Virtual Exhibits You Can Tour During Shelter-in-Place
Museums and galleries may be shuttered, but some are offering digital back doors into their collections.
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Without This Chicago Puppeteer, There Would Be No Sesame Street
Kukla, Fran and Ollie creator Burr Tillstrom got his start doing shows at Chicago parks and Marshall Field’s.
Amid a Crisis, West Loop Gets a New Bookstore
After months of construction delays, Madison Street Books opened on March 14. Two days later, it was forced to shutter temporarily.
Samantha Irby Is an “Endless, Bottomless Well of Anxiety”
The Evanston-born, Michigan-based comedian on her new book Wow, No Thank You and long-held love for Judge Mathis
Mute Duo Makes Music Like No One Else
The offbeat project, whose first LP comes out Friday, marries percussion and pedal steel guitar.
I Barely Made It Out of Italy
After two months performing in the country, a Chicago musician, writing from self-quarantine, recounts its wildfire coronavirus outbreak.
Without SXSW, Kris Rey Looks for a Home for Her Film
The festival was meant to be the coming-out party for Rey’s new film, I Used to Go Here. Now, its future is uncertain.
Remembering the Farnsworth House Feud
Life was not always sunshine and I-beams at the iconic Mies van der Rohe building in Plano. A new book spills all.
High Fidelity Turns 20, and the Chicago It Imagined Is Gone
A writer reflects on the vanished city the movie immortalized.
Kim Knoll Became a Painter While Daydreaming at Work
The graphic designer turns her favorite travel memories into abstract works of art.