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.
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
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.
THE SHORTLIST: Five musts from our April culture calendar
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 discusses home improvement options that deliver the biggest bang for the buck.
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.
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
GET YOUR KICKS ON ROUTE … 64?: From Lake Michigan to the Mississippi, it’s the state’s most Illinoisy stretch of highway
On your agenda: Fela! bops to an Afrobeat at Oriental Theatre … Bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley takes the stage at McAninch Arts Center … Chicago Neighborhood Tours cruise with brews
