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
Chi-Raq Is a Wasted Opportunity By Tomi Obaro The latest Spike Lee joint premieres nationally today. Read more
What Four Chicago Artists Can't Wait to See This Winter Renée Fleming, Robert Falls, Robyn Mineko Williams, and Dee Alexander talk about what they want to see this season. Read more
Lollapalooza Will Grow to Four Days Next Year. Uh-oh. By Matt Pollock Chicago's three-day mega-fest just usurped the better half of a week. Read more
Christmas vs. Hanukkah: Two Comics Sound Off By Elly Fishman Two rising standup comics—one raised Catholic, the other a Jew—go head to head on the merits of their holiday traditions. Read more
The Top Five Things to Do in Chicago This Week Bel Canto, Domesticated, The Nutcracker, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and Cameron Esposito Read more
20 Great Cultural Events to Fill Your Winter Weekends By Matt Pollock Waste no weekend this winter Read more
Lena Waithe Will Portray Real Life on the South Side in Her New Show By Tomi Obaro The Master of None breakout star and South Side native dishes about her busy year. Read more
Man Out of Time By Richard Cahan and Michael Williams Before the city gave much thought to preserving its architectural gems, Richard Nickel devoted his life to saving them. Read more
