Six Degrees of Misha
In advance of Baryshnikov’s return to the Windy City
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The Audacity of 'Hope'
Don’t-miss picks for 09.16.09 through 09.22.09: Ravinia wraps with a biggie … Thomas Frank weighs in on Kansas … Beer returns for one night only … and in Freebies: Joffrey alfresco, plus Dybek, Kotlowitz, and Baryshnikov sightings
Seeing Red
Don’t-miss picks for 09.09.09 through 09.15.09: Something’s in the water this week: Redmoon gets wackier … Del Close returns to the screen … R.E.M.’s Peter Buck plays a starter-band stage … Niffenegger and Hemon go head to head … plus, CSO tickets for crazy cheap
Oprah's Michigan Avenue Kickoff Party
The queen of media shuts down a stretch of Michigan Avenue to host her 24th season kickoff party.
Northern Exposure
Canadian photographer David Leslie Anthony conquers Chicago with worldly flair
Greatest Mistake
Don’t-miss picks for 09.02.09 through 09.08.09: An Oscar nom comes home … poets pay ode to the fair dino … Burnham goes celluloid … Plus, a Million Dollar Broadway nod and more
Theatre: Dust to Dust
Yeast Nation vs. Boom: Turns out the beginning and the end of the world have a lot in common—onstage, at least
Backstage Beauties
Rising runway star and Skokie native Shelby Coleman, 17, riffs on her behind-the-scenes access
Chicago Guide: Divine Intermission
Don’t-miss picks for 08.26.09 through 09.01.09: Father Pfleger on film … Michelle O., jazz muse … Cleve Jones drops in … free science … and more
Best of Chicago
Good: the well spoken of, the longtime favorites, the new and surprising. Better: the perfect extra fillip, the graceful technique, the revelatory debut. Best: See below