Nine Acts Worth Seeing at the Newly Expanded Freaky Deaky festival By Dana Getz Vic Mensa, 2 Chainz, and Mac Miller take the stage this year. Read more
Thomas Bradshaw Is in Pursuit of the Perverse By Novid Parsi The Skokie playwright knows how to make his audience squirm. Read more
Barak adé Soleil Transcends Notions of Disability By Erin Osmon The dancer premieres a new suite of performances. Read more
The Best Comedies in November By Catey Sullivan The best things to do in Chicago this month, selected by our culture critics Read more
Surrealism Takes Center Stage at This MCA Show By Jason Foumberg On the eve of a new blockbuster exhibit, the eccentric art movement remains as influential as ever. Read more
The Top Five Things to Do This Week in Chicago Wozzeck, Roxane Gay and Gloria Steinem, Anais Mitchell, Chapter Two, and Against Being Read more
Why These Theater Companies are Casting Women in Male Roles By Catey Sullivan “You don’t have to be the damsel in distress. You can be the monster.” Read more
See a Live “Magazine” Performance Tonight at the Athenaeum By Matt Pollock The show mixes traditional journalism with art, music, and theater. Read more
Tim Barnes's Live Podcast Tonight Will Be a Who's Who of Chicago Culture By Matt Pollock See Barnes interview Felonious Munk, Tim Kinsella, the Puterbaugh Sisters, and ShowYouSuck tonight. Read more
Spike Lee Sounds Off on “Chi-Raq,” Gun Violence, and Rahm Interview by Bryan Smith In his first in-depth interview for his upcoming film, the outspoken director talks about Chicago and how the mayor tried—and failed—to “bully” him. Read more
