Top 5 Things to Do This Week
On your agenda: Everything is Terrible reinvent Total Recall with puppets and found video footage… artist Matt Maddan crosses comics and poetry… free Shakespeare… plus, the weekend plans of the filmmaker Xan Aranda.
Ad Categories: Culture
Chicago Home + Garden's Fall Issue Hits Newsstands August 2nd
Story highlights from the Fall 2012 issue of Chicago Home + Garden.
Building Cultural Infrastructure: Failing Big Versus Failing Small
A recent study by the University of Chicago’s Cultural Policy Center suggests that America built too many museums and theaters over the past couple decades, or at least spent too much money on them when times were better.
Lollapalooza: A Primer
Here’s what you should know about the massive fest taking over Grant Park August 3 to 5
Five Best Things to Do in August
THE SHORTLIST: Five musts from our August culture calendar
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…