Nutcracker, Rebooted: How an All-Star Team Reimagines a Holiday Classic

By Nissa Rhee

Nearly 10 years in the making, the Joffrey's new "Nutcracker" promises to be one of the most exciting productions of the year. Read more

Five Fun Things to Do in Chicago This Week

Eryn Allen Kane, Wonderland Express, Simmer Brown Show, Tonya and Nancy: The Rock Opera, Be Happy: A Forget-About-The-Election Variety Show, and McDonald’s Thanksgiving Parade Read more

The Best Gifts for Chicago Nerds and Art Lovers

By Elly Fishman

Great local finds for every kind of culture vulture Read more

Che “Rhymefest” Smith: 2016 Chicagoan of the Year

By Mark Bazer

This rapper and community activist aims to bring police and the communities they serve together. Read more

Kerry James Marshall: 2016 Chicagoan of the Year

By Elly Fishman

This painter’s three-decade-long documentation of the everyday black experience is changing the face of Western art. Read more

With Trump's Election, Chicago’s "Donnie Trumpet" Is No More

By Matt Pollock

The Social Experiment producer and musician is killing off his stage name to distance himself from the President-elect. Read more

5 Things You Might Not Know About the Krocs of McDonald’s

By Sarah Watts

A new book dives into the lives of the longtime McDonald’s owner and his wife. Read more

Diana Guerrero-Maciá’s New Work Looks to the Future

By Jason Foumberg

The artist’s show, Slow Blossoming, opens at Carrie Secrist Gallery this month. Read more

Five Things to Do in Chicago This Week

Chicago Jazz Philharmonic, The Fundamentals, The 1975, Khecari, and Pop-Up Magazine Read more

Haunting New Book Revisits Japanese Internment Camps

By John Hardberger

Richard Cahan and Michael Williams’s Un-American: The Incarceration of Japanese Americans During World War II captures a grim part of American history. Read more

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