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Tag: Arts & Culture
The Audacity of Hope
By Marcia Froelke Coburn
In the 100 years since the Cubs won a World Series, the underachieving team has managed a single unmitigated triumph: inspiring the play Bleacher Bums. On this centennial, we look back at the creation of that memorable drama. Read more
The Turnaround Artist
By Robert Sharoff
For years, Laurence Booth, one of the city's most widely acclaimed architects, championed low-scale buildings and decried "antihuman" high-rises. Now he has designed three towers and has a fourth under construction. Why? "We have to make some huge changes in this country," he says. Read more
Lollapalooza 2008 in Photos
By Esther Kang & Megan Lovejoy
We went. We shot. We conquered. Here's a look at Lolla in pictures—everything from bands to crowds to tats to street style. Read more
Acting in Isolation
By Lucia Mauro
PJ Paparelli, the former head of Perseverance Theatre, Alaska's only professional troupe, makes the cross-continental move to claim his new role as artistic director of American Theater Company. Read more
The New Vice President
By Kevin McKeough
In his new book, Peter Sagal, the smart and impish host of NPR's “Wait Wait . . . Don't Tell Me!”, turns his attention to porn, gluttony, swingers' clubs, and other forms of behavior that he'd never, ever have the nerve to do on his own. Read more
One Last Jam
By Mark Guarino
B.B. King wasn't thinking about Chicago blues clubs when he wailed, "The thrill is gone." But it certainly could apply. Six ways to revive a fading cultural art form Read more
Cast Away
By David Bernstein
Every time ABC runs an episode of its hit TV series Lost, Evanston's Jeffrey Lieber gets an onscreen credit and his bank account gets a nice pop. But the twisting tale of his Hollywood triumph has left Lieber feeling a bit ... well, lost. Read more
Lupe Fiasco, Word Star
By Bryan Smith
Sit back and listen in on a Range Rover ride to the West Side with breakout rapper and Renaissance nerd Lupe Fiasco. You’ll get an earful on history, sociology, anthropology, and the artist’s muses, from Tchaikovsky to Noam Chomsky to Ice Cube Read more