Five Best Things to Do in Chicago This Week
Chicago Air and Water Show, Drum Roll Please, The Fly Honey Show VII, Lit Crawl Chicago, and Wizard World Comic Con
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Our Guide to Live Lit Shows at Lit Crawl This Week
Looking for prose, comedy, theater, or poetry? Here’s what to see at the city’s newest bookworm bash.
Aliens in Oak Park? Sci-Fi Novel Plays on Our Mid-'90s Innocence
A biting satire and comedy of manners, Margaret Wappler’s Neon Green follows what happens when a spaceship lands in an “eco-affluent” family’s backyard.
The Five Best Things to Do in Chicago This Week
Bette, Live at the Continental Baths, Festival Cubano, Ginza Holiday Festival, Mbongwana Star, and Rules, Tools, and Fools
Musician Haley Fohr Tears Apart Her World and Starts Over
The local singer-songwriter debuted a new character, and new style of music, this summer.
Chicago's Superhero Boom
From the iconic scenes of The Dark Knight, to this weekend’s Suicide Squad, a look at why Chicago is so popular among comic book blockbusters.
The Top Five Things to Do in Chicago This Week
Chicago Musical Theater Festival, Cirque du Soleil’s Toruk: First Flight, Grant Park Music Fest, Jazzin’ at the Shedd, and Kindred the Family Soul
Must an Architect Build Buildings?
Young Chicago architect Marshall Brown translates a collage into architectural folly—for art’s sake.
Why Bring a Coffin to Lollapalooza? Sir the Baptist Takes the Fest to Church
The South Side musician emerged from a casket on stage to make a statement about gun violence and systemic injustice.