Start very small–and very personal. Dirty started with my own sense of privilege. Positioned against most of the world, I am the 1 percent. For me, there were some profound implications in the financial collapse–it’s a byproduct of a system we’re all complicit in creating. I don’t want to let people off the hook. I … Read more
Fall is typically Chicago culture’s golden season, but this one gleams platinum. We’re welcoming a Broadway-bound musical, an art blockbuster, first-class concerts, and the final installment of a razor-sharp literary trilogy—plus new plays, dances, movies, and more, from a crop of turbocharged Chicagoans.
Harold McCormick Jr., of the famous Chicago McCormicks (grandson of both Cyrus and John D. Rockefeller) took flight in 1926 to document the city for the Army Air Corps, the first time it had ever been done. Plus: a million Chicagoans watch Italo Balbo arrive in the city.
“I know Los Angeles and San Francisco are supposed to be ‘cities,’ but they’re not. I always felt like Chicago is the only other city in America. I always say that a city is a place where you can put your hand in the air and hail a taxi.”
How much did the art at Expo Chicago go for? Here’s a roundup of six local pieces.
On your agenda: The Hyde Park Jazz festival keeps history alive… The choreographer Kato Yamazaki blends Butoh and African dance … free “water music”… plus, the weekend plans of the conductor Mei-Ann Chen
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.
