Custom Placements: Culture Lead
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
Eve L. Ewing
The author and sociologist, 36, on learning to say no, writing Marvel comics, and being a fidgeter
Go: February Agenda
Top 10 reasons to fill up your calendar this month
Day After Day
Alexis J. Roston embarks on her second decade of embodying Billie Holiday in Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill.
Into the Lyons Den
The author moved to Chicago to pursue a career in standup comedy. He was in for a rude awakening.
The Violin Doctor
He’s trusted to repair some of the world’s most fabled — and expensive — instruments. How does John Becker manage to unlock the sound of a Stradivarius?
Steve James
The documentarian, 68, on his deeper motive for Hoop Dreams and how he puts subjects at ease.
Following Steve Goodman’s Morning Train to Mattoon
Ride the rails that inspired the folk singer’s City of New Orleans… even if the train doesn’t take you that far south.