On your holiday agenda: Thaw out with Gold Motel … rise and shine for the winter solstice … entertain out-of-town guests … plus, what the host of Wait Wait … Don’t Tell Me is doing this weekend (here’s a hint: monkeys)
If the somewhat disturbing Target commercials blanketing the airwaves during the Christmas shopping season are the price we have to pay for Maria Bamford, it’s worth it.
SOUND GARDEN: The musician partners with Specimen’s Ian Schneller for their latest collaboration, a beguiling universe where art and indie rock collide
Some things are timeless, like cars with chrome and fins and mayors named “Daley.” Somethings are timeless and just so subtly eerie, like clowns and Dick Clark.
FRIEND REQUEST: New book on finding a best pal has already been optioned for TV
Playboy’s leaving Chicago for the sunny climes of Los Angeles. It’s been a long time coming, as the magazine left the Second City in spirit long, long ago.
Top five things to do this week: Vampire reindeer or White Christmas? Your choice … plus, The Bad Plus, an all-out Hanukkah jam, and what Eighth Blackbird’s Tim Munro is up to this weekend
Story highlights from the January 2012 issue of Chicago magazine.
One of the Field Museum’s first ventures was an extraordinary journey across Africa, Russia, and Oceana to document the way man traveled at the end of the 19th century—led by a railroad publicist and a great Old West photographer.
On your agenda this week: Tracy Letts, pantsless … David Fray, smoldering … Bon Iver, cooing … plus, free stuff to do and Nicole Cabell’s weekend plans
