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Seven Songs to Prep You for Wicker Park Fest 2012
If you’re getting anxious for Lollapalooza next weekend, you can get your music fix Saturday and Sunday at the Wicker Park Fest, which takes over Milwaukee Avenue (from North Avenue to Wood Street) and features a lineup of more than 40 acts on three stages. Many of the bands are from Chicago, and admission is a mere $5 suggested donation (beat that, Lolla). Here are seven songs to sample before hitting the fest…
Dennis Rodkin Discusses the Housing Market Hitting Bottom
Dennis Rodkin visited WTTW’s Chicago Tonight to discuss whether Chicago’s housing market has bottomed out yet.
Five Things to Do This Week
On your agenda: The paintings of notorious Chicago surrealist artist hang in the gallery… the sun-kissed L.A. band Best Coast hits the stage… free blues… plus, the weekend plans of the astronomer and filmmaker, Dr. Jose Salgado.
Kartemquin Tackles Scott Walker’s Wisconsin in ‘As Goes Janesville’
REEL TALK: The team behind ‘Hoop Dreams’ on the clash over collective bargaining rights
Weekend Photos: Square Roots Festival
When we got wind of the city’s newest soiree, Square Roots Festival, we simply had to get in on the craft-beer-and-folk-music action…
Printers' Ball Kicks Off With Preview of Theaster Gates Project
The Poetry Foundation’s annual literary celebration technically started last night with a sneak peek at a new Gates project at the Kavi Gupta Gallery
Your Top 5 Plans This Week
On your agenda: The final days of LCD Soundsytem revealed on film… A dark children’s dance show makes its American debut… free jazz… plus, the weekend plans of associate editor of Poetry magazine, Fred Sasaki.
Breaking Down the New Cultural Plan—By the Numbers
For the first time in 25 years, the city of Chicago has released a draft of a cultural plan, the culmination of an almost six-month process of “creating the city’s cultural vision from the bottom up.” Here are just five points that stood out…
(Non-Musical) Artists We Loved at Pitchfork 2012
While the music is the main attraction at Pitchfork, the festival has a long tradition of inviting other vendors to share in the indie-fan wealth. Here are two finds we loved…