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.
REEL TALK: The team behind ‘Hoop Dreams’ on the clash over collective bargaining rights
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…
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
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.
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…
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…
Benh Zeitlin’s odd, dreamy debut feature has been embraced as a post-Katrina allegory of life in the Delta, but like good folklore, it expands beyond that into the struggles of the dispossesed to stay in places the state would have us improve.
Photos of Feist, Dirty Projectors, Grimes, Hot Chip, Willis Earl Beal, Vampire Weekend, and more
Anna Blessing’s new book includes looks at Mick Klug Farm and Seedling Orchard
