Five Best Things to Do in September
THE SHORTLIST: Five musts from our September culture calendar
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Spike Lee on 'Red Hook Summer,' Storytelling, and Shooting in Chicago
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.
Five Things to Do This Week
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
Inside Rahm’s Brain
What’s on the mayor’s mind?
Wussy, 'the Best Band in America,' Plays the Bucktown Arts Festival
The brilliant Cincinnati group—a little bit Flying Burrito Brothers, a little bit Velvet Underground, a lot Ohio–plays a must-see Chicago show this weekend.
The Prentice Hospital Debate Heats Up Again
Bertrand Goldberg’s brutalist hospital was a technical masterpiece of its time, from its innovative structure to the technology used in designing it. Can preservationists link its inner beauty to its future?
'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.
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.