Cover Story The Best of Chicago Edited by Graham Meyer and Jennifer Tanaka Whoever said "Good enough" probably didn’t get very far in life. In our relentless pursuit of better living through extreme pickiness, we discovered 92 new ways to enjoy our ever-expanding city. Features Collision Course by Noah Isackson The driver was a beautiful … Read more
Here you go: the best and worst of Pitchfork, which sits firmly atop my list of favorite local summer festivals (my other picks: the Hideout Block Party Sept. 20-21 and the African Festival of Arts over Labor Day weekend). If you didn’t get to Union Park over the weekend, you missed a reunion of Public Enemy that people either loved or hated, some great up-and-coming musical talent, and a few Hobbesian moments in the mud—all of which I’ll tell you about below. If you did make it to the fest, I’d love to hear your…
Bright spots on this month’s cultural radar
to check out at the Pitchfork Music Festival July 18th to 20th in Union Park (Lake Street and Ashland Avenue; pitchforkmusicfestival.com)—straight from the editor in chief himself, Scott Plagenhoef
From July 2008: Standup comic Hannibal Buress is getting big.
Two Chicago magazine editors wait for their big break in the new Batman movie.
A controversial video game comes to Chicago
Ever the mavericks, the founders of Steppenwolf make the foray into film.
The best of July theatre
Yearlong celebration of Daniel Burnham’s 1909 Plan of Chicago kicks off next June
