All the highlights of another busy cultural season
Tag: Vol. 46 No. 49
Issue of Sep. 14 – 20, 2017
Posted inMusic
Ten best bets for fall music
Matthew Lux’s Communication Arts Quartet September 21 Matthew Lux is the Kevin Bacon of Chicago music, connected to just about every important living player in the city. He’s been a […]
Posted inArts & Culture
Ten best bets for fall visual arts
Chicago Architecture Biennial Aside from the main exhibition taking place at the Cultural Center, this year’s biennial boasts a number of smaller satellite shows, including new “anchor sites” in various […]
Posted inFilm
Ten best bets for fall movie releases
Battle of the Sexes The 1973 tennis match between Bobby Riggs and Billie Jean King was a carnival—the equal rights movement as prime-time game show, broadcast on ABC to an […]
Posted inArts & Culture
Ten best bets for fall lit
The Hunting Accident by David L. Carlson and Landis Blair The Hunting Accident is the story of how Charlie Rizzo uncovered the story of his father Matt’s friendship with his […]
Posted inArts & Culture
Ten best bets for fall theater
The Toad Knew News items always ID James Thierrée as “Chaplin’s grandson,” but he deserves something more like “physical theater genius” or “cunning surrealist.” Back at Chicago Shakespeare after a […]
Posted inFood & Drink
Five best bets for bar and brewpub openings
Prairie School Late September A collaboration between Heisler Hospitality and Jim Meehan, founder of New York’s PDT bar, Prairie School is inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright—both the design of the […]
Posted inArts & Culture
Five best bets for fall dance 2017
Shen Wei, Reggie Wilson’s Citizen, Faye Driscoll’s Thank You for Coming, and more
Posted inArts & Culture
Five best bets for fall TV
Nathan for You Nathan Fielder saves struggling businesses by taking the longest possible route for the shortest possible gain. In one instance, he enticed customers to fill up at a […]
Posted inArts & Culture
Five best bets for fall comedy
Nick Offerman: Full Bush Tour On the TV show Parks and Recreation, Nick Offerman’s character Ron Swanson was known for his love of red meat, his carpentry, and his bushy […]
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Pat Hill’s legacy
The Chicago police officer and citizen activist was years ahead of her time.
Posted inArts & Culture
Redmoon may be over, but Frank Maugeri is still going strong
The onetime artistic director of the defunct theater has a new nonprofit, the Cabinet of Curiosity Events.
Posted inBlogs
A new dance company celebrates the ‘positive and peaceful places of the south side’
German dancer-choreographer Nejla Yatkin and the new South Chicago Dance Theatre put Jackson Park’s Garden of the Phoenix at the center of an immersive work.
Posted inArts & Culture
The American Mercy Tour, United Flight 232, and ten more new stage shows
A dual-sided look at health care and an electrifying study of heroism are among this week’s best bets.
Posted inArts & Culture
Chicago is Eve Ewing’s home, and her art
The U. of C. professor and Twitter star’s genre-defying debut book is the first part of a long-term creative project.