Tonight, American Theater Company (ATC), a stalwart off-Loop house in North Center, will present part one of its ambitious Silver Project, a series of plays that attempts, one year at a time, to chronicle the 25 years since the theatre company was founded. If you go tonight, you can catch a quirky gem titled ‘cause I know you got soul…
Our top five picks for things to do this week: What do Tinariwen, Mos Def, Califone, and The Books have in common? Click to find out.
Story highlights from the July 2010 issue of Chicago magazine, including a comprehensive list of the top 25 pizzas in Chicago, the city’s most eligible singles, and more.
Over the weekend, a number of Chicago editors will be manning a booth (and handing out the magazine’s fun list of Top 40 Chicago Novels) at the Printers Row Lit Fest. Good for them. I’ll be heading to the 6th annual Drinking & Writing Festival…
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
