Five Best Things to Do in January
POCKET GUIDE: A cultural short-list for January, in order of buzz
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Five Picks for New Year’s
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.
Oh, the Places Yule Go!
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
Because Chicago theatres have nurtured America's edgiest playwrights for decades
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
Chicago Magazine's 'Women's Health' Issue Hits Newsstands December 16th
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.
S’Wonderful Life
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
Because it takes a Chicagoan to replace Oprah on daytime TV
Guess who? Scroll down to see who has what it takes to fill the Queen of Media’s shoes.
The Life and Work of Street Photographer Vivian Maier
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.
Jeff Ruby's Tribute to the Number 40—in Honor of Our Anniversary
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…
Woolf Bait
Our top five picks for things to do this week: Tracy Letts and Amy Morton sink their fangs into Albee . . . John Waters puts the kitsch back in Christmas . . . the Best New Artist grammy nom Esperanza Spalding splits a swinging bill with Regina Carter . . . 24 hours of sleep-deprived hilarity, courtesy of The Second City . . . plus, a freebie with free beer