The Top Ten Things to Do This Week
Including the Art Institute’s holiday treasure hunt, Travis Scott, Danc(e)volve, and more
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You Should Know Isaac Gomez
Photo: Juli Del Prete The 27-year-old playwright and DePaul lecturer grew up in El Paso, Texas, just across the border from Ciudad Juárez. The unsolved murders of hundreds of women in that Mexican city serve as the backdrop for his new play, La Ruta, about two mothers looking for their missing daughters. It runs December … Read more
53 Things to Do in Chicago in December
Thom Yorke, Cendrillon, Danc(e)volve, and more picks selected by our culture critics
Ten Things to Do in Chicago This Week
Christkindlmarket, The Art Deco Nutcracker, Charlie Wilson, and more
Scott Turow
The novelist, 69, on the thrill of a bestseller, the strain from a hard-to-please dad, and the upside of divorce
Plans for a New Dinner Circus Reveal a Hidden Theater in the Loop
… and its history as the site of various cultish lectures
The Rolling Stones Owe Chicago a Free Concert
Tickets to the band’s summer show at Soldier Field top out at $2,383. How about a freebie for the city whose sound made them stars?
Four Fringy Holiday Shows in Chicago
Dickens and The Nutcracker are swell and all, but sometimes you just need a little more spice in your eggnog. Here, four edgier holiday shows.
You Should Know Gia Margaret
The Chicago folksinger and songwriter, 30, has held many jobs: dental assistant, nanny, bookstore clerk. But with the July release of her tranquil debut LP, There’s Always Glimmer, funded by a Kickstarter campaign, music has become her main pursuit. Ahead of her show at Lincoln Hall on November 23, Margaret reflects on how she found … Read more
Saba Endured Grief. Now He's Ready to Shine.
After using his last album to process a cousin’s death, the rapper finds himself reenergized.