Connecting the airport to the southeast side could broaden the project’s appeal.
Tag: Vol. 45 No. 20
Issue of Feb. 25 – Mar. 2, 2016
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Brothers in life and vending machines
Seeing a therapist together helps Mark and Daniel Stein better run the family business they inherited.
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Second City CEO Andrew Alexander remembers co-owner Len Stuart
Alexander shares memories of his friend and business partner after his passing.
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Watch the Oscars at Logan Theatre, see typographic art at Typeforce, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend
Table Top Shakespeare, the Randolph Street Market, and more happenings from February 26-28.
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In a month full of horror movies, the minimalist The Witch stands out
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and Southbound don’t fare as well.
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Trumpeter Jeremy Pelt collaborates with bass great Ron Carter
On the terrific new #Jiveculture, Jeremy Pelt revamps his sound yet again, this time subtly tweaking his adventurous postbop.
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A poppy new single from shoegaze revivalists Nothing
The new tune from Nothing dives into sunny, straight-ahead pop rather than the band’s usual spacey gloom.
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The director of A Hijacking is back with A War, plus more new reviews and notable screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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Is Donald Trump too scary to stand up to?
Tackling the twin fears behind the demagogue’s popularity.
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Dexter Fowler makes surprising return to the Cubs and other Chicago news
Also, Cook County plans mental health crisis center to aid police, and Obama appoints a former Chicagoan to head the Library of Congress.
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Madonna, the key to self-discovery
In Madonnaland, and Other Detours Into Fame and Fandom, Alina Simone reconciles herself to her own music career by investigating the biography of the famous pop star.
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Black Ensemble’s Doo Wop Shoo Bop, Quest Theatre’s All the World’s a Stage, and eight more stage shows to see now
Revivals are back—even Sister Act.
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A short-form defense of long-form journalism
Most narrative nonfiction isn’t bad, but it shouldn’t be a pissing match.
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‘Et tu, Michael?’ Ferro firing Griffin is positively Shakespearean
Reading into the drama as the Tribune‘s new majority owner starts cleaning house.