Expert Ears
Four musical insiders handicap the summer music calendar
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Pitchfork Style
Some of our favorite looks from the three-day music fest
5 Spots to Watch Movies Outside
. . . without getting a sneaker in your pasta salad
The Insider
Five picks for the Pitchfork Music Festival (July 17-19, Union Park, pitchforkmusicfestival.com) from Mark Richardson, managing editor of Pitchfork.com
Like It’s 1989…
In July, two concerts for a Chicago music enthusiast’s memory book
Feedback
In this month’s letters: How to have more fun, and a few more tidbits on Hyde Park
Buzz Builder
Triple-threat singer-songwriter-carpenter Joe Pug infuses folk music with new energy
A Good Time—or your money back
This week: Theatre insurance for the finicky … schmoozing in the Modern Wing … remembering Michael at Ravinia … the other side of Niffenegger
The Big Party
FROM JULY 2009: After launching the Playboy empire here in the 1950s, Hugh Hefner turned Chicago into a frontline of the sexual revolution, acting out his sybaritic fantasy life behind the walls of his mansion on North State Parkway. But as the freewheeling sixties gave way to the decadent seventies, things changed drastically for Hefner and the Gold Coast mansion he called home
Chicago Guide: Petersen and Pizza
Sometimes this city serves up an embarrassment of riches. This week: William Petersen returns—with free beer … Daniel Burnham appears onstage (in spirit) … indie rock icons toast a local lit legend … bicyclists get a gospel revival—and a midnight ride … and much more