By Angela Allyn Angela is an artist, cultural observer and a community arts program coordinator and she has always wanted to write about food. This article is adapted from a post that […]
Gefilte Fish vs. Cream-Filled Eggs: The Spring Conundrum
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Joffrey Showcases Winning Works This March
This article was written by Savannah E. Dunn. The Harold Washington Library hosted Joffrey’s seventh annual performance of Winning Works March 11 and 12. This renowned program brings minority and emerging artists in […]
Review:Illusions of Magic: Love and intrigue in 1933 Chicago
Illusions of Magic: Love and Intrigue in 1933 Chicago resurrects three little-known aspects of history: the 1933 assassination attempt on Franklin D. Roosevelt that killed Chicago mayor Anton Cermak, the resulting political […]
Celebrating Repeal Day in 2016: The Old Time Saloon and Donald Trump
Our guest author is Bill Savage, who teaches Chicago culture at Northwestern University and the Newberry Library. His essays, articles, and reviews have run in the Chicago Tribune, ESPN.go.com, and the Chicago […]
Fresh Local Lit: “Tabernacle for Drinkers” from Iggy Aloysius’ Fishhead. Republic of Want
Fishhead. Republic of Want is an experimental novel by Ignatius Valentine Aloysius. It’s a layered metafictional work in the style of Cervantes and Borges, where Fate (Destiny) is the story’s overarching narrator, addressing love […]
Review: Brian Doyle’s Chicago— A 300 Page Love Letter
About the reviewer: Susannah Pratt is a Chicago-based consultant by day, reader/writer by night, who is currently preparing for the forthcoming winter by stocking up on books. You can find more of […]
Fresh Local Lit: An Excerpt from Iggy Aloysius’ Fishhead. Republic of Want
Fishhead. Republic of Want is an experimental novel by Ignatius Valentine Aloysius in the style of Cervantes and Borges, where Fate is the overarching narrator, addressing love and human behavior within hunger’s grip. […]
Interview with Chicago Artist Bailey Romaine in Berlin
By Vanessa Gravenor Bailey Romaine is a sculptor who has been based in Chicago for the last years. She completed her BFA at SAIC and her MFA at UIC in 2016. On […]
Review and Interview of White Feelings at The Franklin
Guest writer Hiba Ali is a writer and digital media artist who holds two undergraduate degrees from the School of the Art Institute Chicago with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Film, Video, […]
Preview: Cook County Social Club Returns to IO for Two Performances
Guest Author Patrick McManus is a stand-up comic living and working in Chicago. Patrick is a real cool guy who won the 100 Proof Comedy’s Chicago’s Top College Comedian Competition in 2015. […]
Highs and Lows from the Comedy Exposition
Guest Author Patrick McManus is a stand-up comic living and working in Chicago. Patrick is a real cool guy who won the 100 Proof Comedy’s Chicago’s Top College Comedian Competition in 2015. […]
PREVIEW: See stand up all weekend at The Comedy Exposition
Guest Author Patrick McManus is a stand-up comic living and working in Chicago. Patrick is a real cool guy who won the 100 Proof Comedy’s Chicago’s Top College Comedian Competition in 2015. […]
