A Terrifying Interview About Lake Michigan

Chicago Magazine 1/22 12:26P

Water levels are nearing a record high, and Chicago may be even more vulnerable than other Great Lakes cities, says author Dan Egan.

Courtney Mora from In Masks on an album to take you apart and put you back together

Chicago Reader (Style) 1/22 11:30A Salem Collo-Julin

Current musical obsessions of Courtney Mora from In Masks, Maddie Rehayem from the Cell, and Salem Collo-Julin from the Reader A Reader staffer shares three musical obsessions, then asks someone (who...

Juliet is a naked cry of pain

Chicago Reader (Style) 1/22 11:30A Dmitry Samarov

But Theatre Y's staging covers up the Romanian prison camp story with too many needless additions. As the audience enters The Ready storefront space in Lincoln Square, they're asked to take off their...

Her Honor Jane Byrne remembers when the mayor moved to Cabrini

Chicago Reader (Style) 1/22 11:00A Catey Sullivan

Lookingglass produces the first in J. Nicole Brooks's planned quartet of Chicago plays. Playwright-actor-director J. Nicole Brooks wasn't yet in kindergarten when Mayor Jane Byrne did the unthinkable...

Todd Barry marks three decades in stand-up with Stadium Tour

Chicago Reader (Style) 1/22 10:50A Dan Jakes

Call him “bone dry” if you must, but don't call him “alt.” The laid-back, unassuming, eminently cool aesthetic of Pilsen's Thalia Hall is such a harmonious fit for veteran stand-up Todd Barry that...

Light in Winter celebrates Unity Temple in music and movement

Chicago Reader (Style) 1/22 10:30A Irene Hsiao

Frank Lloyd Wright's recently restored “good-time place” provides a divine backdrop for Winifred Haun and Dancers. No entrance greets the eye at the intersection of Lake Street and Kenilworth Avenue...

Filament Theatre's Forts! builds adventures, agency, and awareness

Chicago Reader (Style) 1/22 10:15A Marissa Oberlander

Kids and families are in charge at this Portage Park theater It could have been Lord of the Flies. Filament Theatre was giving over complete control of its space to a young audience for Forts!…

Steppenwolf's LookOut series opens its doors to younger companies

Chicago Reader (Style) 1/22 10:00A Kaylen Ralph

First Floor's Plano and Definition's White connect emerging companies and established artists. Since the early 90s, Steppenwolf Theatre has hosted local performing arts companies in its ever-expanding...

Southern Gothic gave Windy City Playhouse a blueprint for immersive theater

Chicago Reader (Style) 1/22 9:30A Mark Larson

The author of Ensemble: An Oral History of Chicago Theater talks to the creators about how the long-running hit came to be. Windy City Playhouse's 2018-2019 production of Southern Gothic was not the...

Star Creature Universal Vibrations starts 2020 with a bundle of boogie

Chicago Reader (Style) 1/22 9:00A J.R. Nelson

Star Creature Universal Vibrations starts 2020 with a bundle of boogie, Elastic Arts debuts a 16-channel overhead sound system, and more. Last week, supreme Chicago boogie label Star Creature...

Dinner and a show

Chicago Reader (Style) 1/22 8:45A Mike Sula

Theater doesn't have to make you hangry. All too often, a night out at the theater means compromising on an acceptable dinner.…

A police killing takes us through mental jujitsu in Sheepdog

Chicago Reader (Style) 1/22 5:25A KT Hawbaker

Kevin Artigue's fraught story is one helluva play for Shattered Globe. You know you've just seen one helluva play when you spend the next 24 hours doing mental jujitsu with yourself, finding no...

When Ron May Ruled Chicago’s Tech Scene

Chicago Magazine 1/22 4:30A

Two decades ago, at the peak of the dot-com boom, one internet impresario had all the city’s startup world in his sweaty grip.

Lloyd Degrane Wants to Lift the Veil on Homelessness

Chicago Magazine 1/22 3:10A

Lloyd DeGrane has spent the past few years photographing the homeless in downtown Chicago, shedding light on remarkable stories of hardship, survival, and compassion.

Crockpot Chicken Gyro Recipe

Sequins and Stripes 1/22 1:05A Liz

These crockpot chicken gyros are so loved that they deserved a permanent home on Hello Adams Family! I see you guys searching for this recipe and although these photos aren t great at least it s...