'Chicago 2-1-2': The Proto-'Chicago Fire'
An old Chicago TV pilot celebrates a time when men were men, public-safety officials were stiff bureaucrats in gray suits, and propaganda was really boring.
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Your Top 5 Plans This Week
On your agenda: Lewis Black brings his sarcasm and dark humor to Chicago… Abbie Hoffman acolytes take over Chicago’s streets… free Dvořák… plus, the weekend plans of the film archivist Anne Wells
RIP Von Freeman, a Very Chicago Jazz Great
Von Freeman could have been a household name in jazz, if he’d followed one of the many bandleaders who courted him on the road. But he stayed in Chicago, where he remained a cult favorite well into his 50s, while playing a vital role in the city’s jazz scene.
Chicago Magazine's September Issue: Best Public Schools
Story highlights from the September 2012 issue of Chicago magazine.
Hometown Talent Stars at the Chicago Dancing Festival
FEELIN’ GROOVY: The Midwest’s largest dance festival presents Bolero Chicago with 70 volunteers
Friday Digestif: The Chicago Indie Music Scene, Just Before It Was Cool
Before the Wicker Park scene was all over MTV, there was The Pulse, a public-access show that captured Chicago indie music just as indie music was coming into existence.
Backtalk: A Conversation about Steppenwolf's 'Three Sisters'
Tracy Letts’s version of the Anton Chekhov play struggles to connect with the audience, according to our two editors who saw the show on separate nights…
Vote Ferris 2012?
Bueller is one of 12 fictional campaigns cooked up by nextmovie.com to coincide with The Campaign, the new political comedy starring Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis…
Top Five Things to Do This Week
On your agenda: Don Quixote chases windmills and wenches… Taj Mahal sings the blues… a free festival… plus, the weekend plans of the violinist J. Austin Wulliman.
Robert Hughes in Chicago
The brilliant art critic, who died yesterday at the age of 74, took on the immense legacy of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in a 2003 documentary that’s an engaging, thoughtfully critical look at Chicago architecture in the master’s wake.