Maya Lin on Landscape Architecture
The great landscape architect, famous since designing the Vietnam Memorial at the age of 21, gives a tour of her work at UIC.
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Five Best Things to Do in December
POCKET GUIDE: A cultural shortlist for the month, in order of buzz
What to Do After the Turkey Settles
Football only lasts so long. Your agenda for the weekend ahead: A local premiere at Chicago Shakespeare Theater … two films worth skipping the multiplex for … The Swell Season’s Markéta Irglová goes solo … Thanksgiving with Green City Market’s head honcho
Midwest Highlights from the 'Postmodernism' Exhibit at the V&A in London
From the Pruitt-Igoe housing complex to Stanley Tigerman’s The Titanic, a brief look at postmodernism’s influence on the Midwest.
Chicago in the 1970s: The EPA Photographs of John H. White
The Peanut Man, Savior’s Day, the Bud Billiken Parade, the Kadats of America, and more images of Chicago’s South and West sides from one of the city’s legendary photojournalists.
Merce Beaucoup
Top 5 Things to Do This Week: A dance institution takes a final leap … the Neos do seasonal theatre, sort of … Black Ensemble Theater moves into new digs, remounts a hit … free Dungeons & Dragons … plus, WBEZ reporter Natalie Moore’s weekend agenda
This Week in Music in Chicago, and People Talking About It
Former Q101 host Electra on the disappearance of rock from the FM dial; how Chicago house and Detroit techno took over the world; our city’s underground ball scene; and the Chicago premiere of a Nico Muhly choral work.
Chicago magazine's December Issue: 189 Great Ways to Warm Up
Story highlights from the December 2011 issue of Chicago magazine.
Top 5 Things to Do This Week
Your agenda for the days ahead: One man, decades of battle at Court Theatre . . . a jazz up-and-comer with a famous last name returns to Chicago . . . what to hear in place of Tune-Yards’ sold-out shows . . . plus, playwright Seth Bockley’s weekend plans and free stuff
The Contentious Historical Origins of Spray Paint
The aerosolized spray paint can comes from the Chicago ‘burbs, but the process of spraying paint on to things dates back to the Columbian Exposition of 1893 (and explains its “White City” name). Or maybe it doesn’t.