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.
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'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
Your Plans This Week
On your agenda: DePaul Art Museum displays Malick Sidibé’s style-packed portraits from ’60s- and ’70s-era Mali … Anoushka Shankar plays sitar with Spanish flair at Pick-Staiger … Court Theatre assembles an all-star cast for Angels in America
Dennis Rodkin On ABC 7 Morning News: Ways To Boost Your Home Value
Dennis Rodkin discusses home improvement options that deliver the biggest bang for the buck.
Happy Birthday to Mies: The Church as Garage, the Gas Station as Sacred Space, and Google's Celebration of Mies's Legacy
Google celebrated Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s 126th birthday with a cheeky little doodle. It’s a cute and silly way to recognize the legend of Chicago architecture… and exactly what he needs to take the edge off.
This Week in the Arts
The Logan Center for the Arts is going up in Hyde Park; the Anshe Kenesseth Israel temple is coming down in North Lawndale; the Congress Theater is the center of a controversy involving Joe Moreno; and more