The Five Best Things to Do in Chicago This Week Long Day’s Journey Into Night, the Dance Colective, In Vain, Experience Hendrix, and Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison: Precipice Read more
At the Hideout This Weekend, See All the Chicago Bands Playing SXSW By Hannah Nyhart Eight bands will be representing Chicago. Read more
Why Wicker Park Needs Double Door By Britt Julious As the stalwart club faces potential eviction, one wonders where its fringiest events might land. Read more
Tracy Letts on His New Steppenwolf Play and Chicago’s “Talent Drain” By Novid Parsi After a long hiatus, the Pulitzer–winning playwright revisits Midwestern dysfunction in Mary Page Marlowe. Read more
So Long, Car Talk, and Thanks for All the Fixes By Whet Moser In a changing of the guard, it's out with the Magliozzis, in with The New Yorker. It's overdue, but the show will still be missed. Read more
Six Great Things Going on on the South Side Right Now By Hannah Nyhart Stop by these spots for art, music, and more. Read more
The Top Five Things to Do in Chicago This Week Sheila Jordan does her annual stint at the Green Mill this weekend. Read more
No More Car Talk as WBEZ Turns More Airtime over to Podcasts By Hannah Nyhart Meanwhile, Saturday stalwarts This American Life and Wait, Wait … Don’t Tell Me each get bumped back an hour. Adjust your weekend routines accordingly. Read more
Lucky Plush Premieres a Superhero-Themed Show By Matthew Hendrickson Saving the world isn’t easy in the dance-theater company’s Trip the Light Fantastic: The Making of SuperStrip. Read more
Eight Thoughts After Kanye West's Scattered Album Release By Britt Julious Two weeks out from the drawn-out release of The Life of Pablo, there are more questions than answers about Kanye's career. Read more
