Plans move forward for a mixed-use development at the Polish Triangle on the old Pizza Hut lot; the Bloomingdale Trail and its gateway parks grow closer to reality; and more on development and urbanism.
Reviews of And So It Goes, a recent biography of Kurt Vonnegut, and the Library of America’s first collection of the author’s works, plus a look at how Chicago shaped the famous novelist.
TRIPLE PLAY: These pivotal athletes could make or break Robin Ventura’s first year
Chicago’s storied tradition of turning the river a crazed day-glo nuclear green was the inadvertent result of cleaning up the river for the 1960s construction boom, and the brainstorm of one of Mayor Daley’s powerful friends.
A survey of American music preferences by state suggests what you might already expect about Illinois—collectively we like just about everything, but in distinct moderation.
On your agenda: The Museum of Science and Industry busts myths … Silent movies find new-music soundtracks … The Black Keys rock United Center … plus, what author Megan Stielstra is doing this weekend
Story highlights from the April 2012 issue of Chicago magazine.
The late photographer, a student of Harry Callahan and Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, ended up in Chicago because of World War II’s exclusion zones, and became an integral part of the city’s mid-century art scene.
BUSTED!?: A new exhibit on the Discovery Channel’s series soaks museumgoers in the name of science
On its sophomore album, the sun-drenched trio strikes a cooler chord
