Nathaniel Mary Quinn Transforms His Fractured Past into Arresting Art By Sam Worley The painter's new exhibit, Nothing’s Funny, renders comedy icons in his signature disjointed style. Read more
Six Chicago-Centric Books to Read This Summer By Sam Worley Kick back and sink your teeth into these new works Read more
This Modern Master Spent His Life Bringing Black Faces to Classic Art By Sam Worley After four decades of depicting black life, the painter garners the spotlight with a new retrospective at the Museum of Contemporary Art. Read more
A New Book Recounts the Empty Bottle’s Raucous History By Sam Worley Musicians and writers dish in The Empty Bottle Chicago: 21+ Years of Music/Friendly/Dancing Read more
Can the MacArthur Foundation Find Its Mojo? By Sam Worley From cooking up a new $100 million (!) prize to venturing deep into the U.S. justice system, MacArthur Foundation chief Julia Stasch is shaking up Chicago’s biggest philanthropy. Read more
10 Great Reads for This Summer By Tomi Obaro and Sam Worley Look for these new beach-bag-worthy books from local authors. Read more
Aleksandar Hemon’s New Novel Tackles Zombies By Sam Worley The MacArthur ‘genius’ gives zombies the brainy treatment in his madcap new novel. Read more
Court Theatre’s The Good Book Tackles the Bible By Sam Worley A new play imagines how the world’s most famous book was created. Read more
Three Podcasts You Should Check Out Now By Sam Worley Sad that Serial is over? Here are some replacements that you need to check out. Read more
46 Great Things to Do This Winter By Jason Foumberg, Jason Heidemann, Graham Meyer, Tomi Obaro, Matt Pollock, Catey Sullivan, and Sam Worley The temperatures outside may be dropping, but inside, Chicago culture is on fire. Here’s your cheat sheet. Read more
