The 17-year-old rapper went from mixtapes and house arrest to a Kanye remix and a major-label deal in the course of a few months. How? Through a CPS fan base, a viral video, and unremitting coldness that brought fear back to a genre that had grown numb to it.
The teenage blogger, style icon, singer, and magazine editor eyes a new target: Hollywood.
A look at the coast-to-coast tour aimed at promoting the magazine and a new book. Plus, more on the Oak Park girl who started it all
On your agenda: Greek tragedy meets pop culture… the second annual Beethoven fest begins… free art… plus, the weekend plans of the filmmaker and artist Cauleen Smith
The popular host of “This American Life” was in town last week to promote the new movie he helped produce and write with Mike Birbiglia. We sat down with him for a Q&A, in which he weighs in on his latest project, working with Birbiglia, and the Chicago Cubs.
The annual Union Park electronic/hip-hop/jam band extravaganza will feature these artists you can download right now
On your agenda: Chicago’s outsider dramatists take over Pilsen… the MCA celebrates John Cage’s centennial… free jazz… plus, the weekend plans of the artist and curator Edmund Chia
THE SHORTLIST: Five musts from our September culture calendar
The director talks to Kartemquin Films’s Justine Nagan about the new movie, his infamous “dolly shot,” Muhammad Ali, his teenage children, and more. Listen to our podcast and read the highlights.
On your agenda: Dawoud Bey finds Chicago’s most promising young artists… The Cumberland River Band blaze through town… free John Luther Adams… plus, the weekend plans of the percussionist Matthew Duvall
