DOUBLE TAKE: The Ravenswood artist, who is gaining international attention with his combination of trompe l’oeil and abstraction, is featured in a solo show at the Museum of Contemporary Art
THREE ARTISTS TO WATCH: Three emerging, SAIC-connected artists to look for at the younger, edgier companion to the art fair
LETTING IN THE LIGHT: The local starchitect builds an idiosyncratic work from her firm’s hidden influences
Critics can’t stand “Atlas Shrugged: Part 1.” Insiders think it should be a flop. But a cursory look at the numbers suggests that the film is bulletproof, just like a certain epic about taxation.
This Week’s Five: A Pulitzer winner hits the Loop … a retooled Chicago classic returns home … plus, what the fashion designer Lara Miller is doing this weekend
Paul Bloom on how pleasure works; Mike Dean (Kanye’s engineer) on technology and music; and Jim Coudal, John Gruber, and Michael Lopp on the writing process.
The outgoing Chicago editor answers readers’ questions. Here, his favorite stories, advice for young editors, memorable reader feedback, and more…
More than anything, Leon Forrest wanted to be recognized as a great writer. Now, ravaged by cancer, he raced death to finish his final novel
This Week’s Five: Bloodless bodies at the Shedd … debauched rockers at the Music Box … peerless bluegrass at Auditorium Theatre … plus, what Matt Rucins, the longtime booker for Schubas and Lincoln Hall, is doing this weekend
See Chicago’s law-enforcement splendor on parade circa 1896, captured by the first man to ever shoot with a moving camera, and who beat Edison to our town by a few months.
