Home Fires
What do you do when your maid won’t clean? In an acclaimed new comedy about class and gender, Wilmette native Sarah Ruhl brings her brand of postmodern magical realism to the Goodman
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Pitch Man
At a meeting in L.A., the screenwriter Jay Lavender wanted to pitch Vince Vaughn on a new project, but the actor had another idea. The result: The Break-Up, Lavender’s first movie, made in Chicago.
Got Soul?
After a DePaul student placed his eternal soul on eBay, The Closer searched the site for a few locally based items that might lift his spirits.
Writers on the Record with Victoria Lautman – Peter Carey
Photograph: Carey Justine Walpole Peter Carey An Australian writer to the core, Peter Carey never strays far from his roots, despite having moved to New York City some 15 years ago. Carey’s latest novel, Theft, kicks off in a Down Under backwater, then quickly careens through jaded 1980s art worlds in Japan and New York. … Read more
The Short List
Self-help with Scarlett; a South Side soprano gets Bach; puppets, squid, and other items for May
Rap Sheet
Think hip-hop theatre is a novel concept? These Chicagoans have been doing it for years.
Note Worthy
A few years ago, singer Jackie Allen retired her pipes. Then a leading jazz label called.
New Art Examiners
Just in time for art season, four up-and-coming contemporary curators anoint a few rising stars.
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.