Cecelia Hall in Chicago Opera Theater’s ‘Teseo’
GOING GAGA: The budding diva takes Chicago by storm, one cross-dressing role at a time
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Chicago Magazine's May Issue: 20 Best New Restaurants
Story highlights from the May 2012 issue of Chicago magazine.
Top 5 Things to Do This Week
On your agenda: Steppenwolf ensemble members march through a Civil War saga… Old Town School of Folk Music plays host to folk royalty … Chicago Jazz Ensemble jams with the poet Sonia Sanchez
Groupons You’d Like to See but Never Will
SKETCH BOOK: Cartoonist Corinne Mucha has a few ideas
Chicago Improv Fest: A Condensed Guide
Jonathan Pitts, the festival’s cofounder and executive director, gave us a cheat sheet for acts to catch on Friday and Saturday, the festival’s busiest—and best—nights.
Best Comedy Clubs in Chicago
Where to bust a gut in the funniest city in the world
'The Hunger Games' Has Me Terrified to Go to Millennium Park
The latest casualty of cutting-edge modern architecture in the service of post-apocalyptic movies is Frank Gehry, whose familiar rippling stainless steel makes a (very watered-down) appearance in this year’s blockbuster hit.
Playwright Randall Coburn Dodges the Curtain Call
NOT CURTAINS YET: Being one of the city’s most talented emerging playwrights doesn’t always pay the bills, but here are five reasons he shouldn’t give up
Brookfield Zoo Welcomes Its First Black-Footed Cat Kitten, the Least Domestic of the Domestic Cats
Born underweight on Valentine’s Day, the six-week-old black-footed cat has been nursed back to (reasonable) health. When it grows up, this member of a very old domestic cat species will be a tiny but fearsome hunter.
Five Best Things to Do in April
THE SHORTLIST: Five musts from our April culture calendar