Can the Man Behind ClickHole Make a Machine Funny? By Elena Bruess Jamie Brew will spend three months in Seattle trying to teach Amazon's Alexa speaker to be more playful. Read more
Face-Melting, Super-Soaking, and Transfixing: Pitchfork Day 3 By John Hardberger, Britt Julious, and Carrie Schedler Plus: we found the worst shirt ever. Read more
Perfect Weather, Not-Great Sound, but Great Vibes: Pitchfork Day 2 By John Hardberger, Britt Julious, and Carrie Schedler Plus: by far the best booze deal at the festival. Read more
Thrusting, Full-Body Costumes, and Danny Brown as Equalizer: Pitchfork Day 1 By Carrie Schedler and John Hardberger Plus: Why, oh why, did they get rid of the wristbands? Read more
27 Pitchfork After-Parties for Festival Weekend By Britt Julious No tickets to Union Park this weekend? Catch the action at these bashes before, during, and after the fest. Read more
Ten Things to Do in Chicago This Week Queen and Adam Lambert, Xenia Rubinos, Rachmaninoff’s All-Night Vigil, SummerDance in the Parks, Pitchfork Music Festival, and more Read more
Black Authors Get Day in the Sun at Soulful Chicago Book Fair By Emma Krupp Founder Asadah Kirkland tells us about the event’s origins, its “author-centricism,” and more. Read more
Poet Erika L. Sánchez on Going Mainstream and Not Being Perfect By Adrienne Samuels Gibbs The Bridgeport writer longed for Mexican American voices in literature growing up. Now she’s carving out a place for her own. Read more
This Program Brings Dance Out of the Theater, Into the Parks By Emma Krupp Dance in the Parks takes advantage of Chicago's beautiful parks and vibrant dance community to build bridges to new audiences. Read more
The Top Ten Things to Do This Week in Chicago Taste of Chicago, Samaria Rice: A Mother Speaks, Ruido Fest, West Fest, Gorillaz, and more Read more
