Chicago Performers to Catch at the Puppet Theater Festival
Every January, our city becomes host to a veritable United Nations of Puppetry — and these acts are Chicago’s ambassadors.
Custom Placements: Culture Lead
Tress to Impress
Fresh from Broadway, director Whitney White returns home with a comedy set in an immigrant-owned hair salon.
The Chi-centric Ski Guide
Chicago isn’t anyone’s idea of a skiers’ paradise. But with more direct flights than any other big city to top U.S. slope destinations, maybe it should be. Here, six new draws.
Tracy Clark Finds Time to Write Thrillers
Making time outside of her day job as a journalist, the South Shore resident is releasing the third installment of her Detective Harriet Foster series.
The Best of Kris Vire at Chicago Magazine
Our colleague, a longtime champion of the city’s theater scene, passed away this week. Here are some of our favorite stories he wrote.
The “Weird Beauty” of the North Side’s Queer Nightlife
Photographer Erik M. Kommer captures the unbridled joy of drag queens and club kids at the venues they love.