Fall Theatre Preview 2011
Our quick and comprehensive guide to the scene, including ten don’t-miss productions, up-and-coming actors, and more
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Poetry Foundation Stages ‘Meet Mr. Yeats’
In March 1920, on his third and final visit to Chicago, William Butler Yeats explained his dramatic ideal to a crowd at the Casino Club. “I am trying,” he said, “to create a form of poetical drama played by one company, all of whom could ride in one taxicab and carry their stage property on the roof…”
Dennis Rodkin Discusses The New Rules of Real Estate
Dennis Rodkin visited the set of Windy City Live to discuss the new rules of Real Estate as featured in the October issue of Chicago magazine.
Jason Lazarus Exhibition at Andrew Rafacz Gallery
SELF-PORTRAIT: The Columbia College MFA grad resurrects the theme of steps
Find Your Own Brilliant Corners
What to do this week: The Pulitzer-winning Clybourne Park opens at Steppenwolf … two exhibits spotlight Bertrand Goldberg … a carnival of a music fest lands in West Town … Ald. Scott Waguespack goes for a bike ride (or three)
Chicago magazine's October Issue Hits Newsstands September 15th
Story highlights from the October 2011 issue of Chicago magazine.
Brilliant Corners of Popular Amusement: The Carnival/Concert/Farmers' Market/Craft Fair Event of the Season
Mike Reed, the drummer/composer who programs Pitchfork and the Umbrella Music Festival, talks about his family-friendly arts and culture extravaganza, which kicks off Friday, September 16.
Weekend Photos: Superhero! Button-O-Matic Series Release Party at Busy Beaver Button Co.
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a new series of superhero-themed buttons from Chicago’s own Busy Beaver! On Friday night, the 16-year-old button company released its next installment of 15 designs…
Photo Gallery—Roger Ebert: A Life in the Movies
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Roger Ebert: A Life in the Movies
FROM DECEMBER 2005: He was an eager young man fresh from Urbana when he started reviewing movies for the Chicago Sun-Times more than three decades ago. His intervening years have featured unimagined success, abiding friendships, too much booze (for a time), the death of a colleague, bouts with cancer, and (rather late) lasting love. His passion for film has made Ebert a bigger star than many of the people he writes about.