The Chicago Humanities Festival has a great interview with Adrian Belew, a guitar hero who's played with everyone from the Talking Heads to Nine Inch Nails. Read more
David Axelrod wins a wet T-shirt contest, skinny dippers leave Lake Michigan with a case of hypothermia, and the pranks just get out of control. Read more
Alonzo King LINES Ballet and Hubbard Street Dance share a bill tonight through Sunday. The dancers are amazing, even if the double bill isn’t perfect. Read more
A Jesuit pope is statistically and theologically unlikely, but it finally happened—and in retrospect, the choice of Jorge Bergoglio makes a lot of sense. Read more
The CTU head talks about the outgoing school board member, as well as Rahm Emanuel, Arne Duncan, Barbara Byrd-Bennett, Bruce Rauner, and more. Read more
