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)
Story highlights from the October 2011 issue of Chicago magazine.
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.
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…
RELATED STORY: 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.
What to do this week: The complete four-hour Sophocles … getting to know Manu Chao … how to win free theatre tickets … and more
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.
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.
A BUNNY’S TALE: The 34-year-old Highland Park native and Northwestern grad on his new fall show.
