The Studio Gang plan for the former home of Meigs Field gets its green light and a start date. It’s a hugely ambitious plan that could take years and many millions of yet-to-come dollars to complete, but on paper it’s a groundbreaking park.
For those who have seen Diane Lane only in the movies (Unfaithful, Under the Tuscan Sun)—and secretly harbor the suspicion that many film actors don’t have what it takes to own the stage—Diane Lane is a revelation…
The teacher’s strike may be over, but a labor dispute is threatening another group: the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Here’s what you need to know about the strike.
The Canadian rockers return to the Windy City before their album is released September 25.
The much-anticipated art show finally opened Wednesday night at Navy Pier. Here are our favorite works from the galleries visiting this weekend.
Culture editors Elly Fishman and Emmet Sullivan caught the opening show last week. Here are their impressions on the play, which topped our must-see theatre list in our Fall Culture Guide.
On your agenda: A young John Barrymore seeks revenge in a 1951 noir … the Chicago Symphony Orchestra kicks off with Dvořák … free world music… plus, the weekend plans of the Second City comedian Steve Waltien
Repeat viewings on this Wednesday afternoon: The new animated video for the song “Sunloathe,” by Wilco. Financial risks aside, the band has clearly embraced the creative benefits to being on its own label. Like this animated video, by the California illustrator Nathaniel Murphy, who provided the drawings for the band’s 2007 album Sky Blue Sky…
The Northwestern grad opens up about playing flapper Billie Kent on this season’s Boardwalk Empire…
The cabdriver/artist/writer and the film director drive around Chicago, talking car chases, the familiar Ohio House motel, the endless pursuit of fun in the city, and more.
