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Why Sahar Mustafah Doesn’t Do Happy Endings
In her debut novel “The Beauty of Your Face,” a hate-driven shooting upends a suburban Muslim girls’ school.
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Listen to Nnamdï During This Quarantine for the Love of God
Brat drops April 3.
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The Many Lives of Rome Flynn
The ‘How to Get Away with Murder’ actor on experiencing homelessness, being a college basketball star downstate, and more
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Cameron Esposito Learns You Can’t Always “Save Yourself”
On tending an ill partner, taking her book tour online, and Zoom trolls
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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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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.
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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”
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Mute Duo Makes Music Like No One Else
The offbeat project, whose first LP comes out Friday, marries percussion and pedal steel guitar.
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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.
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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.
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High Fidelity Turns 20, and the Chicago It Imagined Is Gone
A writer reflects on the vanished city the movie immortalized.
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Kim Knoll Became a Painter While Daydreaming at Work
The graphic designer turns her favorite travel memories into abstract works of art.
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An Art Show All About Cats
When Jason West was invited to curate an exhibit at 4Art Space in Bridgeport, the Brookfield artist wanted to attract a broad audience. The result, the Fantastic Felines Art Show, opens March 20.
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