The great Chicago new-music group performs a piece they commissioned from the 70-year-old composer, plus his classic “Music for 18 Musicians,” in a free Millennium Park concert.
Top events this week: concerts, dance performances, overhead ogling—all free! Plus, what Grant Park Music Festival’s Carlos Kalmar is doing on his last weekend in town
New York City goes zero for three in its newest arenas. But Midwestern sports architecture provides hope for the future… and in Chicago, you can see its storied past, where it all went wrong, and where it started to improve.
Story highlights from the September 2011 issue of Chicago magazine.
CABIN CHIC: A stylish new book for those who wish the charm of their childhood summer camp could be packaged and sold
Chicagomag.com is announces Off the Grid: Dispatches from Chicago’s Writers-in-Residence, a new blog launching Friday, August 12th.
A diminutive debutante inspries a big novel by Glen Ellyn-based writer Melanie Benjamin
Top events this week: Fabulous displays of wealth … Rufus Wainwright does double duty … a lowrider convoy cruises Bridgeport … plus, Maria Pinto’s weekend plans
Say what you will about Lollapalooza—it’s too mainstream, it’s too hot, it’s too commercial, it’s too crowded—but, overall, it’s a pretty great show. Bands that get by on good hair and a hit at other fests fall flat when stacked up against plain talent—regardless of whether it’s in or out (or in again for the third or fourth time—this being Lolla’s 20th anniversary). It would be an inhuman task to take it all in, but several acts…
Our complete coverage of the fest, including our best/worst list, band photos, style shots, cutest couples, and more
