Mike and Ian on Recovering from a Marathon, Fixing a Drowned iPhone, and More

By Elly Fishman

In our Fall Culture Guide, we feature funny duo Mike Danforth and Ian Chillag, producers for NPR's Wait Wait, Don’t Tell Me! and founders (and voices) behind the weekly podcast How To Do Everything. Here, they give me a few more tips for recovering from a marathon, fixing a drowned iPhone, and making flights more pleasant... Read more

Fran Lebowitz on Spotting Talent

By Elly Fishman

The 61-year-old satirist will appear in conversation on Oct. 2 at the Harris. Read more

Fall Culture Guide

By Rachel Bertsche, Cassie Walker Burke, Elly Fishman, Kevin McKeough, Graham Meyer, Kevin Nance, Matthew Reddin, Matt Schur, Catey Sullivan, and Emmet Sullivan

Fall is typically Chicago culture's golden season, but this one gleams platinum. We're welcoming a Broadway-bound musical, an art blockbuster, first-class concerts, and the final installment of a razor-sharp literary trilogy—plus new plays, dances, movies, and more, from a crop of turbocharged Chicagoans. Read more

Q&A with Fran Lebowitz, Starring in 'A State of the Union Conversation' at the Harris Theater

By Elly Fishman

"I know Los Angeles and San Francisco are supposed to be 'cities,' but they’re not. I always felt like Chicago is the only other city in America. I always say that a city is a place where you can put your hand in the air and hail a taxi." Read more

The Best Buys at Expo Chicago

By Emmet Sullivan and Elly Fishman

How much did the art at Expo Chicago go for? Here's a roundup of six local pieces. Read more

C-Chats: 'Hamlet' at the Writers' Theatre

By Emmet Sullivan and Elly Fishman

Culture editors Elly Fishman and Emmet Sullivan caught the opening show last week. Here are their impressions on the play, which topped our must-see theatre list in our Fall Culture Guide. Read more

Drinking With… Tony Karman

By Elly Fishman

We chat with the president and director of Expo Chicago, the international art fair coming to Navy Pier next week, at his favorite bar Read more

Jason Lazarus Rises at Expo Chicago

By Elly Fishman

The local photographer’s exhibit should be your first stop at the art fair Read more

Ira Glass on 'Sleepwalk with Me,' Moviemaking, and Chicago v. New York

By Elly Fishman

The popular host of "This American Life" was in town last week to promote the new movie he helped produce and write with Mike Birbiglia. We sat down with him for a Q&A, in which he weighs in on his latest project, working with Birbiglia, and the Chicago Cubs. Read more

Backtalk: A Conversation about Steppenwolf's 'Three Sisters'

By Emmet Sullivan and Elly Fishman

Tracy Letts’s version of the Anton Chekhov play struggles to connect with the audience, according to our two editors who saw the show on separate nights... Read more

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