Best of Fall: The Crafty Activist
Dorothy Burge stitches historical significance into her quilts of Black veterans.
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Best of Fall: The Graphic Stenographer
Tony Lewis connects the dots between language and art.
Best of Fall: The Soul Searcher
Back to her country roots, singer Stella Lefty is out to prove she’s no one-hit...
How Piet Oudolf Used Lurie Garden to Open Visitors’ Eyes to Native Plants
Excerpts from a new book about the Dutch garden designer offer a look inside his...
5 Things To Do: April 7-9
What to do in Chicago this weekend.
Fab Five
Look for this quintet of buzzy artists at this month’s Expo Chicago.
5 Things To Do: March 31-April 2
1. Comic Booked Put on your best cosplay at McCormick Place South for the Chicago...
Read Our Award-Nominated Stories
Check out some of Chicago magazine’s best 2022 stories, from a teacher dogged by sexual...
Go: April Agenda
Top 10 reasons to fill up your calendar this month
Lollapalooza Lineup Goes Light on Legacy Acts
The 2023 edition of the fest will have more than 170 artists to play across...
Five Things to Do: March 17-19
What to do in Chicago this weekend.
House Divided
Trax Records helped launch Chicago’s own music genre, but the artists behind the influential label...
Rebecca Makkai
The novelist, 44, on her first bad review, ADHD’s upside, and a certain tweet about...