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Tom Morello to rage at Riot Fest
Stuart Dybeck, America’s best short-story writer and regular Chicago guy
This is this: The story coming out of Worlds of Music slightly off-key
Raygun. Naked. An extensive q&a with Chicago punk legends Naked Raygun.
Billy Dec, the hardest working man in Chicago.
Steve Albini is a really good guy, trust us!
For former skinhead Christian Picciolini, the road to redemption has many tolls, but continues on
City Clerk Susana Mendoza calls it as she sees it
Joe Shanahan, Chicago’s most influential music man
W. Kamau Bell makes people laugh and think, whatever their shade
Hoop Dreams director Steve James goes one-on-one about Ebert biopic
Gerry Leonard, David Bowie’s music director quietly visits MCA exhibit
Suzanne Vega continues to wear many hats
Writer Alex Kotlowitz: Chicago’s most important storyteller
Legendary newsman John “Bulldog” Drummond may be retired, but he’s still pounding the pavement
Kathleen Hanna refocuses the “riot” to her own family with new album from The Julie Ruin
Martin Atkins: Pioneering punk rocker, educator, reaping the benefits of not giving a f#&!k
Writers:
With ‘Hot Mess,’ Emily Belden may be Chicago’s next literary star
Stuart Dybeck, America’s best short-story writer and regular Chicago guy
Local author takes kids to Chicago neighborhoods via new children’s book
Kevin Coval: Chicago’s unofficial poet laureate makes no small plans
Reporter Mary Wisniewski continues the revival of Nelson Algren with a new biography
Chicago Blues Odyssey: Alan Harper’s Waiting For Buddy Guy
37 years later, a new book tries to set the record straight on Disco Demolition
Writer Alex Kotlowitz: Chicago’s most important storyteller
Renee Rosen, one of Chicago’s finest novelists
Awards and acclaim ensure Cristina Henriquez’s ‘Unknown Americans’ is forever known
Characters:
With his one-man show, Ben Hollis takes us back to a time when Chicago was wild
Amara Enyia joins crowded field vying for Mayor Emanuel’s seat
Kelsie Huff, Chicago’s finest stand-up comic
Amy Thompson – Chicago’s next sketch comedy gift to the country?
Eileen Tull: Having survived the temple of doom, she’s aiming to find her lost ark
Robin Slonina draws on her Chicago work ethic to take Vegas art scene to next level
W. Kamau Bell makes people laugh and think, whatever their shade
Asra Nomani – A rebel with a cause
Chef Bruno Abate has the appetite to fix a broken system and the recipe — ‘a Recipe For Change’
Mark Bazer taking The Interview Show to WTTW
Amy Guth takes aim at Internet trolls and harrassers
Catherine De Orio, the embodiment of class, smarts and hard work – and the best of Chicago
Billy Dec: the hardest working man in Chicago
Art Shay: Possessor of the eternal fire
Lady D, Chicago’s very own first lady of House music
Urge Overkill “Stalker” Beverly Babb
Legendary newsman John “Bulldog” Drummond
Chicago City Clerk Susana Mendoza
Cameron Esposito: The Now of comedy
She’s Crafty Rhymes the Rhyme well
Adam Selzer: Local historian bringing Sherlock Holmes back to where it started, 100 years later
Theater:
With his one-man show, Ben Hollis takes us back to a time when Chicago was wild
United Flight 232 to run again: A conversation with its director, Vanessa Stalling
Local writer, musicians bringing alt-rock musical ‘Unplugged’ to City Winery
Currently running in Jefferson Park, ‘Unseen’ definitely should be seen
Two new Chicago plays tap into the high drama of the newspaper world
Mitchell Fain responds to the end of The Santaland Diaries with new tell-all show
New staging of ‘Bleacher Bums’ starts this week and promises to break new ground
Chicago playwright Rick Roberts sure to raise eyebrows and discussion with “Thee Trinity”
Actor Mitchell Fain on The Santaland Diaries
Assassination Theater: a review
Writer/Repoter Hillel Levin on his play Assassination Theater
The Midnight City – Tony Fitzpatrick
Dream comes to fruition for playwright Todd Bauer
ART
For abstract painter Jill McLean, success comes from hard work, talent and gratitude
Chicago pothole mosaic artis Jim Bachor produces smiles and fills a need
Daniel Torres burst onto Chicago Art Scene with successful show
Andy Warhol’s 1979 visit to Chicago documented and on display at Uptown gallery
Lindsey Liss: An artist on the cusp
Russian artist fights for creative freedom in visa request
Pioneering punk rocker and artist Tim Kerr the focus of a new art show starting Saturday
Englewood in focus and the focus of photographer Tonika Johnson
Ai Weiwei and Henry Darger: Two exhibits that should not be missed
‘Anonymous Women’ find voice through photographer Patty Carroll
Ben Blount’s art stirs things up
Maggie Meiners revisits Rockwell and goes from photographer to artist
Jane Saks harnesses art to take on social justice with Project&
Chicago artist Krista Wortendyke uses her camera to speak about Chicago violence
Lou Shields: A rambler, a rocker and an artist
Robin Slonina draws on her Chicago work ethic to take the Vegas art scene to a higher level
Tom Palazzolo: Chicago’s chronicler of the city’s foibles and its oddballs
South Side arts organization recruiting artists to urge state legislators to end budget impasse
Artist George Klauba on his Cuban Revolution inspired paintings
Art Shay: Possessor of the eternal fire
Artist Stephen Martin — the man who chose to become homeless and used it as a muse
Artist Zainab Zeb – global women’s rights activist speaks loudest through her paintings
Music:
New music collaboration highlights Chicago’s Americana history
Two Chicago music venues choose silence over hate rock Friday night
This is this: Yes, I traveled 8,000 miles to see a band, and I’d do it again!
