At the corner of Madison and Jefferson in Chicago stands a 100-foot-high baseball bat, constructed in a lattice pattern from 20 tons of steel. It is the largest sculpture created by the artist Claes Oldenburg, a man from whose mind sprang any number of super-sized objects: a 45-foot tall clothespin in Philadelphia, a 29-foot-long spoon […]
Tag: Chicago magazine
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A silence louder than words
How allegations of sexual abuse exposed cracks in the foundation of Young Chicago Authors, Free Write Arts & Literacy, and the city’s spoken word community
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On April 5, 1968, the west side was on fire
Twenty years later, the Reader looked back and wondered why no one else had done the same.
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The secret lives of food critics, circa 1980
It was a dangerous profession, as the Reader‘s Toni Schlesinger discovered.
Posted inArts & Culture
Dave Kehr returns with another indispensable collection of film criticism
University of Chicago Press issues Movies That Mattered, a follow-up to the longtime Reader staffer’s 2011 book When Movies Mattered.
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Susana Mendoza might have just won her next election
The state comptroller is no one’s “mini-me.”
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Facebook Live attackers charged with a hate crime, and other Chicago news
Also, Chance the Rapper joins the DuSable Museum’s board of trustees.
Posted inArts & Culture
2016 in theater was wildly convulsive on- and offstage
Controversies over abuse, alleged druggings, and “whitewashing” roiled even as Shakespeare 400 Chicago soared.
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The Beats & Bars after-school program makes great protest music that doesn’t need a news hook
Chicago magazine’s story on current Chicago protest music overlooks some of the best, including the EP Who They Wish I Was by the Beats & Bars after-school program.
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Gannett makes takeover bid about Michael Ferro
Attacking the new boss is the company’s latest takeover strategy.
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Will the Chicago Tribune be the next Gannett paper?
If so, what a terrible thing for the Tribune.
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Tracy Letts and the case of the missing play
The best parts of Steppenwolf’s Mary Page Marlowe may be the ones that aren’t there.
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Michael Ferro leads the parade
Michael Ferro—a controversial choice for grand marshal of Chicago’s Columbus Day parade
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Chicago magazine staff ‘beyond stunned’ at the firing of editor Elizabeth Fenner and the appointment of Susanna Homan
The change at the top of Chicago magazine’s masthead is harmful for many reasons.
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Tribune Publishing replaces serious journalist with celebrity gawker as editor of Chicago magazine
Elizabeth Fenner is out as Chicago magazine editor; Splash creator and publisher Susanna Homan is in.