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A Chicago art-book imprint debuts with The Inborn Absolute: The Art of Robert...
The Inborn Absolute: The Art of Robert Ryan, coreleased by Featherproof, is one of the first major art books devoted to a single tattoo artist. Ben Fasman didn't have to look far for the subject of his...
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Jason Vincent goes big at Giant
After a break, the former Nightwood chef is doing huge things in a little Logan Square spot. A poster print of the first two stanzas of Shel Silverstein's poem "Me and My Giant," hangs squarely in the...
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Susan Messing has been Messing With a Friend for ten years
The comedian celebrates the tenth anniversary of her two-person improv show. Susan Messing will always remember the opening night of her weekly show Messing With a Friend: that same evening Jack...
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The Kinsey Institute’s ‘Private Eyes’ goes public
The collection of homemade erotic art depicts the taboo subjects of the mid-20th century. By now, thanks to the movie Kinsey (2004) and Showtime's Masters of Sex, most people are well versed in the...
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In Equity, the women on Wall Street are as bad as the men
The knives come out in this financial thriller about three ambitious professionals. Equity, an expertly crafted financial thriller, is being billed as the first movie ever made about women on Wall...
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Hell or High Water takes place in the present, but it feels like the Great...
Jeff Bridges and Chris Pine star in this crime thriller about Texas brothers on a bank-robbing spree. In David Mackenzie's crime thriller Hell or High Water, two brothers in modern-day west Texas set...
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Drawn & Quarterly reintroduces Marlys Mullen
A book-length collection of Lynda Barry’s acclaimed comic strip is reissued. Lynda Barry's landmark comic strip Ernie Pook's Comeek appeared in 70 papers nationwide (including this one) during its...
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Hanbun chef David Park makes Korean food magic
The food-court stand is worth the long haul to Westmont. In far-west-suburban Westmont, tucked inconspicuously among the boxy office parks and asphalt vistas, sits the International Plaza Shopping...
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Barack and Michelle Obama’s love affair—with each other, and the city—hits...
Chicago plays itself in this dramatization of the First Couple’s first date. Plenty of couples banter, woo, and fall in love in Chicago, despite the vast majority of American films locating romance...
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Chiya Chai Cafe resets the standard for masala chai
Mike Sula reviews the new Logan Square Nepali spot. There's nothing so discouraging as a dumpling that falls apart. A dumpling is like a nicely wrapped gift, bearing not only its filling, but the...
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Wow! Clickhole live onstage!
The satirical website Clickhole presents a variety show from the minds of its staff. The Onion's satirical website Clickhole is famous for lists, videos, and articles with titles like "8 Bullshit Cats...
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Are the Art Institute’s drawings masterly? It doesn’t matter.
“Master Drawings Unveiled” is a welcome downscaled exhibition for the museum. Does a "master drawing" have to be drawn by a master? What is a "master drawing"?…
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For writer-director Ira Sachs, it’s all about the real estate
Little Men is a tale of friendship and gentrification. Writer-director Ira Sachs was raised in Memphis before moving to New York City, but you can tell he's a New Yorker now because he's so preoccupied...
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Women-ruled comedy group the Kates team up with local female-owned businesses
The comedians expand their reach with pop-up performances, workshops, and classes. Female comedy group the Kates got their name from the unconventional venue in which they debuted, Kate the Great's...
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After 25 years, Quimby’s is an Ever Evolving Bastion of Freakdom
The local destination for independent zines and comics brings back its original owner for a visit and publishes an oral history on its silver anniversary. On September 15, 1991, Steven Svymbersky...
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Giant inflatable bunnies invade Elmhurst!
Sort of—the suburban art museum offers up a retrospective of an unusual creative movement. It might blow up, but it won't go pop." So goes the refrain that plays throughout hip-hop trio De La Soul's...
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Belle Boggs finds life in infertility
In her new book, The Art of Waiting: On Fertility, Medicine, and Motherhood, the author writes on what to expect when you’re not expecting. Over the past several years, Graywolf Press has developed a...
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London Road turns a community’s response to murder into a brilliant musical
Britain’s National Theatre delivers a screen version of its acclaimed show drawn from real-life interviews. Late in 2006, a truck driver named Steve Wright was arrested in Ipswich, a river town in...
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John Manion brings the heat with El Che Bar
The chef’s follow-up to La Sirena Clandestina puts the flame to Argentine food. When meals involve chefs summoning hunks of spitting meat from towering curtains of flame, they summon all sorts of...
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Literary works inspire improvisers at iO
Fictitious blends fiction writing and comedy on the stage. Improvisers Shelby Plummer and Brad Pike spend their time onstage creating worlds and characters, but their earlier work started on the page....
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