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Lupe Fiasco, Word Star
By Bryan Smith
Sit back and listen in on a Range Rover ride to the West Side with breakout rapper and Renaissance nerd Lupe Fiasco. You’ll get an earful on history, sociology, anthropology, and the artist’s muses, from Tchaikovsky to Noam Chomsky to Ice Cube Read more
Vince Vaughn in Love
By Gary Dretzka
Yes, there is his paparazzi-hounded Friend. But here he talks to us about growing up in Lake Forest, buying a home in the city, and why he insisted that The Break-Up be shot in Chicago Read more
Mr. Danger
By Tony Adler
Tracy Letts’s latest work—a sprawling family saga that premières this summer—suggests where some of that menacing energy comes from. Read more
Direct Hit
By Veronica Hinke
What inspires Wicker Park filmmaker Malik Bader's neo-noir movies? Chicago's gritty underbelly. Read more
Going, Going …
By David Bernstein
After a locally owned Picasso portrait of the artist’s mistress Dora Maar was sold at auction for $95.2 million, the deal raised profound questions about the loss of the work and the future of the city’s museums. Read more
Laugh Track
By Steve Fifer
What's so funny about Stephen Colbert? The Chicago comedians who make up half his writing team Read more