Laurie Metcalf on the Forces That Shaped Her By Dan Hyman The Lady Bird star and original Steppenwolf Theatre member discusses her key influences. Read more
Look Inside Some of the World's Oldest Mummies At the Field Museum By Kim Bellware Its forthcoming exhibition uses CT scan technology to digitally unwrap cats, a gazelle, an ibis, and a baby crocodile, entombed thousands of years ago. Read more
62 Things to Do in Chicago in March By Jason Foumberg, John Hardberger, Britt Julious, Graham Meyer, Catey Sullivan, and Lauren Warnecke The best things to do in Chicago this month, selected by our culture critics Read more
The Top Ten Things to Do This Week Time Is on Our Side, Beautiful/Night, Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan, Tyler, the Creator, Empire, and more Read more
The Chicago Botanic Garden Blooms With Orchids For Its Annual Show By DS Shin "Asia In Bloom" celebrates native orchids of several Asian countries along with ikebana, the Japanese art of flower arrangement. Read more
The Goodman’s All-Female, All-Chicago Play 'The Wolves' Sends Shockwaves with Soccer By Adam Morgan Sarah DeLappe's Pulitzer-nominated work wraps up a world of issues in a teen girls' soccer team. Read more
A New Exhibit Spotlights a Rarely Seen Keith Haring Mural By Jason Foumberg The Chicago Cultural Center displays one of our city’s most impressive public artworks in March. Read more
Ten Things to Do This Week in Chicago Plantation!, The Green Book Chronicles, Celebrating David Bowie, Deeply Rooted Dance Theater, Howardena Pindell, and more Read more
David Schwimmer and Kevin Douglas Tackle Race with Comedic Play By Novid Parsi Plantation! is about a white woman in present-day Texas who decides to give her property to descendants of a slave her family owned. Read more
Li-Young Lee’s The Undressing Explores Life’s Paradoxes By Deborah Shapiro Releasing this month, the poet’s new work tackles themes of family, love, violence and more. Read more
