Five Things to Do in Chicago This Week
Frequency Festival, Ambrose Akinmusire, Othello, Hamburg Ballet, and Buckwheat Zydeco
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Spring Awakening's Venue Change Could Give Promoters a Month of Park Access
With three festivals proposed for Chicago parks this year, React Presents could usurp a month of public space.
Watch How Hans Fleischmann Reimagined The Glass Menagerie
He was living in a van in L.A. when inspiration struck.
The Five Best Things to Do in Chicago This Week
Joffrey Ballet, Van Gogh’s Bedrooms, Louder Than a Bomb, Ronnie Baker Brooks, and Marnie & Phil: A Circus Love Letter
How BJ the Chicago Kid Broke Out of Brainerd and Onto FM Radio
After more than a decade in the music business, the R&B singer hits new heights with his major label debut.
How Rising Rents are Pushing Art Galleries Out of the West Loop
What’s the real cost of the neighborhood’s real estate boom?
Irvine Welsh Says David Bowie Made Him a Writer
The Chicago transplant shares eight sources of inspiration ahead of his new novel, A Decent Ride.
Philip Dawkins Shows How Theatrical Success Is No Path to Riches
The playwright talks marriage equality, writing plays on his bike, and being worse off the better he does.
Two Artists Recreated Ferris Bueller’s Bedroom—and It Is Amazing
The detailed, full-size replica of film’s coolest teen bedroom is coming to Chicago for Ferris Fest.