Elly Fishman
3H
ago

A “Midwestern Gothic” Thriller Hits Theaters
Director and UIC professor Jennifer Reeder’s Knives and Skin captures the big moods of young adulthood.
11 months
ago

The Underground Railroad Through the Eyes of Dawoud Bey
The Hyde Park artist’s new work evokes the furtive journeys of fugitive slaves.
12 months
ago

My Grandmother’s Chicago
Penned in her memoir-writing class, these stories reveal a city where wonder was easy to find.
2 years
ago

Read Our City and Regional Magazine Award-Nominated Stories
From a look inside a high school that’s half immigrants to the legacy of Charlie Trotter, some of the magazine’s best writing from 2017 is here.
2 years
ago

Room 237 Is a Pop-Up Bar Tribute to ‘The Shining’
The Rookery in Ukrainian Village decked out its upstairs bar to look like the Overlook Hotel’s fictional Gold Room—and invited some characters from the movie.
2 years
ago

What Happens When Two Geniuses Collide? We Asked Jeanne Gang and Nick Cave
We talked to the Aqua architect and the artist behind Soundsuits about their first-ever collaboration and why they’re fans of each other.
2 years
ago

How Do You Remake a Museum? We Asked Ali Gass
The new director of the Smart Museum wants to make it a more modern institution.
2 years
ago

Welcome to Refugee High
3 years
ago

The Bite That Changed My Life
More than a decade in the making, Emil Ferris’s stunning graphic novel, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, will be released on February 14.
3 years
ago
