The Insider: Tim Daisy
Five picks from the versatile Chicago new-music drummer whose trio, Vox Arcana, opens the Umbrella Music Festival on Saturday, Nov. 7th, at The Hideout (1354 W. Wabansia; umbrellamusic.org).
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Double Play: The International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE)
The 30-member group returns to the MCA for its first concert with the Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho.
The Farce Side
Don’t-miss picks for 10.28.09 through 11.03.09: Druids at CST … Monsters at Auditorium … dinosaurs in Brookfield … ghosts in West Town … and more
Frankenweekend
Don’t-miss picks for 10.21.09 through 10.27.09: Frankenstein plays it avant-garde … Steve Martin plays it straight … Jay Farrar and Ben Gibbard play it cool … plus, Michael Chabon, Aleksandar Hemon, Augusten Burroughs … and more
Chicago's Fall 2009 Theatre Preview
Our superduper Fall Theatre Preview, featuring actress Molly Brennan; eight actors and directors tackling the season’s toughest roles; playwright Keith Huff dishes about Broadway; the season’s most anticipated productions; where to eat, drink, and park
Fashion Focus Chicago
The fashion event returns with spring collections, student creations and emerging designers
Free Beer, Blago, Black Cats
Don’t-miss events for 09.30.09 through 10.06.09: New LaBute … scenes from the Great Plague … puppets from the dark side—and then there’s the free beer and tours of Blago’s campaign office
Books: Futurama
The “pre-eminent literary chronicler of the technological age” probes happiness
The (Super) Natural
Audrey Niffenegger struck publishing gold with her best-selling first novel, The Time Traveler’s Wife, recently made into a movie. Now the Chicago author is back with another story tinged with the otherworldly—ghosts this time. Can the new novel live up to high expectations—and the $5-million payday it fetched?