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Posted inMusic
David Dann on his new biography of blues-rock guitarist Michael Bloomfield
From Glencoe to Monterey Pop to oblivion: Michael Bloomfield’s huge talent and unique style changed rock guitar forever, but while Clapton and Hendrix entered the canon, he faded away.
Posted inArts & Culture
Writers Theatre’s Vietgone brings the war home to Glencoe
Writers Theatre’s Vietgone brings the war home to Glencoe.
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An immersive John Hughes-themed film festival is coming to Chicago this summer
The Shermer Club: A John Hughes Fest will take place June 22-25 in the city and suburbs where Hughes’s classic 1980s teen movies were filmed.
Posted inBest of Chicago
Chicago’s most uncomfortable theaters can offer exceptional theatrical experiences
Close quarters, minuscule budgets, and structural limitations can work wonders when it comes to creating intimacy and forcing invention.
Posted inBest of Chicago
Chicago’s North Shore fuels architecture fantasies
The curving streets of the affluent north suburbs are lined with midcentury-modern marvels and the locations of John Hughes movies.
Posted inArts & Culture
A beautiful new building opens with a complex play
Michael Halberstam’s staging of Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia is the inaugural production in Writers Theatre’s new Studio Gang Architects building in Glencoe.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Michael Halberstam moonlights with the fledgling company Definition Theatre
As A Doll’s House plays in the city, Writers Theatre’s new Jeanne Gang-designed facility goes up in the burbs.
Posted inBlogs
Wealthy donors give Mayor Rahm $1 million worth of love
A political action committee for Mayor Emanuel rakes in the cash.
Posted inBest of Chicago
Best Three-Hit Run by a Theater Raising $31 Million
While hustling to build its Jeanne Gang-designed dream house, the North Shore theater born in a bookshop put on a brilliant season.
Posted inMusic
The Secret History of Chicago Music: Epicycle
Epicycle’s brief career ended more than 30 years ago, but this North Shore punk band is still inspiring reissues today.
Posted inArts & Culture
Jeanne Nolan’s walk down the garden path
Jeanne Nolan’s new memoir, From the Ground Up, details the education of an organic gardener.
Posted inMusic
The Secret History of Chicago Music: Athanor
Obscure psych-pop duo Athanor split the difference between the British Invasion and Amon Duul II on three mid-70s singles.
Posted inNews & Politics
Two students, two high schools, two divergent paths to college
Two students, two high schools, two divergent paths to college
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The NEA comes to Glencoe’s aid
A $100,000 NEA grant will help build a theater in upscale Glencoe, Illinois