MAKING THE LEAP: In a season that features choreography by bold-face names such as Twyla Tharp and Alonzo King, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago stages a premiere (untitled at presstime) by the ensemble member Penny Saunders in January.
On the agenda: Doyle and Debbie do the Royal George … Dee Dee Bridgewater brings down the house … Blizzard ’67 reminds us what real cold feels like … plus, Jodi Kantor on The Obamas and what crime novelist Charlie Newton is doing this weekend
CRAFTS MAN: The stylish new co-CEO of the beloved coffee company tells us about items he loves—some of which he owns and others he is coveting right now.
The Columbian Exposition’s slept-on sequel disappeared as quickly as it arrived (except for the tribute to fascism), depriving the city of a more colorful alternate architectural history.
A Chickasaw Nation composer (and Northwestern graduate) creates a new-music concerto about the Trail of Tears and his family’s ancestral lands.
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.
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.
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
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
G WHIZ!: A local typographer talks us through the making of a font
