Art & Museums, Lit

Celebrate Zine Night at the Field Notes Midwest HQ

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For a night of zines and beer, swing by the Field Notes Midwest HQ in West Loop this Thursday evening. Browse through zines, prints, and self-published art from local vendors, and […]

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Lit, Reviews

Alec Baldwin Shares His Wisdom at the Athenaeum Theatre

Alec Baldwin Chicago Ideas Week

I’ve always been an Alec Baldwin fan—his ability to shape-shift through a variety of different roles astounds me. From portraying an ex-husband-turned-lover in It’s Complicated to his pinnacle role as […]

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Art & Museums, Lit, Photography

Wild Chicago Explored by Mike MacDonald

In his coffee table book, My Journey Into the Wilds of Chicago,  Mike MacDonald, photographer and author, explores one of his greatest passions, the natural world all around Chicagoland. Mike […]

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Art & Museums, Lit, Photography

Poetry Foundation Introduces Us to Jun Fujita, Poet, Pioneer Photojournalist

Jun Fujita thought of himself first as a poet and an artist. He wrote Japanese poetry in the form known as tanka and took exquisite black-and-white landscape and flower photos […]

Nancy S Bishop /
Dance, Lit, Stages

Misty Copeland on Wellness, Authenticity, and of Course, Ballet and Her New Book

It was a regular Thursday. I kept forgetting that I’d get to see someone so inspirational speak later, someone who had become a legend in the world of dance. It was […]

Sarah Brooks /
Lit, Reviews

The Cleveland Neighborhood Guidebook Will Make Even Non-Clevelanders Homesick

I’ve loved Cleveland since I went to the Westside Market during a road trip with my parents when I was in middle school. It was the first time I’d been […]

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Interviews, Lit

From Dropout to Director: MIT Media Lab’s Joi Ito on Interest-Driven Learning

Joi Ito often hears the same question: How did a two-time college dropout become the director of MIT’s Media Lab, one of the coolest jobs in media? By jumping from […]

Colin S. Smith /
Fiction, Lit, Live lit events

George Saunders, Pop Culture Phenom, Comes to Chicago

I’ve liked George Saunders’ since I read his short story collection Pastoralia as a freshman in college. I’d never read anything like it. There was a historical re-enactment theme park, […]

Emma Terhaar /
Classical, Lit, Music

Newberry Consort Celebrates Queen Christina of Sweden in Legend and Music

The Newberry Consort, an early music ensemble, dedicated its current performances to Queen Christina of Sweden in an evening of music and story about the distinctive royal figure. The Queen: […]

Nancy S Bishop /
Front page, Lit

Happy Birthday, Chicago!

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Today marks Sweet Home Chicago’s 180th birthday. Born as a town in 1833 and becoming a full-grown city in 1837, Chicago is a city that’s always thriving. After being completely burned to […]

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Fiction, Lit

Bookclub Pick: 47th Street Black, a Look into Chicago’s Painful Past

Mookie and J.C., two black boys from the South Side of Chicago, find the body of a notorious gangster in an alley. It’s the 1960s, and while heroin hasn’t yet […]

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Lit, Live lit events

It’s Not All Talk at Chicago Ideas Curiosity Series 2017

Alec Baldwin will take a break from wearing orange this spring to speak at Chicago Ideas’ Curiosity Series. The Emmy and Golden Globe-winning actor and writer will be talking about […]

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