Freebie of the Month
Multi-instrumental wiz kid Nitin Sawhney accompanies the Grant Park Orchestra at a screening of the 1929 Indian melodrama A Throw of Dice.
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Three Questions
Luke Seemann, 32—the founder of chicagobikeracing.com and a member of the local racing team XXX-Athletico—will compete in the city’s first-ever Chicago Criterium bike race.
5 Albums That Inspire …
Corey Wilkes, whose new jazz recording, Drop It, lands June 17th. Catch his tribute to Miles Davis on June 1st at the New Checkerboard Lounge (5201 S. Harper Ct.).
Good Knight
Classical music comes out of the Dark Ages.
Blip – July 2008
Bright spots on the cultural radar
Festivals: Playlist
Five great road trips for music aficionados
Lady Is Lonely
Karen Carroll is one of the few women left in the blues.
Found Art
Sacred Heart: Explosion by Henry Darger
Three Questions
Jazz impresario Joe Segal makes good on a promise with the long-delayed opening of his new Jazz Showcase.
Solo Show
Chicago-born brothers Gregory and Jeffrey Qaiyum—a.k.a. writer-actor GQ and composer JQ— put an urban spin on Shakespeare