Hypocrites, Manu Chao, Kevin Coval
What to do this week: The complete four-hour Sophocles … getting to know Manu Chao … how to win free theatre tickets … and more
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Kurt Vonnegut On the Most Popular and Most Truthful Stories in the World
The engineering-trained novelist (and City News Bureau vet) explains the structure of great narratives. Plus: other outstanding novelists to come out of the sciences.
5 Hot Plays for the Long Weekend
What to do this week: Spending Labor Day in Chicago? Get a jump on fall theatre season with our top five theatre picks. Plus, Tanya Saracho’s weekend plans and a cheat sheet to Chicago Jazz Festival.
'Playboy Club' Creator Chad Hodge Gives Us the Backstory
A BUNNY’S TALE: The 34-year-old Highland Park native and Northwestern grad on his new fall show.
The Playboy Club and the 'Mad Men' Fetish
I can’t get away from dudes lining up to look like Don Draper, the man women want and men want to be, despite the fact that he’s a self-loathing jerk. Or maybe I’m just jealous that I’m not being target-marketed to.
Bertrand Goldberg Retrospective to Open at the Art Institute
FORWARD THINKER: The Marina City architect has a posthumous moment
Five Best Things to Do in September
POCKET GUIDE: From the Route 66 Car Show in Berwyn and the Hyde Park Jazz Fest to Andrew Bird at the Hideout and the Goodman’s production of “Red”—a cultural shortlist for September, in order of buzz
Chicago Home + Garden Magazine's Color Issue Hits Newsstands September 1st
Story highlights from the September/October 2011 issue of Chicago Home + Garden magazine, including hot hues and bold color how-to’s.
The Extraordinary Chicago Railroad Photography of Jack Delano
One of the overlooked masters of the government’s FSA/OWI program is Jack Delano, who captured a pivotal moment in industrial Chicago at the height of World War II.
Chicago Dancing Festival: The Really, Really Good Kind of Dance
A free performance at Millennium Park Saturday is probably your best opportunity this year to see rock-star performances, from the New York City Ballet, the Martha Graham Dance Company, and others.