Photograph: © Dennis Cowley Julia Glass Julia Glass became the poster child for unlikely first-time novelists when, in 2002, at age 46 with two young children, she won the coveted National Book Award for Three Junes. The Yale-trained former artist had no formal creative writing training, making her resulting fame and bestsellerhood all the more … Read more
A puzzling idea sparks a film
A Fall Out Boy taps talent in the ’burbs; a culinary crime caper; chick lit and the law, Sudoku, more
Why in the world is Cheap Trick still putting out CDs? Music, the band says, is what it does best.
The perfect fit for booming Logan Square: a shop that encourages emerging local designers and aims to inspire a crop of new ones.
A crossword puzzle for film lovers
Katrin Schnabl designs draping, wrapping clothes that reflect her appreciation for movement.
The British sexologist Havelock Ellis once said that every artist writes his own autobiography. Ellis died six decades before the advent of the Internet, but time—and the rapid expansion of the blogosphere—have proved him right. Here’s a who’s who of local cultural blogerati who are telling the world about their lives and their art.
Noteworthy new book releases for June
The media-shy Yusef Jackson, third son of the famous reverend, takes a curious venture into publishing by pumping money into Radar, the on-again, off-again celebrity-driven magazine
