A Dance for the Dark Net By Lauren Warnecke In The Fifth, Philip Elson explores the world of whistleblowers, hacktivists, and digital crusaders. Read more
A Soul Singer’s Rebirth By Dan Hyman How to Dress Well’s sunny new album finds a once-gloomy man transformed. Read more
Downtown Photo Series Captures Loneliness and Beauty of City Life The meticulously crafted, "enhanced reality" photographs of Clarissa Bonet reveal truth in the ephemeral. Read more
The Top Five Things to Do This Week in Chicago Andrew Bird, Blow Up: Inflatable Contemporary Art, Dawoud Bey: Harlem Redux, In the Heights, and Xplore Chicago Read more
Through Chemo and Divorce, Gina Frangello Still Delivers on Third Novel By Claire Zulkey Every Kind of Wanting is about three couples who have a "community baby" through gestational surrogacy. Read more
Five Prime Spots to Discover Rising Local Artists By Jason Foumberg Where to find the Chicago art world’s next breakout talent Read more
59 Things to Do in Chicago in September By Jason Foumberg, John Hardberger, Britt Julious, Graham Meyer, Matt Pollock, Catey Sullivan, and Lauren Warnecke The best things to do in Chicago this month, selected by our critics Read more
Pinball Machines Get the Museum Treatment By John Hardberger The curator of new art and history exhibit Skillshot, the Collaborative Art of Pinball shares the secrets of his own Chicago-built game. Read more
Oprah’s First Season: An Oral History By Mike Thomas Before she was a media deity, Oprah Winfrey was a fledgling local talk show host with a shot at national stardom. Read more
