Two of Chicago magazine’s 2010 Chicagoans of the Year, Dr. Daniel Ivankovich and Neli Vazquez-Rowland, stopped by WGN Midday News to discuss their organizations and how they are impacting on the Chicago community and beyond.
POCKET GUIDE: A cultural short-list for January, in order of buzz
Our top five for New Year’s Eve: No plans? No problem. We’ve rounded up big nights out of all stripes, with tickets still available.
Our top five picks for things to do this week: Get a breath of bracing air at the Arb . . . take Dad for a beer at the Hideout . . . compare Maxwell Street Torahs and tacos . . . plus, what the director of the Gene Siskel Film Center is doing this weekend
Marisa Wegrzyn and Tracy Letts launched their careers a generation apart, but they’ve got a city in common. We asked Wegrzyn, 29, a founding member of Theatre Seven, and Letts, 45, a Steppenwolf ensemble member who appears in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? in December, about their adamant allegiance to making Chicago their artistic home. … Read more
Story highlights from the January 2011 issue of Chicago magazine, including the latest developments in women’s health research and a guide to Devon Avenue.
Our top five picks for things to do this week: Kurt Elling, The Bad Plus, and Willie Pickens save (Christmastime) jazz. . . . Sing your own heart out at the Music Box. . . . Plus, what the Waco Brothers’ Jon Langford is doing this weekend
Guess who? Scroll down to see who has what it takes to fill the Queen of Media’s shoes.
A LIFE IN SHADOW: The North Shore families who hired Vivian Maier as a nanny came to know a kind but eccentric woman who guarded her private life and kept a huge stash of boxes. A chance discovery after her death by a man named John Maloof has spotlighted her secret talent as a photographer and led to a growing appreciation of her vast work.
In which our resident comedian/dining critic/rockstar-wannabe writes a rap song and gets some high-school kids to make his music video for free—all to celebrate our magazine’s 40th anniversary…
