Review: Amanda Palmer at the Metro
The former Dresden Dolls member entertains—and emotes—at her Saturday night performance.
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Review: ‘Long Day’s Journey into Night’
Eclipse Theatre Company’s Long Day’s Journey into Night puts the emphasis on long.
It’s Raining Jazz: Umbrella Music Fest Returns
The annual jazz fest runs this weekend throughout the city. Check out our list of the must-see concerts.
Piano Prodigy Daniil Trifonov Debuts with the CSO
A celebrity before he could drive, the 21-year-old wunderkind plays Chicago three years after making Carnegie Hall
Top 5 Things to Do This Week
On your agenda: A weekend full of jazz… a stage crowded with singing nuns… a free art opening, plus the weekend plans of the Rebuild Foundation’s Charlie Vinz
At the Obama Victory Party, Moving Forward (to the Oldies)
The newly re-elected President Obama took the stage shortly after midnight, but music and dancing began long before that. Here’s a playlist of songs we heard at the Obama victory rally.
Adlai Stevenson, Early Victim of Terrible Political Advertising
The brainiac Illinois voter faced down Ike and his Madison Avenue minions, relying on Americans’ interest in 30-minute Stevenson infomercials to carry the day. Obviously, he lost coming and going, but not before leaving a trail of failed pandering.
Drinking With… Richard Babcock
The former editor of Chicago previews his new book, Are You Happy Now?, at local watering hole John Barleycorn
Cassie Walker Burke on Good Day Chicago
Cassie Walker Burke visited the set of FOX’s Good Day Chicago to discuss 50 Best Sandwiches, as featured in the November 2012 issue of Chicago magazine.
Behind the Decision to Deny Prentice Landmark Status
Why the double vote? We look inside the decision to demolish Prentice, the shortest-lived landmark in the city