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Story highlights from the April 2012 issue of Chicago magazine.
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RIP Yasuhiro Ishimoto, a Great Photographic Chronicler of Chicago and Japan
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.
‘MythBusters’ Rains on the Museum of Science and Industry
BUSTED!?: A new exhibit on the Discovery Channel’s series soaks museumgoers in the name of science
Chicago’s Gold Motel Is a Band For All Seasons
On its sophomore album, the sun-drenched trio strikes a cooler chord
Chicago Musical Acts to Watch
Hear up-and-comers Disappears, Hollywood Holt, and Musikanto now. You can say you knew them when
Top 5 Things to Do This Week
On your agenda: Frankenstein tells Pinocchio’s story at The Neo-Futurarium … The Chicago Flower & Garden Show springs up at Navy Pier … Robert Glasper tinkles the ivories at the Double Door … plus, what the artist Michael Fleming and his twin brother and collaborator, Alan Fleming, are doing this weekend
Dennis Rodkin Discusses Michael Jordan's Home For Sale
Dennis Rodkin discussed Michael Jordan listing his Highland Park estate for sale at $29 million.
Rod Blagojevich’s Hair Diaries: First Day in Prison
SKETCH BOOK: Blago reports to prison—and where the ex-gov goes, his hair must follow
John Carter of Mars? He's from Chicago
Disney’s new blockbuster has its origins at an office at Monroe and Wacker, where failed businessman and pencil-sharpener-agent Edgar Rice Burroughs churned out the serialized tale A Princess From Mars in order to put food on the table.
Chicago Gang-Violence Documentaries Online
The Interrupters hits the Web courtesy of PBS’s Frontline. Plus: The Heart Broken In Half, an old doc by Taggart Siegel and the late Dwight Conquergood; and the eerie, low-budget Great American Youth, a quasi-encomium to the Gaylords.