Christopher Pazdernik directs Matthew Lombardo’s 2017 grown-ups-only update of Dr. Seuss’s yuletide classic, How the Grinch Stole Christmas. On the outskirts of Whoville, in a modest but homey trailer, a very adult Cindy Lou Who recounts her meet-cute with the Grinch and the resulting fallout. Who’s Holiday! Through 12/26: see website for full schedule, Theater […]
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Students at Northeastern pay the price for Illinois’s budget failures
The state university is the latest victim of the two-year budget stalemate.
The scurrilous cartoons of Dr. Seuss
Dr. Suess Goes to War reveals an ugly side of Theodor Seuss Dreisel.
Here are 28 books we can’t wait to read in 2015
New stuff to read from Sandra Cisneros, Harper Lee, Elizabeth Gilbert, Patti Smith, and more.
Our favorite visual art of 2014
This was a transformative year for Chicago’s art world.
Sixteen fun facts about 16 cartoonists who changed the world
Local illustrator/designer Monte Beauchamp has two excellent new books out for devotees of comics and pulps.
Reader’s Agenda Mon 9/29: Nasty, Brutish, and Short, ‘Hats Off to Dr. Seuss!,’ and Earth
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Monday, September 29
How The Lorax ended up in the LBJ Presidential Library and Museum
Here’s some more stuff you didn’t know about Dr. Seuss.
Dr. Seuss comes to Water Tower Place
The Art of Dr. Seuss Gallery shows off Ted Geisel’s beloved characters—and his lesser-known excursions into fine art.
Reader’s Agenda Sat 6/14: “The Art of Dr. Seuss,” World Naked Bike Ride, and Nick Vatterott
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Saturday, June 14
Alzheimer’s from the inside out
Christine Mary Dunford adapts Still Alice, Lisa Genova’s novel about early-onset Alzheimer’s, to the stage.
Reader’s Agenda Sat 3/2: Dr. Seuss, Major Lazer, and hunger relief
What’s on the Reader’s Agenda for Saturday, March 2, 2013.
Earth Day was the worst day, now we drink champagne when we thirst-ay
A review of the new animated feature The Lorax