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Sleight of Screen
Puppeteering powerhouse Manual Cinema celebrates its 10th anniversary with a livestreamed variety show.
Larry Wert
The former radio and TV exec, 64, on running the Loop, firing Howard Stern, and battling anxiety
Listening to Primous Fountain
Fifty years ago, a self-taught composer from the Ida B. Wells Homes exploded the staid world of classical music. Now, at 70, he’s trying to beat the odds and do it again.
Catherine Lacey Crafts a Southern Gothic Fable
The Wicker Park novelist’s latest, the brief and haunting Pew, comes out July 21.
A Crew to Remember
A new documentary catches up with members of the Manley High School team, which rowed its way to stardom from Chicago’s West Side in 1999.
The Storefront Alchemists
Organized by a Pilsen gallerist in the wake of the George Floyd protests, the Mural Movement connected boarded-up businesses to artists.