The Fly Honey Show at 10
The alternative cabaret, which emphasizes self-ownership for women and LGBTQ performers, celebrates a decade running in Chicago.
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Bri Sudia Is So In Demand She Competes Against Herself
The local actress is so in demand that she competes against herself: At the 2017 Jeff Awards, she was nominated twice for best actress in a musical (for her lead roles in Wonderful Town at the Goodman and Sweeney Todd at the Paramount). Sudia is trained in classical theater, but she performs in plenty of … Read more
Rachel DeWoskin Is Done with Likable Characters
The author and University of Chicago professor discusses her new novel, Banshee, and the erasure of female rage.
Roscoe Mitchell Returns
As the Art Ensemble of Chicago celebrates 50 years by headlining Jazz Fest, its leader continues to innovate with a new generation of musicians.
Add Some Death to Your Home at the Oddities Flea Market
If Wednesday Addams grew up and held a rummage sale, it might look a lot like the Oddities Flea Market. Drawing from taxidermy, gothic history, and the dark arts, this Brooklyn-based traveling emporium, coming to Logan Square’s Stan Mansion August 24 to 25, has something for every fan of the peculiar. Here, three picks sure … Read more
A Rediscovered Diary Takes On New Life
Kathryn Scanlan discusses her new book, Aug 9—Fog, and the rural Illinoisan diarist behind it.
The Rascally Early Days of Chicago Theater
Just how influential was the local theater scene in the 1970s and ’80s? A new book goes behind the scenes.
Facing Mass Incarceration One Stitch at a Time
Photo: Courtesy of Illinois Humanities Bronzeville artist Dorothy Burge, 64, who comes from a line of seamstresses, crafts quilts that serve as searing memorials to victims of America’s criminal justice system. Life Without the Possibility of Parole (pictured) is one of several she is contributing to Envisioning Justice, an Illinois Humanities group show exploring how … Read more
Lykanthea Will Blow Your Mind With a Shruti Box
Photo: Chelsea Ross Humboldt Park resident Lakshmi Ramgopal has a doctorate in classics from the University of Chicago. When she isn’t working on her book about Roman imperialism, she plays music under the name Lykanthea. Next year, the 35-year-old will release her second EP, Some Viscera, which blends South India’s Carnatic music with Hindi, Sanskrit, … Read more
Veronica Roth
The YA novelist, 30, on the perils of early success, coping with anxiety, and the brutal honesty of teenagers