Reader cofounder and original editor Bob Roth had some radical ideas about editors. He didn’t want them to prescribe what went into the paper, or to solicit it. He wanted the stories to crop up like some natural urban flora and make their way on their own to the Reader office. The editors’ jobs would […]
Category: Culture
Posted inOn Culture
Ravinia opens its Music Box
Here’s one way to think about the Ravinia Music Box, the new, high-tech attraction that debuted this month in its own building on the festival grounds: it takes the legendary music venue back to its earliest days. In 1904, when Ravinia first opened, it was an amusement park, intended to drum up passengers for a […]
Posted inColumns & Opinion
With the Thompson Center on the block, CAC celebrates its late creator
“Helmut Jahn: Life + Architecture” at CAC offers big pictures and tiny buildings.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Groundhog Day in federal court for the Obama Center
Protect Our Parks wants to put the brakes on the Obama Center groundbreaking.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Looking for YOMHN with Monica Brown
In “Roots, Branches: Ancestor(s) Stones,” Monica Brown traces ancestral legacies.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
The art of war and more from Bill Mauldin
The Pritzker Museum highlights Bill Mauldin’s 50-year fight with injustice.
Posted inNews & Politics
Helmut Jahn is gone, and the Thompson Center is for sale
Can we save his most important Chicago building?
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Arts 77 shores up the city’s creative infrastructure
Chicago’s new Arts 77 program will spend $60 million on cultural facilities and art.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Rethinking public art with the Chicago Monuments Project
With 41 pieces flagged as potentially problematic, the city seeks input about next steps.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
John Wayne Gacy: Devil in Disguise raises questions about the official story
Former Reader editor Alison True’s investigation fuels a new Peacock series.
Posted inArts & Culture
What are the greatest moments in Chicago music history?
Arts & Business Council of Chicago invites nominations and votes for the greatest moments in Chicago music history.
Posted inArts & Culture
We’re living (and dying) in a historic moment
Chicago History Museum is collecting the city’s pandemic experience.
Posted inArts & Culture
Arts funds respond to COVID-19
Arts for Illinois offers short-term assistance. Will it have long-term implications for funding?
Posted inArts & Culture
Chicago History Museum keeps the virtual lights on
Departing president Gary Johnson talks about going digital in a pandemic.
