Our Favorite Finds at Expo Chicago
The much-anticipated art show finally opened Wednesday night at Navy Pier. Here are our favorite works from the galleries visiting this weekend.
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C-Chats: 'Hamlet' at the Writers' Theatre
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.
The Top 5 Things to Do This Week
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
Thing I'm Loving Today: Wilco's 'Sunloathe' Music Video
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…
Meg Chambers Steedle on Her 'Boardwalk Empire' Debut, Nudity on Screen, and Kissing Steve Buscemi
The Northwestern grad opens up about playing flapper Billie Kent on this season’s Boardwalk Empire…
Dmitry Samarov, Author of 'Hack,' Talks With John McNaughton
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.
C-Chats: Chicago Opera Theater's 'Magic Flute'
Mozart’s famous opera opened this past weekend at the Harris Theater. Read what our two editors thought of the Saturday night performance—and get their tips for viewers planning a trip this weekend.
Ashley Prentice Norton on 'The Chocolate Money,' Being a Rockefeller, and Returning to Chicago
Chicago-bred author Ashley Prentice Norton returns this week to promote her new novel, The Chocolate Money, out Tuesday. Chicago magazine executive editor Cassie Walker Burke spoke to the writer about the book, which has tongues wagging in North Shore and Gold Coast social circles because of its resemblance to real people and places.
Maria Pinto on Finding Fashion at the Field Museum
Our Q&A with the acclaimed designer, who opened a new exhibit at the Field that shows fashion through history
'Paraiso': Up In the Air With Chicago Window Washers
A short documentary film by Nadav Kurtz follows Jaime Polanco, Sergio Polanco, and Cruz Guzman as they rappel down the city’s buildings, keeping the skyline shimmering.