We talked to Sarah Vowell—author, This American Life alumna, and recipient of an M.A. in art history from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago—for this week’s Chicago Guide newsletter. Here, more from our conversation with Vowell, who’ll be reading from her new book on the history of Hawaii, Unfamiliar Fishes, tonight at 7 p.m. in Oak Park…
How to turn away leisurely from the disaster that is the My Violent Torpedo of Truth/Defeat Is Not An Option tour, which is currently plowing its unfortunate way across the nation.
POCKET GUIDE: A cultural short-list for April, in order of buzz
This Week’s Five: Steppenwolf heats up … robots pursue world domination through opera … a rare Scorsese short gets new life … plus, what the world-class comic artist Ivan Brunetti is doing this weekend
The Queen of Media was social media before Facebook ever existed, giving us permission to be our authentic selves before we had even realized we weren’t being either authentic or ourselves. But as her show ends after 27 years, we have to ask: will we ever know who Oprah Winfrey is?
TRAY TALK: A Q&A with Michael Graziano and Ernie Park on the school food movement
When thieves stole the remains of the showman Mike Todd in 1977, Anthony Pellicano—later the “detective to the stars”—stepped in to solve a case that had baffled police. Turns out Todd and Pellicano had lots in common, especially a craving for the spotlight.
This Week’s Five: National Theatre of Scotland’s Black Watch makes its Chicago premiere … dance for $5, theatre for $10, concerts for $15 … plus, what Kartemquin Films’ founder Gordon Quinn is doing this weekend
THE PEACEMAKERS: A new documentary by Steve James and Alex Kotlowitz follows three former felons who return to their Chicago neighborhoods and embark upon a unique antiviolence campaign
Get inside the mind—and the closet—of Chicago’s cerebral hip-hop star
