The Top Five Things to Do This Week in Chicago Pop Art Design, Dark Noise Collective, Robert Glasper Trio, Tatsu Aoki/Tsukasa Taiko: Reduction, and Ryley Walker Read more
How Chicago Artists Responded to the Laquan McDonald Video By Jason Foumberg Some have stayed silent, but many are lending their voices to the growing protests in the city. Read more
Why Can't Anybody Agree on Chi-Raq? By Matt Pollock As Chicagoans reject the new Spike Lee joint, national critics are cooing over it. That might be because they look at Chicago the same way he does. Read more
Why Chance the Rapper Doesn't Talk About Rahm Emanuel Publicly By Tomi Obaro "I don’t really follow Rahm’s politics and the things that I have followed I wasn’t necessarily down to align myself with." Read more
Here's the Deal with These Sculptures Coming to Chicago By Jason Foumberg How the Dutch artist makes his magnificent monsters Read more
That Massive Pop Art Exhibit at the Art Institute Debuts This Month By Novid Parsi Five highlights from the art museum’s huge new acquisition Read more
The Top Five Things to Do in Chicago This Week The New Contemporary, Renée Fleming and Patricia Barber, Hubbard Street Dance, Vince Staples, and Stir-Friday Night Read more
A Shut-In’s Guide to Winter By Matt Pollock Consume Chicago-bred culture without leaving your couch. Read more
Fact-Checking John Cusack's Chi-Raq Sermon By Matt Pollock Sussing out the truth in Chi-Raq's soap-boxiest scene. Read more
Can't Wait for Star Wars? Five Chicago Events to Hold You Over By Calley Nelson Bars and restaurants across Chicago are cooking up Star Wars–themed cocktails and food. Read more
