This Modern Master Spent His Life Bringing Black Faces to Classic Art By Sam Worley After four decades of depicting black life, the painter garners the spotlight with a new retrospective at the Museum of Contemporary Art. Read more
Video: Tracy Letts and Anna Shapiro Discuss Mary Page Marlowe The playwright and director talk about their new Steppenwolf play, which opens March 31. Read more
The Top Five Things to Do This Week in Chicago Oh, Hello, Mosque Alert, Pop Art Design, Dan Ramirez, and Poetry Off the Shelf: Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin, Conor O’Callaghan, and Caitríona O’Reilly Read more
Here's Your 2016 Lollapalooza Lineup By Matt Pollock Yet again, Lolla targets two disparate audiences with a lineup divided. Read more
Five Things to Do in Chicago This Week Arcadia, Katt Williams, Mementos Mori, Bonnie Raitt, and Louder Than a Bomb Read more
What It's Like Having a Rare Instrument Stolen By Doyle Armbrust Chicago musicians share horror stories of losing their instruments—and in some cases, much more. Read more
A New Book Recounts the Empty Bottle’s Raucous History By Sam Worley Musicians and writers dish in The Empty Bottle Chicago: 21+ Years of Music/Friendly/Dancing Read more
Video: Get a Preview of the Writers Theatre’s Arcadia The Tom Stoppard play will be the inaugural production at the new Glencoe theater. Read more
This Challenging Performance Calls for Perfect Pitch—and Pitch Darkness By Graham Meyer Northwestern’s Contemporary Music Ensemble joins Ensemble Dal Niente to tackle Georg Friedrich Haas’s masterwork In Vain March 10. Read more
