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The Definitive Guide to Our Favorite Summer Playground

May 3, 2022May 3, 2022 by Chicago Magazine

Southwest Michigan has long been Chicago’s favorite coast (other than our own, of course). But the draws — food, shops, and fun — are stronger than ever. Here’s how to get the most of out it.

Categories Chicago Magazine Tags Arts & Culture

Go: November Agenda

October 7, 2021 by Lynette Smith

Top 10 reasons to fill up your calendar this month.

Categories Chicago Magazine Tags Culture

The Reading List: Big Fall Novels

September 23, 2021September 22, 2021 by Lynette Smith

New books from Jonathan Franzen, Nnedi Okorafor, and Dave Eggers to bookmark this autumn.

Categories Chicago Magazine Tags Culture

Lollapalooza 2021 Fashion: Our Favorite Looks

August 20, 2021July 29, 2021 by Lynette Smith

Attendees and performers alike are gracing this year’s music festival with bold, colorful, and classic trends.

Categories Culture & Travel Tags Culture, Lollapalooza, Style

Chicago, Comics Capital of the World

June 14, 2021 by Lynette Smith
Turtel Onli, ‘NOG,’ 1980

Two related exhibitions unspool a remarkable history of innovative cartooning

Categories Chicago Magazine Tags Culture 6 Comments

Check Out These Summer Art Installations From Genius Grant Winners

July 7, 2021June 8, 2021 by Emily Johnson

Over the next year, venues across the city will exhibit art by 29 recipients of the MacArthur Foundation’s ballyhooed grants, with 12 shows happening this summer.

Categories Chicago Magazine Tags Culture 7 Comments

The Complicated Record Exec Left Out of Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

August 1, 2022January 20, 2021 by Matt Pollock
J. Mayo Williams and Ma Rainey

The Netflix adaptation (and August Wilson’s original play) track Rainey’s abuse at the hands of a white recording industry. But there was also a go-between: J. Mayo Williams, a Chicago talent scout and Paramount’s first Black A&R rep.

Categories Culture & Travel Tags Arts & Culture, Film, History, Music 1 Comment

Children’s Theater With Bite

January 16, 2021January 14, 2021 by Lynette Smith
Director Jerrell L. Henderson and puppet and set designer Caitlin McLeod work with early models for their new production, ‘Diamond’s Dream.’

A puppet-filled play about a child navigating the COVID pandemic kicks off an initiative by Chicago Children’s Theatre to commission work from diverse writers.

Categories Chicago Magazine Tags Arts & Culture, Theater 1 Comment

Which Boy Band Does Kenny From Chicago Manage?

January 19, 2021October 14, 2020 by Chicago Magazine

All about the Boy Band Night, Chicago’s newly famous BSB cover band

Categories Culture & Travel Tags Arts & Culture, Culture, Television
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