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Home » Glencoe

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Flavortown awaits.
Posted inCity Life

Farmers, drive-ins, and shrines

by Salem Collo-Julin April 23, 2021August 18, 2021

Upcoming events and recommendations from our listings coordinator

Posted inMusic

David Dann on his new biography of blues-rock guitarist Michael Bloomfield

by Jack Riedy October 11, 2019August 18, 2021

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

by Tony Adler August 29, 2018August 18, 2021

Writers Theatre’s Vietgone brings the war home to Glencoe.

Posted inBlogs

An immersive John Hughes-themed film festival is coming to Chicago this summer

by Leah Pickett January 17, 2017August 18, 2021

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 North Shore fuels architecture fantasies

by Laura Pearson June 23, 2016August 18, 2021

The curving streets of the affluent north suburbs are lined with midcentury-modern marvels and the locations of John Hughes movies.

Posted inBest of Chicago

Chicago’s most uncomfortable theaters can offer exceptional theatrical experiences

by Zac Thompson June 23, 2016August 18, 2021

Close quarters, minuscule budgets, and structural limitations can work wonders when it comes to creating intimacy and forcing invention.

Posted inArts & Culture

A beautiful new building opens with a complex play

by Tony Adler March 31, 2016August 18, 2021

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

by Deanna Isaacs April 14, 2015August 18, 2021

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

by Ben Joravsky July 2, 2014August 18, 2021

A political action committee for Mayor Emanuel rakes in the cash.

Kate Fry and Mark L. Montgomery in Hedda Gabler
Posted inBest of Chicago

Best Three-Hit Run by a Theater Raising $31 Million

by Tony Adler June 25, 2014August 18, 2021

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

by Chicago Reader February 20, 2014August 18, 2021

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

by Aimee Levitt July 28, 2013August 19, 2021

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

by Chicago Reader June 13, 2013August 19, 2021

Obscure psych-pop duo Athanor split the difference between the British Invasion and Amon Duul II on three mid-70s singles.

Hayley Himmelman (left) in front of New Trier High, and Jasmeen Wellere (right) in front of Hirsch Metropolitan High
Posted inNews & Politics

Two students, two high schools, two divergent paths to college

by Steve Bogira October 17, 2012August 19, 2021

Two students, two high schools, two divergent paths to college

Posted inBlogs

The NEA comes to Glencoe’s aid

by Deanna Isaacs July 16, 2012August 19, 2021

A $100,000 NEA grant will help build a theater in upscale Glencoe, Illinois

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