Watch Singer Eryn Allen Kane Rehearse for Her Next Big Show She performs at City Winery on Friday, February 19. Read more
Spring Awakening's Venue Change Could Give Promoters a Month of Park Access By Matt Pollock With three festivals proposed for Chicago parks, the SFX-owned concert promoter could usurp a month of public space. Read more
Video: Watch a Strandbeest Visit the Bean One of Theo Jansen’s incredible creatures stopped by Millennium Park. Read more
Watch How Hans Fleischmann Reimagined The Glass Menagerie He was living in a van in L.A. when inspiration struck. Read more
The Five Best Things to Do in Chicago This Week Joffrey Ballet, Van Gogh’s Bedrooms, Louder Than a Bomb, Ronnie Baker Brooks, and Marnie & Phil: A Circus Love Letter Read more
How BJ the Chicago Kid Broke Out of Brainerd and Onto FM Radio By Matt Pollock After more than a decade in the music business, the R&B singer hits new heights with his major label debut. Read more
How Rising Rents are Pushing Art Galleries Out of the West Loop By Jason Foumberg What’s the real cost of the neighborhood’s real estate boom? Read more
Irvine Welsh Says David Bowie Made Him a Writer By Calley Nelson The Chicago transplant shares eight sources of inspiration ahead of his new novel, “A Decent Ride” Read more
Philip Dawkins Shows How Theatrical Success Is No Path to Riches Interview by Catey Sullivan The playwright talks marriage equality, writing plays on his bike, and being worse off the better he does. Read more
Two Artists Recreated Ferris Bueller’s Bedroom—and It Is Amazing Interview by Whet Moser The detailed, full-size replica of film’s coolest teen bedroom is coming to Chicago for Ferris Fest. Read more
