Today is Shakespeare’s birthday, and lots of people will be talking in iambic pentameter to celebrate. But if the play’s the thing for you, check out Alan Bennett’s play at Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, the basis of the movie “The Madness of King George.”
Sol Saks, who died at the age of 100 this weekend, was best known for his long-running sitcom “Bewitched,” but that was merely the crowning moment in a long career that started with his family’s Chicago paint shop.
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
