C-Chats: 'Black n Blue Boys/Broken Men' at Goodman Theatre
Dael Orlandersmith’s one-woman show, about the victims—and perpetrators—of child molestation and abuse, takes the audience to a dark place.
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Drew Peterson, Chicago’s murder rates, Groupon’s stock, and more
Chicago Magazine's November Issue: 50 Best Sandwiches
Story highlights from the November 2012 issue of Chicago magazine.
Q&A: Photographer Daniel Shea and His New Work, 'Blisner, Ill.'
The young but prolific Chicago photographer previews his latest work—and new book—at the Museum of Contemporary Photography.
C-Chats: 'Sweet Bird' at the Goodman Theatre
Academy Award nominee Diane Lane hasn’t been seen on stage since a 1989 production of Twelfth Night (she played Olivia), so when it was announced that she would mark her theater return in David Cromer’s Sweet Bird of Youth at the Goodman Theatre, we knew we had to check her out while we had the chance. Read our culture editors’ take on the play…
Top 5 Things to Do This Week
On your agenda: The Lyric seasons has an “electrik” beginning… Beth Orton returns to Chicago… a free fall festival, the weekend plans of the filmmaker Jonah Ansell
Q&A: Don Share Previews Poetry Foundation’s New Anthology
Open Door, a new anthology celebrating 100 years of the Poetry Foundation, reproduces a hundred poems from the past century. Poetry magazine senior editor Don Share previews the book and discusses who is—and isn’t—featured.
Mike and Ian on Recovering from a Marathon, Fixing a Drowned iPhone, and More
In our Fall Culture Guide, we feature funny duo Mike Danforth and Ian Chillag, producers for NPR’s Wait Wait, Don’t Tell Me! and founders (and voices) behind the weekly podcast How To Do Everything. Here, they give me a few more tips for recovering from a marathon, fixing a drowned iPhone, and making flights more pleasant…
St. Louis's Wondrous City Museum
The Gateway City is home to one of the nation’s most spectacular, singular museums: a childlike maze of metal, water, and stone, the vision of a sculptor and contractor who finally got to combine his two gifts.
The Art Institute’s Douglas Druick on the Museum of the Future
VAN GOGH 2.0: The Institute’s director aims to lead backward-looking museums into the future