Where Credit Is Due
A trio of rereleases prompt musicians to pay quiet homage to an ex-Wilco member, Jay Bennett
A trio of rereleases prompt musicians to pay quiet homage to an ex-Wilco member, Jay Bennett
Put the “free” back in “free time” with these don’t-miss picks for the week of 07.22.09 through 07.28.09: harrowing derring-do in the heart of downtown … family road trips, now with more lasers … a small-town fest with a taste for kitsch—and pierogis
The reigning “prince” of crime fiction returns
A guide to the burgeoning West Side
Four musical insiders handicap the summer music calendar
Some of our favorite looks from the three-day music fest
. . . without getting a sneaker in your pasta salad
Five picks for the Pitchfork Music Festival (July 17-19, Union Park, pitchforkmusicfestival.com) from Mark Richardson, managing editor of Pitchfork.com
In July, two concerts for a Chicago music enthusiast’s memory book
In this month’s letters: How to have more fun, and a few more tidbits on Hyde Park