Beyond, Parks and zoos, Uncategorized

GALLERY: Brookfield Zoo’s Holiday Magic Still Shines

  [soliloquy id=”22025″]   Welcome to the first day back from the holidays! We hope you had a lovely time celebrating with friends and family. If you’ve still got some […]

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Beyond, Parks and zoos, Suburbs and exurbs, Uncategorized

GALLERY: Chicago Botanic Garden Sweetens the Pot for 2017’s Wonderland Express

  [soliloquy id=”21907″]   Wonderland Express is something of an institution at the Chicago Botanic Garden. For years, it’s been delighting families with its classic model trains, unique local botanical […]

Marielle Bokor /
Beyond, Parks and zoos, Uncategorized

GALLERY: ‘Fire and Ice’ at Garfield Park Conservatory a Holiday Stunner

[soliloquy id=”21705″]   We’re full tilt in the holiday season now, like it or not. Thanksgiving came in with a flurry of turkey, gravy and pie and December started in […]

Marielle Bokor /
Film, Film & TV, Review, Uncategorized

Film Review: Guillermo del Toro Delivers a Cinematic Miracle in The Shape of Water

There’s a sequence somewhere in the middle of director and co-writer Guillermo del Toro’s latest, The Shape of Water, in which the world turns black-and-white for just a couple of […]

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Uncategorized

Jorja Smith Continues to Impress with a Captivating Night at Subterranean

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There is something particularly special about Red Bull Sound Select’s 30 Days in Chicago. Every show I’ve had the pleasure of going to in the series has been handled with […]

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Beyond, Museums, Uncategorized

GALLERY: 75 Years of Christmas Around The World at MSI

Now that the turkey’s gone and the pumpkin pie a memory, it’s time to get in the full swing of the holiday season. The Magnificent Mile’s had its lighting and […]

Marielle Bokor /
Uncategorized

Fresh Start to Your Week: 11/27 – 11/29

I’m sure that most people’s Thanksgiving weekend was filled with family gatherings, online and in store shopping sprees, and plenty of good cheer! Let’s keep the great feeling of the […]

Julian Ramirez /
Lit, Uncategorized

Interview: C. Spike Trotman of Iron Circus Comics

In 2009, Chicago webcomic cartoonist C. Spike Trotman, under her own publishing company, Iron Circus Comics,  created the Kickstarter page for her first crowdfunded comic, “Poorcraft.” Since then, Iron Circus has […]

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Classical, Interviews, Music, Previews, Previews, Uncategorized

Interview: New Percussion Concerto by Augusta Read Thomas to Premiere November 12

Augusta Read Thomas shows off a score. Photo by Anthony Barach.

The Harris Theater will host the world premiere of a new work by Chicago composer Augusta Read Thomas this Sunday, November 12. Sonorous Earth is a concerto for orchestra and […]

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Beyond, Soapbox, Uncategorized

We Stand With Chicagoist and DNAinfo Chicago

  Today, the plug was abruptly pulled from both Chicagoist and DNAinfo Chicago. There was no warning, just an immediate takedown of everything on both sites. Amazing writers, editors and […]

Marielle Bokor /
Art & Museums, Design, Interviews, Uncategorized

Lead VSA Designer Dana Arnett Talks Dynamics and Art of Design

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Meet Dana Arnett who is vice chairperson and founding partner of VSA Partners which started more than 30 years ago as a three-person design firm that included Arnett’s mentor, Robert […]

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Beyond, Interviews, Museums, Uncategorized

The Present Past – Groundbreaking Exhibit Brings Holocaust Survivors’ Stories to Life Every Day

It should first be said that the accounts that Holocaust survivors have of their time in the concentration camps, the ghettos and occupied countries, fighting for their lives and witnessing […]

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