Bruce Mau's Incomplete Manifesto for Growth
Written in 1998, Bruce Mau’s manifesto, according to his website, is “an articulation of statements exemplifying the artist’s beliefs, strategies and motivations.”
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Top 40 Movies Filmed in Chicago
CHICAGO ONSCREEN: We raided our Netflix accounts to compile this list of the 40 best movies ever filmed in Chicago
Gchat Review: 'A Streetcar Named Desire' at Writers' Theatre in Glencoe
Fresh off huge recent job on Broadway, the Chicago director David Cromer shines a naked light bulb on the American classic A Streetcar Named Desire, by Tennessee Williams. We review his new production via Gchat…
Divas, Grizzlies, and Outsider Art
Our top five picks for things to do this week: Flicka does double duty . . . Naperville native Evan Lysacek skates home . . . plus, fashion, free art, and more
Best Thing To Do Today: Comics Panel at Northwestern
Stacy Oliver, the assistant director at Northwestern University’s Center for the Writing Arts, says she was kicking around ideas with Reginald Gibbons, her boss, when inspiration hit. Today in culture, Oliver recalls saying, “there seems to be this wonderful partnership with the picture and the word.” And, blam, a panel discussion about the rise of the graphic story was born…
On Richard Stern and his new book, “Still on Call”
LAST ACT: A grand finale
Failed romance relic featured in Chicago History Museum exhibit, “I Do! Chicago Ties the Knot”
THE OBJECT: A House of Worth wedding gown FIRST WORN: January 2, 1922, at Fourth Presbyterian Church CURRENT LOCATION: Chicago History Museum, 1601 N. Clark St.; 312-642-4600, chicagohistory.org They were the Jen and Brad of their day. Scions of two storied Chicago families, Mary Landon Baker and Allister McCormick were attractive, wealthy, gregarious, destined to … Read more
“Julius Shulman: Chicago Mid-Century Modernism” spotlights city’s residential gems
THROUGH THE LENS: A glossy photography book features area homes
Think You Know Al Capone? Not So Fast, Says Jonathan Eig
The May issue of Chicago magazine features a long excerpt about the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, the gruesome 1929 murders of seven gangsters in a Chicago garage, from a new book about Al Capone. That book, Get Capone: The Secret Plot That Captured America’s Most Wanted Gangster ($28; Simon & Schuster) by the journalist and best-selling author Jonathan Eig, went on sale this past Tuesday…
Interview with Jonathan Eig, author of "Get Capone"
Chicago editor Dick Babcock interviews author Jonathan Eig about his new book, Get Capone: The Secret Plot That Captured America’s Most Wanted Gangster