A Soul Singer’s Rebirth
How to Dress Well’s sunny new album finds a once-gloomy man transformed.
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Sleep-Talker’s Song
After Tim Munro commissioned a solo piece for flute and voice from composer David Reminick last year, the two Oberlin graduates spent months struggling to find the right inspiration. “Then Dave revealed to me one day that he kept a log of all the words [his partner, Gabriela Zapata-Alma] said in her sleep,” says Munro. … Read more
All the Streets a Stage
The meticulously crafted, “enhanced reality” photographs of Clarissa Bonet reveal truth in the ephemeral.
The Top Five Things to Do This Week in Chicago
Andrew Bird, Blow Up: Inflatable Contemporary Art, Dawoud Bey: Harlem Redux, In the Heights, and Xplore Chicago
Through Chemo and Divorce, Gina Frangello Still Delivers on Third Novel
Every Kind of Wanting is about three couples who have a “community baby” through gestational surrogacy.
Five Prime Spots to Discover Rising Local Artists
Where to find the Chicago art world’s next breakout talent
Five Things to Do This Week in Chicago
Chicago Jazz Festival, Lauryn Hill, Movies in the Park, North Coast Festival, and the Taste of Polonia Festival
59 Things to Do in Chicago in September
Jenny Lewis Photo: Hayne Palmour/San Diego Union-Tribune Sept. 1 R&B Lauryn Hill Highland Park In purchasing a Lauryn Hill ticket, fans run several risks. First, there’s the chance Hill won’t show up. Then, if she does, her spontaneous performance style could render her timeless hits nearly unrecognizable. But there’s also the chance that Hill, one … Read more
Pinball Machines Get the Museum Treatment
The curator of new art and history exhibit Skillshot, the Collaborative Art of Pinball shares the secrets of his own Chicago-built game.
And God Created Oprah
Before she was a media deity, Oprah Winfrey was a fledgling local talk show host with a shot at national stardom. An oral history of her pivotal first syndicated season.