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Home » Moby-Dick

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a black-and-white shot of Marilyn in her iconic pose over the subway grate, surrounded by a camera crew
Posted inFilm

Marilyn-Monroe; or, Blonde

by Kat Sachs September 29, 2022September 30, 2022

Marilyn Monroe is the American public’s white whale, that which we seek to dominate and claim as our own.

Posted inArts & Culture

Chicago Opera Theater’s Moby-Dick is well worth chasing down

by Deanna Isaacs April 26, 2019August 18, 2021

It’ll banish all your memories of English-class torture.

Posted inArts & Culture

There’s madness ahoy in Lookingglass’s Moby Dick

by Max Maller June 29, 2017August 18, 2021

David Catlin’s dazzling aerial-acrobatic production returns.

Posted inNews & Politics

You’ll never believe the 11 reasons Clickhole is the Internet’s most brilliant site

by Tal Rosenberg June 18, 2015August 18, 2021

In its first year of existence, the Chicago-based Onion spin-off Clickhole has become the smartest, funniest, and most absurd thing on the Internet—precisely by lampooning the Internet’s absurdity. Share if you agree!

Posted inBlogs

When turkeys take flight

by Ben Sachs November 23, 2012August 19, 2021

Sometimes, one generation’s turkey is the next generation’s feast

Posted inBlogs

The romance of books: the Newberry Library at 125

by Jerome Ludwig November 18, 2012August 19, 2021

A special exhibit displays some of the exquisite items in the Newberry’s vast collection, on the occasion of the library’s 125th anniversary

Posted inBlogs

Whale vomit in history

by Julia Thiel March 22, 2012August 19, 2021

Ambergris in Moby-Dick and the natural history museum

Keep a Song in Your Soul: The Black Roots of Vaudeville
Posted inArts & Culture

Our top five theater picks for fall

by Chicago Reader September 15, 2011August 19, 2021

Moby-Dick, Follies, Spring Awakening, and more

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