Here's What Happened in Chicago Culture This Week By Matt Pollock The 1,000th episode of "Chic-a-Go-Go," Steve James on his Oscar snub, and more to fuel your weekend chit-chat. Read more
The Grateful Dead Will Play Three Final Shows at Soldier Field This Summer By Matt Pollock And Trey Anastasio will join them. Read more
See a Frankie Knuckles Tribute at Smart Bar This Weekend By Matt Pollock The Godfather of House Music's pals and admirers will toast his 60th with a night of music on Sunday. Read more
See a Band a Day at Tomorrow Never Knows Festival By Matt Pollock The 11th annual indie fest features 50 acts at six venues over the course of five days. Here's one to target on each of them. Read more
Should You Watch Empire? Depends on How Patient You Are By Matt Pollock Fox's new hip-hop drama is far from elegant—but its small pleasures may redeem the clunkiness Read more
Here's Just How Successful the MCA's David Bowie Exhibit Was By Matt Pollock From t-shirts sold to hashtags tweeted, these are the final numbers from the MCA's 15-week retrospective, David Bowie Is. Read more
Has Chance the Rapper’s Rapid Rise Taken a Toll? By Matt Pollock Loyola professor and psychologist Scott Leon puts the 21-year-old MC on the couch by examining his recent lyrics. Read more
2014’s Best and Worst in Chicago Pop Culture By Matt Pollock From a Bowie retrospective to a bumbled music fest, here's all the grin- and cringe-inducing pop moments of 2014. Read more
See a 10-Day Stanley Kubrick Marathon at the Music Box By Matt Pollock Because White Christmas will still be waiting for you next year. Read more
See One Last Smith Westerns Show at Lincoln Hall By Matt Pollock After seven years, the local garage-pop darlings are calling it quits. See their last show at Lincoln Hall Tuesday night. Read more
