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- Arts & Culture, Fall Preview Oct 8, 2020
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Our favorite things for fall arts, part two
Visual arts and architecture highlights break us out of our screen life.
- City Life, Public Service Announcement Sep 4, 2020
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A labor of love
Upcoming events and distractions from our listings coordinator
- Arts & Culture, Art Feature Aug 18, 2020
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Artists still run Chicago
The Hyde Park Art Center is bringing back the spaces we’ve all missed.
- Arts & Culture, Lit Feature Nov 8, 2019
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Survivors speak out
In its fifth year, Surviving the Mic continues to provide a place for survivors of sexual harm to tell their stories in their own words.
- Arts & Culture, Art Feature Sep 18, 2019
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The Ship of Tolerance docks at Navy Pier
With a mast composed of paintings created by children all over the world, this ship is a vessel aimed toward more peaceful future.
- Columns & Opinion, On Culture Sep 26, 2018
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Looking back at the Hairy Who, the 1960s Chicago art world’s greatest branding exercise
On the eve of the collective’s Art Institute retrospective, Suellen Rocca tells all. (Well, some.)
- Arts & Culture, Art Feature Sep 7, 2018
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Is the work in Gwendolyn Zabicki’s new exhibition a painting or a mirror? Only scuffs and scratches will tell.
“Windows, Doors, and Mirrors” explores unseen labor hiding in plain view.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 19, 2018
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A Gilda Radner play and more of the best things to do in Chicago this week
The Wound and other goings-on February 19-22
- Arts & Culture, Art Review Nov 22, 2017
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Bill Walker, Dapper Bruce Lafitte, and the virtues of angry art
A review of two concurrent, improbably similar solo shows of artists working in different time periods and locations
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 4, 2017
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Hyde Park Art Center Gala showcases south-side art-world style
See some of the best-dressed folks who supported HPAC's yearly fund-raiser.
- Arts & Culture, Fall Preview Sep 15, 2017
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Ten best bets for fall visual arts
- Arts & Culture, Fall Preview Sep 13, 2017
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Where does the Chicago Architecture Biennial go next?
The current edition of the festival poses two possible directions its organizers can take.
- Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature May 10, 2017
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The Chicago Home Theater Festival literally takes it to the house
But organizers also hope to broaden audiences’ perspective on the city.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 17, 2017
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Andersonville Restaurant Week, Ballet de Lorraine, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend
Black Eye No 3, #BringHer, and more happenings from February 17-19.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 3, 2017
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Noname at the House of Vans opening, Anti-Super Bowl House Party, and more things to do this weekend in Chicago
Funny Grabs Back, the Pilsen Art Expo, and more happenings from February 3-5
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 16, 2017
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Feminist Happy Hour, "Off the Wall," and more things to do in Chicago this week
Ice Cream Beer Social, Kim Kong: Comedy Monster, and more happenings from January 16-19.
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 14, 2016
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Former political power couple Jesse Jackson Jr. and Sandi Jackson are divorcing, and other Chicago news
Also, a City Council committee is recommending paying $3 million to the family of an unarmed teen shot dead by police in 2013.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 15, 2016
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Logan Square bar and restaurant crawl, Record Store Day, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend
Tattoos for Tails, About Face Theatre's Wonka Ball, and more happenings from April 15-17
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 11, 2016
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Tomorrow Never Knows kicks off, the Slurring Bee hits Chicago, and more things to do this week
The final year of Sketchbook Festival, Token 2, and other happenings in Chicago from January 11-14
- Arts & Culture, Art Review Nov 4, 2015
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Jefferson Pinder's 'Onyx Odyssey' traces black men throughout American history
A new exhibition at HPAC encompasses sculpture, neon, and video.
- Arts & Culture, Fall Preview Sep 9, 2015
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Hairy Who members Art Green, Gladys Nilsson, and Karl Wirsum look back 50 years after the collective's first exhibition
- Arts & Culture, Art Review Aug 24, 2014
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The Hyde Park Art Center examines the Chicago way of doing art
A new exhibit looks at what it means to be in the middle, in celebration of HPAC's 75th birthday.
- Music, Music Feature Jul 23, 2014
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Will Chicago's most daring and virtuosic jazz singer finally get the recognition she deserves?
Dee Alexander has earned international acclaim, but fame has eluded her. Her great new album, Songs My Mother Loves, might change that.
- Film, Movie Review May 14, 2014
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The where and why of the Hairy Who
A new documentary revisits the art and times of the Chicago imagists.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 21, 2014
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Reader's Agenda Mon 4/21: Shakespeare's birthday, The Beast, and Neil Young
What's on the Reader's Agenda for Monday, April 21
