Duck!

In his new book, The Foie Gras Wars, the Chicago Tribune reporter Mark Caro examines the hoopla surrounding Chicago’s fiercest food fight

Give an Inch

The Five
Don’t-miss events for 04.08.09 through 04.14.09
 
1. Schadenfreude Rent Parties @ Gallery Cabaret
2. Dr. Dog @ Double Door
3. Hedwig and the Angry Inch @ American Theater Company

So Bad It’s Good

Six years and several albums later, with the genre intact and universal order restored, the eclectic trio The Bad Plus returns to town on the heels of its new album

There’s Something About Mary

Our Lady of the Underpass*
In the wake of the 2005 appearance of a salt stain loosely shaped like the Virgin Mary, local playwright Tanya Saracho spent weeks quizzing pilgrims on why they felt compelled to trek to 90/94’s Fullerton Avenue viaduct to view the specter. If…

Vintage Posters, Modern Market, Win at CB2

The International Vintage Poster Fair is back in town this weekend at the Cultural Center, with a high-flying featured exhibition of aviation and airline posters such as this nostalgic gem from United. (I wouldn’t be surprised if Mad Men’s Don Draper had a hand in the campaign.) Chicago’s own Poster Plus and the Chicago Center for the Print are among the 25-plus dealers who will be offering more than 10,000 posters for sale