Red Grooms, the Perfect Artist for the Entertaining New Miami Marlins
The Marlins got some big Chicago names this offseason: Ozzie Guillen, Carlos Zambrano, and Mark Buehrle. But the loudest and splashiest is a legendary Art Institute dropout.
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Top 5 Things to Do This Week: All Free!
On your agenda: Recover from holiday spending with a week of free stuff, from a documentary on Carl Sandburg to a digest of ten-minute plays by boldface names. Plus, what WFMT’s David Polk is doing this weekend.
Chicagoans of the Year 2011: Roger Ebert
Silence’s Voice ROGER EBERT’S JOURNAL AND LIFE ITSELF: A MEMOIR Related: PHOTO GALLERY » MORE CHICAGOANS OF THE YEAR 2011 Zully Alvarado » Leslie Bluhm » Robert Burke » Gabrielle Lyon » Jackie Taylor » PREVIOUS HONOREES 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | older It started simply, as another way to … Read more
Chicagoans of the Year 2011: Jackie Taylor
Impresario Idealistico Related: PHOTO GALLERY » MORE CHICAGOANS OF THE YEAR 2011 Zully Alvarado » Leslie Bluhm » Robert Burke » Roger Ebert » Gabrielle Lyon » PREVIOUS HONOREES 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | older BLACK ENSEMBLE THEATER Ask Jackie Taylor the mission of her 35-year-old Black Ensemble Theater, and … Read more
The Making of a Font: Jackson Cavanaugh on Harriet
G WHIZ!: A local typographer talks us through the making of a font
Five Best Things to Do in January
THE SHORTLIST: Five musts from this month’s culture calendar
Leslie Hindman on Buying Art and Antiques
WHAT THE PROS KNOW: Leslie Hindman, CEO of Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, on what she has learned over decades in the business about spotting trends, what to invest in, and how to get the most for your money
To New Year’s Eve or Not to New Year’s Eve?
What to do on 12/31 and beyond: Not looking to blow half of your 2012 entertainment budget before the year officially begins? We’ve got five things to do this week not on December 31—plus five great New Year’s Eve options that won’t break the bank.
How Charles Dickens's Screw-Up Chicago Brother Turned the Second City Against Boz
When Charles Dickens toured America for the last time, he gave Chicago the cold shoulder, as well as his widowed Chicago sister-and-law. The local press attacked him as a Scrooge and a hypocrite, but the real story was a sad and complex one closer to Bleak House than A Christmas Carol.
Brian Babylon and Comedy as a Social Science
Comedians, like social scientists, are students of human behavior, says Celeste Watkins-Hayes in her conversation with the comic, radio host, and regular on NPR’s “Wait, Wait…Don’t Tell Me!”