Top 10 Concerts for New Year's Eve in Chicago
Looking for last-minute plans to ring in 2013? We count down the 10 best shows for the biggest party night of the year
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Five Best Things to Do in January
William Shatner, Grace Potter, Mummenschanz, and more
Best of Jazz 2012: The Albums and Shows Worth Remembering
Mehldau, Coltrane, and Spalding top the list
Best of Folk 2012: The Albums and Shows Worth Remembering
The four groups that impressed us this year—and the singles you have to download now.
Review: Graham Parker and the Rumour Reunite
The band comes together for the first time in 30 years, in the wake of their cameo in Judd Apatow’s This is 40
Geoffrey Johnson Discusses Top Hospitals
Senior editor Geoffrey Johnson visited the set of WGN-TV’s midday news show to discuss Top Hospitals, as featured in the January issue of Chicago magazine.
The Top 5 Things to Do This Week
On your agenda: A final Nutcracker… a dark comedy at the Steppenwolf starring Jimmy Smits… free art, plus the weekend plans of Hubbard Street Dance Company’s Zac Whittenburg
Best of Theatre 2012: Ten Home-Grown Productions That Wowed Us
Chicago theatre brought its A-game this year with shows from Goodman, Lookingglass, and others impressing theatre buffs from all over the city and beyond.
Best Reads of 2012
Our favorite books and articles of the year include a disturbingly accurate portrayal of some real-life upper crust Chicagoans; a story about the New York Pizza wars; and a graphic novel about a kinder, gentler Darth Vader
Jimmy Smits Goes to Steppenwolf
The actor, starring in this month’s The Motherfucker with the Hat, on stage acting and Chicago winters