Five Things to Do in Chicago This Week Arcadia, Katt Williams, Mementos Mori, Bonnie Raitt, and Louder Than a Bomb Read more
What It's Like Having a Rare Instrument Stolen By Doyle Armbrust Chicago musicians share horror stories of losing their instruments—and in some cases, much more. Read more
A New Book Recounts the Empty Bottle’s Raucous History By Sam Worley Musicians and writers dish in The Empty Bottle Chicago: 21+ Years of Music/Friendly/Dancing Read more
Video: Get a Preview of the Writers Theatre’s Arcadia The Tom Stoppard play will be the inaugural production at the new Glencoe theater. Read more
This Challenging Performance Calls for Perfect Pitch—and Pitch Darkness By Graham Meyer Northwestern’s Contemporary Music Ensemble joins Ensemble Dal Niente to tackle Georg Friedrich Haas’s masterwork In Vain March 10. Read more
The Five Best Things to Do in Chicago This Week Long Day’s Journey Into Night, the Dance Colective, In Vain, Experience Hendrix, and Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison: Precipice Read more
At the Hideout This Weekend, See All the Chicago Bands Playing SXSW By Hannah Nyhart Eight bands will be representing Chicago. Read more
Why Wicker Park Needs Double Door By Britt Julious As the stalwart club faces potential eviction, one wonders where its fringiest events might land. Read more
Tracy Letts on His New Steppenwolf Play and Chicago’s “Talent Drain” By Novid Parsi After a long hiatus, the Pulitzer–winning playwright revisits Midwestern dysfunction in Mary Page Marlowe. Read more
So Long, Car Talk, and Thanks for All the Fixes By Whet Moser In a changing of the guard, it's out with the Magliozzis, in with The New Yorker. It's overdue, but the show will still be missed. Read more
