Five Things to Do in Chicago This Week
Tomorrow Never Knows, Abby Geni, Chicago Sinfonietta, Bob Saget, and Le Switch
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Four Ways the Chicago Defender Changed America
In his new book, The Defender: How the Legendary Black Newspaper Changed America, Ethan Michaeli explores the legacy of the influential black newspaper. Here are four of its major accomplishments. 1. It pushed the Great Migration as a way to punish the South. At first, the paper discouraged blacks from going north because of the … Read more
Phillip B. Williams’s New Poetry Collection Is a Relevant Read
Photo: Courtesy of Alice James Books In 2005, Rashawn Brazell, a 19-year-old bisexual black man, was murdered in Brooklyn, parts of his body stuffed in garbage bags. The horror of that crime provides the bulk of the inspiration behind Humboldt Park native Phillip B. Williams’s searing new collection of poetry, Thief in the Interior (Alice … Read more
Grade School Gets Raunchy with Teachers
Starting this week, six Chicago improvisers star in a new TV Land sitcom.
Watch Mary Beth Fisher in This Fiery Scene from Domesticated
She plays the betrayed wife in Steppenwolf’s story of a political sex scandal.
16 Must-See Acts at Tomorrow Never Knows
Catch these performers and more at the midwinter fest.
On the Staggering Complexity of Pierre Boulez, Composer and Conductor
The CSO fixture was a giant in classical music, but it was a long journey from his beginnings as an angry outsider.
The Top Five Things to Do in Chicago This Week
The Five Don’t-miss picks for Wednesday, January 6 through January 12, 2016 1 Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival Improv Since 2002, a hodgepodge of sketch troupes from around the world descends annually upon Lake View. 1/7–17. $15 per performance. Stage 773, 1225 W. Belmont. stage773.com/ChicagoSketchfest 2 Byhalia, Mississippi Theater A black baby born to white parents … Read more
10 Great Chicago Albums You May Have Missed In 2015
From Homme to Meat Wave, local acts produced some great music this year.
The Best and Worst of Chicago Theater in 2015
The Tempest and Sondheim on Sondheim were among the best this year.