House Divided
Trax Records helped launch Chicago’s own music genre, but the artists behind the influential label say they weren’t fairly compensated. Now they’re fighting for what’s theirs.
Custom Placements: Culture Lead
Rebecca Makkai
The novelist, 44, on her first bad review, ADHD’s upside, and a certain tweet about red hats
Rachel Jamison Webster Looks at Whiteness in the Context of Her Own Genealogy
“I was interested in putting the past into conversation with the present, as a way of tracing historical underpinnings and asking what these stories can teach us now.”
Memorializing the 1990 White Sox Season with Last Comiskey
A new documentary builds a portrait of a ballpark that felt like a carnival in its final season.
Spring Flings
Getting to these coveted destinations will be easier this season, thanks to new direct service from O’Hare.
Arbiters of Art
Some of the city’s top gallerists and museum curators showcase new looks for the new fashion season.
Dogs at Large Won’t Be Fenced In
Pulling from rock and country, Sam Pirruccello’s band is a breed of its own.
Go: March Agenda
Top 10 reasons to fill up your calendar this month
Chicago’s Lithuanian Opera Singer Still Needs an Audience
Arnold Voketaitis sang 14 seasons with the Lyric Opera, mostly in what he describes as “intermediate” roles — the priest in The Magic Flute, the police commissioner in Der Rosenkavalier, Dr. Grenvil in La Traviata. Such is the fate of the bass/baritone. The tenors get all the big arias, and all the girls. Voketaitis retired … Read more