Kanye West's Honorary Doctorate Speech Was Basically What You'd Expect By Whet Moser "I am a pop artist. So my medium is public opinion. And the world is my canvas." Read more
Watch the Trailer for Sense8, the New Netflix Show from the Wachowskis By Emmet Sullivan The show premieres June 5 and includes Lana Wachowski’s first trans character. Read more
The Top Five Things to Do in Chicago This Week Lang Lang, Nick Offerman, Megan Mullalley, and Ernest Dawkins are all set to perform. Read more
Rhona Hoffman Isn’t Afraid to Speak Her Mind About Art in Chicago By Jason Foumberg The longtime gallerist opened up about her career and the Chicago art scene in advance of her receiving an honorary doctorate from SAIC next week. Read more
See These Two New Sci-Fi Plays Premiering This Month By Catey Sullivan Here’s what to expect from each. Read more
Chicago Is Getting Another Music Festival, and Passion Pit Is Headlining The inaugural Mamby on the Beach festival runs July 11–12 at Oakwood Beach in Bronzeville Read more
Here Are the Top Five Things to Do in Chicago This Week Chicago Critics Film Festival celebrates its third year, plus more great things to do this week in the city. Read more
Aleksandar Hemon’s New Novel Tackles Zombies By Sam Worley The MacArthur ‘genius’ gives zombies the brainy treatment in his madcap new novel. Read more
Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility is Now a Musical By Catey Sullivan Composer Paul Gordon shares how he wrote the new show, which premieres this weekend at Chicago Shakespeare Theater. Read more
Here's What's Happening in Chicago Culture This Week By Matt Pollock Billy Corgan takes a wrestling job, D'Angelo headlines North Coast, and the Art Institute gets a $400 million gift. Read more
