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Cassandra Wilson comes to town showcasing her loverly tunes.
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Floor Show
The San Francisco Ballet kicks off its 75th anniversary tour at Harris Theater.
Three Questions for…
We chat with stage and screen vet Mike Nussbaum
Found Art
Rashid Johnson continues his theme of Afro-futurism in a site-specific multi-media exhibition.
Idol Banter
Jennifer Hudson celebrates a birthday and a debut album
Jeff Ruby's Day Off
We test the legendary Ferris Bueller Timeline Problem.
The Turnaround Artist
For years, Laurence Booth, one of the city’s most widely acclaimed architects, championed low-scale buildings and decried “antihuman” high-rises. Now he has designed three towers and has a fourth under construction. Why? “We have to make some huge changes in this country,” he says.
More Than Meets the Eye
The cover for the August issue features a colorful image of famous Chicago architectural landmarks. At first glance, it looks like a collage of photos or illustrations of the buildings. Little do you know, that’s a set of miniature paper models made from the Build Your Own Chicago postcards, by local designer Matt Bergstrom.
For those of us who don’t read the cover photo credits (on page 10 of the August issue), this…
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Grounded in Fiction
The Chicago Air & Water Show dominates the skies this weekend, but there’s plenty to see at street level—for starters, a couple of theatre adaptations by local lit stars. Elizabeth Berg—she of New York Times best-seller list fame, who has been touted by everyone from Oprah to the American Library Association—has adapted her…
Inside the Lolla Photo Pit
Just when you thought Snap had died a quiet, lonely death, we come back with the vengeance of a fat kid in line for ice cream on a hot day at Lollapalooza.
Brittney, the other half of Snap, is off on some beach in Mexico for her honeymoon, after a lovely (and genuinely fun) wedding two weekends ago. Me, sullen and lonely for my blogging partner, I trolled Grant Park for three days in the heat with heavy equipment on my shoulders, all to bring you photos from Lollapalooza…