This week’s top picks: A killer concert at the Congress … backwoods music from Winter’s Bone … wee-hour cycling … The Post Family throws a party … plus, what the radio host Tony Sarabia is doing this weekend
Chicago’s infamous R&B genius gives “The Star-Spangled Banner” the cheeseball R. Kelly treatment. Plus: Lou Rawls shows us how it’s actually done.
Jennifer Wehunt visited the set of WGN Midday News on Thursday to talk about the best beer in the city and suburbs.
Top picks for the three-day weekend: Two don’t-miss plays … red, white, and blues in Berwyn … what the Grammy winner Kurt Elling is doing this weekend … freebies for all!
DePaul professor Rachel Shteir, an expert of cultural phenomena, looks at the five-finger discount
POCKET GUIDE: From a booze cruise to Jennifer Hudson to Jeff Garlin, a cultural shortlist for July—in order of buzz.
Move over, Kim Kardashian. Here come some Chicagoans dressed to the nines at Summer Lovin’, our annual mixer featuring the mag’s 20 most eligible singles. The event, cohosted by the Auxiliary Board of Northwestern Memorial Hospital and held at the Museum of Contemporary Art, included a “green carpet” sponsored by Ravinia…
This summer Chicago audiences get a trifecta from the playwright, including a world premiere at The Goodman
The Poetry Foundation’s building at Dearborn and Superior is one of only three in the country dedicated to verse.
This week’s top picks: What’s new at Steppenwolf … David Henry Hwang (times two) … playwright Keith Huff’s weekend plans … plus, free poetry in a $21.5 million package
