Chasing Sullivan
Mark Richard Smith nearly died making his first film. Is his passion enough to get it to audiences?
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Queen of Arts
Muriel Newman excelled at the art of collecting. One expert called the paintings that graced her Gold Coast apartment “the greatest private collection of abstract expressionists in the world”—and Chicago’s art scene shuddered when she bequeathed most of those paintings to a New York museum. But no one seemed to blame Newman, whose gregarious personality and boundless generosity endeared her to local art institutions and patrons. Nearly a year after her death, a look back at the colorful 94-year life of an unforgettable grande dame
Unstaged Reading
Tarot cards play a small but pivotal role in Up, an offbeat drama by the playwright Bridget Carpenter. South Side reader Doña Cristina
Straight Talk
Artist Joel Ross, on the photo Be Gay, part of Joel Ross Roadside: A Presentation of Recent Field Experiments and Prototypes
First Class
High on our summer to-do list: Attend a concert by the 15-year-old classical music prodigy Conrad Tao
Three Cheers for Free
Don’t-miss free events for 06.17.09 through 06.23.09: Bob Odenkirk and Archer Prewitt, times two … South Shore Opera Co’s season finale … big Plans in Millennium Park
Neality TV
Tapping into nostalgia for classic shows and movies, Neal Sabin has built plucky Weigel Broadcasting—operator of WCIU, Me-TV, and the new This—into a regional TV dynamo
For Real
A fresh start for Twista
Found: The Late Night Late Show
“It’s Garry Shandling, the Muppet Show, and Conan O’Brien rolled into one.”
Fill ’er Up
The guys behind Sound-Bar, Y, and Zentra have long provided hot spots for the very young and restless, but their glam new venture, Fuel Kitchen & Cocktail Lounge, caters more toward the latter.