The Top Five Things to Do This Week in Chicago
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Why These Theater Companies are Casting Women in Male Roles
“You don’t have to be the damsel in distress. You can be the monster.”
See a Live “Magazine” Performance Tonight at the Athenaeum
The show mixes traditional journalism with art, music, and theater.
Tim Barnes's Live Podcast Tonight Will Be a Who's Who of Chicago Culture
See Barnes interview Felonious Munk, Tim Kinsella, the Puterbaugh Sisters, and ShowYouSuck tonight.
Spike Lee Sounds Off on Chi-Raq, Gun Violence, and Rahm
In his first in-depth interview for his upcoming film, the outspoken director discusses Chicago and how the mayor tried—and failed—to “bully” him.
The State of Chicago's Arthouses
As Chicago International Film Festival goes off at the city’s glitziest megaplex, how are Chicago’s year-round art theaters faring?
Five Great Things to Do in Chicago This Week
Chicago Humanities Festival, Music Box of Horrors, 1984, The Halloween Gathering, and Niv Sheinfeld and Oren Laor
Tavi Gevinson Shares the Future of Rookie and Her Own Acting Dreams
The rising teen star returns to Chicago to promote her magazine’s final yearbook.
Here's What’s Happening in Chicago Culture This Week
Cheap Trick gets a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nomination, Beat Kitchen throws a week-long birthday party, and Condé Nast buys Pitchfork.