The (Not So) Glamorous Life of a Movie Extra By Kimberly Nelson The author has ridden the L with George Clooney and watched Christopher Nolan direct. But it’s not always so fabulous. Read more
Ike Barinholtz Has a Bullshit Detector Interview by Mike Thomas The comedic actor, 46, on weed and why he’ll never have a six-pack. Read more
How the Great Fire Changed Chicago By Robert Loerzel In The Burning of the World, Scott W. Berg offers new conclusions about the 1871 fire and its aftermath. Read more
Goodman’s Artistic Director Exercises Her Mind By Web Behrens Susan V. Booth is a plank advocate and Spelling Bee speedster. Read more
When Charlie Chaplin Tramped Through Uptown By Kathleen Rooney Before Hollywood became Hollywood, it was here, too. Read more
Why Douglass Park Neighbors Hate Riot Fest By David McMillin One of the city’s leading alternative music events has a history of getting on locals’ nerves. Read more
The Most Inventive, Twisted Basement Theater in Town By Web Behrens Kokandy Productions has made a Wicker Park cellar a destination for imaginative musical theater. Read more
Chicago’s Poet Laureate Always Had a Smart Mouth Interview by Mike Thomas avery r. young, 49, on hidden art, anger management, and poems that don’t rhyme. Read more
And Now a Word From Voice-over Actors By Tal Rosenberg It may seem easy, but making a career out of talking isn't as simple as it sounds. Read more
