Weekend Staples

Our top five picks for things to do this week: We give thanks for Mavis Staples, Frankie Knuckles, and our favorite new Chicago band, Gold Motel … plus, a feeding frenzy at the Brookfield … Patti Smith, National Book Award winner … and what Broadway bigwig Gary Griffin is doing this weekend

Because the Neo-Futurists can crank out a great play in a flash

  A prolific troupe of writers-performers who bring the art of playwriting to the edge + an assignment from Chicago magazine to capture a reason to love our city = A Neo-Futurist Map of Subjectively Important Chicago Landmarks (in Which the Word “Subjectively” Means “Specific and Personal”)—a brilliant six-minute play conceived by 23 former and … Read more

Larger Than Life

Our top five picks for things to do this week: Anna Nicole at the opera . . . The Frames at 20 . . . literature’s A-list sister act at DuSable . . . plus, Deb Sokolow’s weekend plans