As much as Chicago is a metropolis built of glass, brick, and steel, it’s also a city whose glory rests on a foundation of books. Writers have flocked here from the moment Chicago began to take its place on the world’s stage—in the decades following the great fire—and their collective stories provide a vivid portrait of the city and its citizens. It’s a record for the ages.
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A year after stepping down from the committee for the Jeff Awards, the local organization that vets and gives out annual excellence awards for Chicagoland theatre productions, I was worried they’d get it all wrong at last night’s ceremony for non-Equity theatre, what with my all-important vote no longer counting…
The City and Regional Magazine Association honored Chicago magazine with four awards at the 2010 CRMA Conference on June 7th in Providence, Rhode Island. Competing amid 142 finalists representing 38 publications, Chicago magazine was recognized for the following coverage.
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Our top five picks for things to do this week: Snag a sneak peek of Longman & Eagle’s second floor … gorge on Beethoven, beer, and Chicago fashion … plus three freebies (She & Him!) for easing the pain of a two-day weekend
This June, the cultural world converges to celebrate the 100th birthday of Chester Arthur Burnett, a.k.a. Howlin’ Wolf, widely considered to be among the greatest blues singers. Born in Mississippi on June 10, 1910, Wolf migrated to Chicago in 1953. The city became his home for the rest of his life, and Wolf, along with … Read more
When Michael Jackson died last year at age 50, the published, broadcast, blogged, and Tweeted tributes rehashed the sordid details of the King of Pop’s saga: Bubbles the chimp, the nasal surgery, his bleached skin, and so on. But all Robbie Fulks could think about was the music. “With Michael Jackson, the celebrity factor is … Read more
The barrage of Obamacentric books continues. The latest is The Promise (Simon & Schuster; $28), a 480-page account of the president’s first year in office by Jonathan Alter, a senior editor at Newsweek. Alter grew up six blocks from Wrigley Field and began his career as a freelancer for the now-defunct Chicago Journalism Review. He … Read more
POCKET GUIDE: A cultural short-list for June, in order of buzz
