Chicago Theater Takes on Police Brutality, Obama, and More By Zac Thompson Three political plays this spring engage in contemporary American issues. Read more
Get Your Photo Taken With Khal Drogo for $50 This Weekend By Matt Pollock The Dothraki chieftain will swing by McCormick Place for Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo. Read more
Chicago Opera Theater Operates on a $2.9 Million Budget. Here's How. By Graham Meyer General director Andreas Mitisek shares how his company gets by on an annual budget that less than 5 percent of the Lyric Opera's. Read more
How the Conservatively Radical Architect Howard Van Doren Shaw Changed the American House By Whet Moser He came from wealth and made quiet, comfortable country homes for Chicago's wealthy. But they also quietly tell a story of social change and architectural evolution. Read more
A Museum of ‘No-Longer-Art’ Opens in Hyde Park By Jason Foumberg The Salvage Art Institute is a refuge for art in limbo. Read more
John Preus’s New Exhibition Salvages Items from Closed CPS Schools By Jason Foumberg 'An Invisible Hand' opens May 21. Read more
Five Fantastic Things to Do in Chicago This Week C2E2 and the Chicago Improv Festival return this week. Read more
The Art Institute's New Collection Is a Crash Course in Pop Art By Matt Pollock The museum's new 42-piece gift values at $400 million and fills a major aesthetic hole in its collection. Read more
Inside the Quirkiest Conventions in the Chicago Area By Tomi Obaro A Chicago photographer offers a glimpse into the hidden world of ultraniche gatherings. Read more
Here's What's Happening in Chicago Culture This Week By Matt Pollock Serial wins a Peabody Award, Tracy Letts picks a director, and Sasha Go Hard drops a mixtape. Read more
