Monsters and Prodigies*
Who knew eunuchs could have sex? Turns out women flung themselves at these archetypes of altered manhood throughout the 18th century. This and other factoids about the bygone culture of castrati come courtesy of the Mexico City-based avant-garde troupe Teatro de…
A runway show celebrates 75 years of student fashion in Chicago
Bright spots on the month’s cultural radar
5 shows you can’t take your kids to (but shouldn’t miss)
Buckminster Fuller: Starting with the Universe*
The first retrospective of the visionary’s work in decades, this exhibition reintroduces the man who invented the geodesic dome and coined the term “Spaceship Earth.” While calling…
Dean & Britta*
Andy Warhol begat the Factory, which begat The Velvet Underground and Nico, which begat Dean Wareham, an indie rocker who has made a career of emulating the Velvet’s chiming songs—first with bands Galaxie 500 and Luna, then with his Luna bandmate and wife, Britta Phillips, playing Nico to his Lou Reed. Now the couple comes full circle…
Question: What do you get when you screen a film about a Humboldt Park kickball league, shot in part in local bars, at the Portage Theater, the proud new owner of a liquor license? Answer: fire twirlers, a marching band, go-go dancers, and lots of drinking. We sent our photographer to the premiere of Left Field Thursday. Browse our photos…
Anna Davlantes creates a talk show with an unlikely angle: the opinions of ordinary Chicagoans.
An avant-garde rocker with a Joni Mitchell sound
The successful black playwright shares a secret—namely, her white Russian muse
