New Art Examiners
Just in time for art season, four up-and-coming contemporary curators anoint a few rising stars.
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Free Verse
Poet-professor John Keene riffs on abstraction, chaos, and getting bullied as a kid in St. Louis.
Dino Dilemma
What is Jane? Inspired by this mysterious find, a family creates a documentary with a Jurassic plot.
Critical Mass
Noteworthy new book releases for May
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Features The Best of Chicago, Our annual roundup of the outstanding people, places, and things in the city and suburbs-including a hot Hinsdale shopping strip; our dining experts’ picks for the tastiest sushi, pub grub, and other foods; hometown recollections from Artbabe‘s Jessica Abel; and a few favorites from Ozzie Guillen and other folks in … Read more
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Features Kid Time, We’ve sampled birthday cakes, counted highchairs, taken a tumble, shopped till we dropped, and scoured the town for little-known treats to bring you this month’s compendium of our favorite places to go and things to do with kids-in the city and beyond. The Vinci Code, by Robert Sharoff The architect John Vinci … Read more
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Features The New South Side, by Dennis Rodkin, Charles Whitaker, and Deborah Wilk After decades in the shadow of the North Side, Chicago’s historic South Side is in the midst of a mind-boggling makeover. Our writers examine six of its dramatically changing neighborhoods and meet the people who are settling there-while also providing a list … Read more
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Features 101 Things to Do From glass blowing (2,400 degrees) to ice fishing (32 degrees or below), we’ve gone to extremes to bring you adventures and pleasures to help keep the winter blahs away. Also-a checklist of the 20 essential Chicago activities: Are you a true citizen? Left of the Dial, by Kevin McKeough A … Read more
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Features 20 Stylish People Chicagoans with a presence reveal what it takes to stand out in a crowd-beauty and money are not the power points in this world of elegance and attitude. Warming Trends, by Stacey Jones High boots and hot fun furs for long, tall worldly women Short Takes, by Stacey Jones The return … Read more
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Features The Best of Chicago In our annual search for superlatives, we track down top new stores and a hot new shopping strip; neighborhood restaurants and sandwiches for summer; garden antiques and nature preserves; people in entertainment and the media; and scores of other treasures for young and old in the city and suburbs. Her … Read more