All of Pitchfork 2015 in One Giant Photo Gallery
The crowds, the storms, the music—we took more than 200 shots of the music festival this weekend. Here are the best ones, divided by day.
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Three Ideas for Your Ultimate Pitchfork Schedule
The Chicago staffers who will be attending this year’s fest share their must-see picks for the weekend.
What to Eat and Drink at Pitchfork 2015
Nachomales, fried vegan cheesecake, and whiskey bacon gelato bars. (Seriously.)
Five Great Things to Do in Chicago This Week
The Five Don’t-miss picks for Wednesday, July 15 through July 21, 2015 1 Pitchfork Music Festival Festivals: As Riot Fest and Lolla balloon to thrice their original sizes, Pitchfork remains refreshingly manageable (the capacity is 20,000, compared with Lolla’s 100,000). This year’s highlights include Sleater-Kinney, Parquet Courts, and Chance the Rapper closing down the fest … Read more
Here's What's Happening in Chicago Culture This Week
Chi-Raq has a cast, Chief Keef is playing a benefit show, and Chance the Rapper is debuting a beer.
The Complete Pitchfork 2015 Survival Guide
Festivals are hard. Lighten the logistical load with this handy guide.
Aziz Ansari Left Scottie Pippen a Note in a Chicago Bookstore
It’s part of a stunt he’s pulling across America.
Your Guide to the Pitchfork 2015 After-Parties
Where to be when the fest winds down.
Best Art Tour
If the city were a museum, Rena Sternberg would be its docent. Most gallerists, artists, and collectors know her by sight, because she shows up everywhere. Sternberg isn’t your typical private art consultant (i.e., expensive and unavailable): She prefers to travel with an entourage. She helps collectors find great work by teaching them about it … Read more
Best New Public Art
The 2.7-mile urban greenway is the most adventurous thing to happen to Chicago’s public art scene since Millennium Park. Kay Rosen’s graphic repurposed billboard art; a graffiti garden with 78 murals; a solar observatory created from spiraling mounds of earth; Chakaia Booker’s scrap tire sculptures. What’s not to love? And this is just the beginning: … Read more