of Horrors
Natalie Portman plays Jackie Kennedy in Jackie, and four other can’t-miss films
The late ’90s were a relaxed time in baseball, before the steroids crisis and camera phones put players on their guard. That’s when photographer Andie Giafaglione captured these poignant moments of the Cubs’ day-to-day lives.
Ear Taxi Festival, Fall Bulb Festival, Kanye West, Music Box Theatre Special Screenings, and Merge
Did ya hear, the new Netflix series Easy was filmed in Chicago? It's a little hard not to notice, since local filmmaker Don’t Fret makes a cameo appearance when Matt and Jeff ask him to do all the art for their new business. From that point forward, his artwork is showcased on everything from sweatshirts to the garage … Read more
The Robbins native dishes on ditching childhood stardom, getting in the music game, and watching Chicago from afar.
The pioneering writer translated the social tumult of the 1960s and beyond into broad (and subtly progressive) story lines. It was an approach she learned under the soap queen Irna Phillips in Chicago at the birthplace of the genre.
Gourd Mountain at Fall Bulb Fest in Glencoe Photo: Robin Carlson Oct. 1–Nov. 18 Art Erik Beehn Evanston Although artist Erik Beehn was raised in a hotel on the Las Vegas Strip, his paintings are neither tacky nor glitzy. The SAIC grad creates abstracts of floral imagery by painting with solvents over inkjet prints from the … Read more
What are you doing October 13 to 23? Here’s where to go, and when.
