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...
Chicago’s Lithuanian Opera Singer Still Needs an Audience
Arnold Voketaitis sang 14 seasons with the Lyric Opera, mostly in what he describes as...
Eve L. Ewing
The author and sociologist, 36, on learning to say no, writing Marvel comics, and being...
Five Things To Do: February 3-5
What to do in Chicago this weekend.
The Barber of Chicago
Lyric Opera’s The Factotum reframes Rossini for the South Side.
The Great Pop vs. Soda Debate
The great Midwest tradition of calling carbonated beverages "pop" grew out of a Detroit bottling...
Go: February Agenda
Top 10 reasons to fill up your calendar this month
Day After Day
Alexis J. Roston embarks on her second decade of embodying Billie Holiday in Lady Day...
Into the Lyons Den
The author moved to Chicago to pursue a career in standup comedy. He was in...
The Violin Doctor
He’s trusted to repair some of the world’s most fabled — and expensive — instruments. How does John Becker...
Steve James
The documentarian, 68, on his deeper motive for Hoop Dreams and how he puts subjects...