From left: Larry Yando in The Tempest and Felicia Fields in Gem of the Ocean Photos: Photos: (The Tempest) Bill Burlingham; (Gem of the Ocean) Joe Mazza/Brave Lux 1 The Tempest Chicago Shakespeare Theater A score by Tom Waits + magic by Teller + Larry Yando as Prospero = a perfect storm of theatricality. … Read more
From left: Claudia Rankine and Gillian Flynn Photos: (Rankine) Josh Lucas; (Flynn) E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune 1 Gloria Steinem and Roxane Gay The People's Church Women & Children First hosts feminist icon Steinem, who chats about her new memoir, My Life on the Road, with Bad Feminist author Gay. October 29. $28. womenandchildrenfirst.com 2 … Read more
Margaret Cho and Kyle Kinane Photos: (Cho) Pixie Vision; (Kinane) Moses Robinson 1 Margaret Cho Chicago Theatre The first Asian American woman to nab a network sitcom (ABC’s ill-fated All-American Girl), Grammy-nominated Cho eviscerates pop culture’s inanities in the manner of her late mentor, Joan Rivers. October 3. $30 to $60. ticketmaster.com 2 Kyle … Read more
Mick Jenkins Photo: Saverio Truglia At 6-foot-5, Mick Jenkins is literally head and shoulders above his peers—and if you didn’t know better, you’d guess he had a chip up there. The stoic Pilsen rapper rarely smiles, and he speaks in a stern baritone drawl. But ask the right questions of the brainy rising star, and … Read more
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Nate Marshall Photo: Saverio Truglia Sitting at a table inside his favorite Harold’s Chicken Shack (No. 27, on the corner of 103rd and Halsted), poet Nate Marshall, 25, pauses thoughtfully before saying, “The biggest misconception about this place is that there’s nothing beautiful here.” He’s talking about West Pullman, where he grew up, but … Read more
Rebecca O’Neal Photo: Saverio Truglia “Me and your last comic are wearing the exact same outfit right now,” says Rebecca O’Neal, pink hair shining under the lights in the small backroom of Timothy O’Toole’s Pub in River North. “Except he’s shaped like a grown man and I’m shaped like a sexy Teletubby.” This kind … Read more
Behind the Smile: A Story of Carol Moseley Braun’s Historic Senate Campaign By Jeannie Morris Agate Midway (September) Morris, a local sports journalist, vividly recounts Braun’s game-changing 1992 U.S. Senate run. The Education of a Poker Player By James McManus BOA Editions (October) The best-selling author (Positively Fifth Street) channels 1950s and ’60s Catholic Chicago … Read more
Flames! Crime! And now, blood! This fall, Dick Wolf, the reigning producer of procedural dramas, expands his NBC empire with the Chicago Fire and Chicago P.D. spinoff Chicago Med, also shot here.
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