Dick Biondi ‘Super Fan’ set to release documentary about legendary DJ
Company of Thieves set to steal more hearts second time around
Martin Atkins: Pioneering punk rocker, educator, reaping the benefits of not giving a f#&!k
Seminal Chicago punk band Pegboy turning up the volume with a spate of shows
Black Pistol Fire hits the target at Riot Fest
Hot Water Music’s Chuck Ragon on muic, fly fishing and Pegboy
Tom Morello to rage at Riot Fest
Jason Narducy’s Split Single to play Taste of Chicago Saturday
Blues Fest pulls off move to Millenium Park without major hitches
2017 Chicago Blues Fest in pictures
Chuck Ragan: singer, songwriter, rocker and Southern gentleman
The film about Chicago’s legendary Wax Trax! Records almost complete
Michael Bloomfield: The Rise and Fall of an American Guitar Hero
Nicole Atkins: No ordinary Jersey girl, returns to Chicago Nov. 25
Chicago Blues Odyssey: Alan Harper’s Waiting For Buddy Guy
Nino Arobelidze: Remember that name
Lou Shields: A rambler, a rocker and an artist
Kathleen Hanna refocuses the “riot” to her own family with new album from The Julie Ruin
Jon Dee Graham’s Crown Jewel: Fitzgerald’s American Music Fest
American Grit: Mike Cooley of Drive By Truckers
Al Scorch: Chicago’s newest musical gift to the world
Bruce Iglauer: One of the last beacons of the blues still going strong
JC Brooks hoping to take his sound from Uptown to the top of the charts
Freakwater makes Bloodshot debut (album review)
Suzanne Vega continues to wear many hats
Gerry Leonard, David Bowie’s music director quietly visits MCA exhibit
Marketa Irglova has found and is sharing her own separate peace with new album, tour
Joe Shanahan, Chicago’s most influential music man
Hometown band Bailiff ready to take on the world
Southern Belle of the Ball: Marcia Ball
Daniel Martin Moore, a man of soft spoken songs and strong convictions
A conversation with rock icon Kelley Deal
Lady D, Chicago’s very own first lady of House music
FILM
Jerry Vasilatos comes full-circle with 25th Anniversary restoration of his film ‘Solstice’
Dick Biondi ‘Super Fan’ set to release documentary about legendary DJ
Former Marine Devon Colwell making the breach into the movie biz
Cancer survivor Kayla Redig makes movie to give voice to overlooked young-adult cancer patients
Andy Davis left Chicago years ago, but Chicago never left Andy Davis
Fawzia Mirza wins the belt with ‘Signature Move’
“The Wheelchair Chronicles” advocate for disabled in popular media
Brian Wendorf – Ringleader of the Chicago Underground Film Festival
Chicagoan David Singer talks about his first full-length feature film, “Imperfections”
Adam Selzer: Local historian bringing Sherlock Holmes back to where it started, 100 years later
Tom Palazzolo: Chicago’s chronicler of the city’s foibles and its oddballs
John Maloof – the man who took Vivian Maier form the storage bin to the Academy Awards
Kim Longinotto gives voice to Chicago’s voiceless with Dreamcatcher
Two films from two Chicagoans shine the light on Nelson Algren
Producer Robert Teitel keeps bringing Chicago stories to the big screen
Other:
Psychotherapist Nicole Sachs bringing her drug-free chronic pain treatment to Chicago
Russian artist fights for creative freedom in visa request
Oscar Lopez Rivera, one man’s freedom fighter and another man’s terrorist
A.V. Club picks up steam in new televison series
Joe and Melissa Basilone, revitalizing a neighborhood one business at a time
The Bard Prison Initiative to be featured at Printers Row Lit Fest
Chicago citizens receive resources to prevent unneccesary trauma loses
The Rohingya in Chicago: A persecuted Muslim minority with a mission
A Chicago Cubs Game 7 World Series victory – in pictures
For former skinhead Christian Picciolini, the road to redemption has many tolls, but continues on
37 years later, a new book tries to set the record straight on Disco Demolition
Chicago Girl leads Syrian Revolution from Des Plaines to Damascus
Activist/Journalist responsible for the release of the Laquan McDonald video speaks out
Youth football league founder, coach, says football should be played by adults only
Suburban Chicago couple hopes to inspire other parents, near and far
Father in the center of a State Department child abduction investigation speaks out from jail
Photo essay: St. Boniface, Our Lady of urban photography explorers
Mark Bazer taking The Interview Show to WTTW
Events:
Andy Warhol’s 1979 visit to Chicago documented and on display at Uptown gallery
Wesley Willis artwork to be sold off Tuesday
Beverly art exhibit pushes forward a constant struggle of racial discussion
Bowie Jefferson Park exhibit at the Ed Pasche Center
Columns
Bob Chiarito
This is this: Yes, I traveled 8,000 miles to see a band, and I’d do it again!
This is this: Trump intimidating Comey shouldn’t be a hard pill to swallow
This is this: The story coming out of Worlds of Music slightly off-key
This is This: A New Chicago Folk Hero is born?
This is This: Chicago’s Super Heroes
This is This: My choice for mayor of Chicago
Nora Dunn
Michael Lopez
Something different from the North Side
Katy Jacob
Chicago, You Are Trying To Break My Heart
Reviews
Chicago’s Bailiff rocks Taste of Chicago, converts more fans
This Way Outta Santaland, Mitchell Fain’s new endeavor
The Sign In Sidney Brustein’s Window
Assassination Theater Kills It!
The Chicago Ambassador 