Sam and Helen Zell made a splash in the Chicago art world Wednesday by donating $10 million to the Museum of Contemporary Art. Watch an insightful 2011 video of Helen Zell talking about how she went from being a street fair buyer to one of the most influential art supporters in the city.
Penelope Niven’s new biography of Thornton Wilder explores the literary giant’s life in Chicago
The great close-up magician Ed Marlo, one of the pioneers of Chicago’s legendary bar magician scene—and the trick that makes one of his many, many sleights of hand possible.
Scott Kenemore’s followup to 2011’s Zombie, Ohio finds the walking dead invading the Land of Lincoln
The New Colony theatre company member Thrisa Hodits previews her new play, opening this week at the Red Tape Theatre.
In tens of thousands of pictures taken over the period of four months, photographer Eric Hines captures the city’s downtown from all sorts of surprising and beautiful angles.
Our roundup of the most interesting discussions happening this year, including Mike Daisey, Larry Wilmore, Tricia Rose, and more
THE SHORTLIST: Five musts from our November culture calendar
The star of the recent movie Sleepwalk With Me stops by Chicago on his latest comedy tour, and trust us, you’ll want to check it out.
Jeanne Gang on the future of architecture (hint: it’s smaller); Alexander Fruchter on the ironization of Chief Keef and Chicago’s drill scene; and more
