Direct Hit By Veronica Hinke What inspires Wicker Park filmmaker Malik Bader's neo-noir movies? Chicago's gritty underbelly. Read more
Going, Going … By David Bernstein After a locally owned Picasso portrait of the artist’s mistress Dora Maar was sold at auction for $95.2 million, the deal raised profound questions about the loss of the work and the future of the city’s museums. Read more
Laugh Track By Steve Fifer What's so funny about Stephen Colbert? The Chicago comedians who make up half his writing team Read more
A Touch of Glass By Marcia Froelke Coburn It’s 1995 and Ira Glass stands poised on the brink of a national radio personality Read more
Nelson Algren’s Last Year: Algren in Exile By Joe Pintauro In the last year of his life, the hot-blooded hustler was back on the make. Read more
