Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 1/26 – 1/28
I have some good news and some bad news. Bad news is that Donut Fest is long sold out. Good news is there are plenty of fun events to help […]
Record Traffic at O’Hare Airport
Traffic at O’Hare Airport reached record levels in 2017. According to the Chicago Department of Aviation, some 79.8 million passengers passed through the aiport last year, a 2.4 percent increase […]
Emanuel Skips White House Meeting Over DOJ Letter
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel skipped a previously scheduled meeting with the White House on Wednesday after the Department of Justice threatened to subpoena local governments demanding proof that local law […]
‘Doomsday Clock’ Moves to 2 Minutes to Midnight
It’s now officially two minutes to midnight, according to the Doomsday Clock. The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, founded by a group of scientists at the University of Chicago, who created […]
All My Sons at Court Theatre: A Classic Tragedy Punches You in the Gut
Charles Newell’s production of Arthur Miller’s All My Sons at Court Theatre is an emotionally wrenching tragedy. Secrets and lies that have been hidden for years are gradually teased out. […]
A Field Museum Docent’s Guide to Getting the Most From Your Museum Week Visit
A note from the editor: Museum docents are formally trained volunteers who are stationed in museums to provide guided tours in the museum’s exhibition halls, and oftentimes have either a […]
Snail Mail Delivered on an Amazing TNK Lineup at Schubas
[soliloquy id=”22821″]All photos by Julian Ramirez There’s nothing better to break up the usually dreary January days like Tomorrow Never Knows festival. TNK brings five days of shows to some […]
52 Buildings on the Drawing Board in West Loop Development Boom
It was once a neighborhood where family-owned meatpackers thrived, then loft condo conversions moved in, followed by trendy restaurants. Now major change is in store for the area west of […]
Illinois Democratic Gubernatorial Candidates Face Off In First Televised Debate
Candidates vying for the Democratic nomination in the race for Illinois governor had their first live televised debate Tuesday evening. Chris Kennedy, JB Pritzker, Daniel Biss, Tio Hardiman, Bob Daiber, […]
Tammy Duckworth to be First Senator to Give Birth While In Office
Illinois Senator Tammy Duckworth will become the first sitting Senator in the country to give birth, and the 10th overall member of Congress to have a child while in office. […]
Second City’s She the People Zips by the Nuances
Just in time for the Second Annual Women’s March, the Second City remounts the sketch show She the People: Girlfriends’ Guide to Sisters Doing It For Themselves at the UP […]
Whistleblower Disrupts Small Town Life in Red Orchid’s Traitor
As if to prove you can out-Ibsen Ibsen, playwright Brett Neveu has taken Henrik Ibsen’s 1882 play, An Enemy of the People, and transmogrified it into a contemporary setting. Neveu […]