Dennis Rodkin on Windy City LIVE
Dennis Rodkin visited the set of Windy City LIVE to discuss four Chicago celebrity homes.
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The City of Tomorrow Plays the (Un)familiar Music Series at the Empty Bottle
The Empty Bottle’s new 20th-century classical/new music series welcomes its first guest artists, the woodwind quintet City of Tomorrow, for a program that features the works of David Lang, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Luciano Berio, and David Maslanka.
Snapshot: Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec's 'Bivouac'
The remarkable mid-career survey of the French brothers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec, at the Museum of Contemporary Art now through January 20, 2013
Andrew Bird Streams the Andrew Bird-iest Album Ever
Listen to the Chicago-born singer’s new EP, Hands of Glory, before it’s released next week.
'Live Fast, Die Young, Leave a Good-Looking Corpse': Coined by a Chicago Writer
Willard Motley came up with one of the most famous lines in American literature for his popular debut novel—which was turned into a movie starring Humphrey Bogart—but has since faded into obscurity. Nelson Algren was a fan, but not of his writing.
Thing I’m Loving Today: ‘Meanwhile’ Music Video by Eighth Blackbird and Manual Cinema
Two Chicago-based groups collaborate on one cool project
A Bang for Your Buck at the Joffrey Ballet
The dance season is kicking into full swing, with the Joffrey Ballet debuting Human Landscapes, running now through October 28
Hubbard Street Premieres New Dance from Alejandro Cerrudo
One Thousand Pieces, a work inspired by the famous Marc Chagall windows, kicks off the 35th season for the Chicago dance troupe
Rajiv Chandrasekaran: From Afghanistan to Chicago
Few American journalists know the Middle East better than Rajiv Chandrasekaran; he gives us a preview of his Chicago Humanities Festival talk, from the perspective of an insider on the war on terror.
Getting a Kick out of 'Kinky Boots'
The new Broadway-bound musical from Cyndi Lauper and Harvey Fierstein is sure to pump up the audience—even if it has some kinks to work out