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March 27, 2023 by Sarah Steimer

Check out some of Chicago magazine’s best 2022 stories, from a teacher dogged by sexual misconduct allegations to a celebration of the city’s sushi renaissance.

Go: April Agenda

March 30, 2023March 22, 2023 by Lynette Smith

Top 10 reasons to fill up your calendar this month

Lollapalooza Lineup Goes Light on Legacy Acts

March 21, 2023March 21, 2023 by Sarah Steimer

Attendees walk past a Lollapalooza sign during the first day of Lollapalooza in Grant Park Thursday July 29, 2021 in Chicago.

The 2023 edition of the fest will have more than 170 artists to play across nine stages — both record highs.

Five Things to Do: March 17-19

March 20, 2023March 17, 2023 by Sarah Steimer

What to do in Chicago this weekend.

House Divided

April 10, 2023March 14, 2023 by Lynette Smith

“At some point someone has to stand up and punch a bully in the mouth,” says producer Vince Lawrence, photographed in his studio.

Trax Records helped launch Chicago’s own music genre, but the artists behind the influential label say they weren’t fairly compensated. Now they’re fighting for what’s theirs.

Rebecca Makkai

March 14, 2023March 13, 2023 by Lynette Smith

The novelist, 44, on her first bad review, ADHD’s upside, and a certain tweet about red hats

Five Things to Do: March 10-12

March 13, 2023March 10, 2023 by Sarah Steimer

What to do in Chicago this weekend.

Rachel Jamison Webster Looks at Whiteness in the Context of Her Own Genealogy

March 9, 2023March 8, 2023 by Sarah Steimer

“I was interested in putting the past into conversation with the present, as a way of tracing historical underpinnings and asking what these stories can teach us now.”