AND FOR HIS NEXT ACT…: In March, Rick Bayless steps into a new role, playing the romantic lead in a dramatic production that includes a three-course meal, plus dancing and daring feats by acrobats and contortionists. Which raises the question: Why would one of the nation’s foremost chefs risk his name on such a public tightrope?
Luftwerk’s installation art project, a collaboration with Owen Clayton Condon of Third Coast Percussion, completes its run in the park tonight from 6 to 9 pm.
CELLULOID HERO: The Naperville man’s company, Rare Sportsfilms, specializes in rescuing and restoring old sports films. Want highlights of the 1953 Milwaukee Braves or the Cubs’ 1935 World Series? Doak’s got the goods
On your agenda: Food and creativity are on the table at Smart Museum of Art … Minnie Miñoso (a.k.a. Mr. White Sox) talks race and sports at Lookingglass Theatre … The film that changed Steve James’s life … plus, what Martha Bayne, Soup & Bread founder, is doing this weekend
Elizabeth Fenner visited the set of WGN-TV’s News at Five to discuss the 100 Most Powerful Chicagoans, as featured in the March 2012 issue of Chicago magazine.
Story highlights from the March 2012 issue of Chicago magazine.
On your agenda: Songs to set the V-Day mood … Folkie fellowship at the University of Chicago … Photographs that make art of table scraps … plus, what South Side native and musical theatre star E. Faye Butler is doing this weekend
GOLDEN GATES: The rising star, whose work has been shown at the Whitney and LA’s MOCA, talks about the West Side church that gave him his fashion, and picks 10 of his favorite things
REINVENTING LEFTOVERS: The U. of C. prof and photographer celebrates the creative process and sharing food in two new exhibits
STATE OF PLAY: A new generation of game studios has risen from the ashes of Midway Games and EA’s local office, bringing games for all ages across gaming platforms
