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• Fall Arts Guide 2009 People to Watch: Laura Cohen and Joe Winston

  Two local filmmakers adapt Tom Frank's What's the Matter With Kansas? to the big screen. Opens September 18 at Gene Siskel Film Center.

  • by Andrea Gronvall
  • Sep 17, 2009

• Fall Arts Guide 2009: Performing Arts Listings

  • by Tony Adler and Alex Yablon
  • Aug 27, 2009

• Fall Arts Guide 2009 Best Bets: Chicago Humanities Festival

  November 2-15 at various venues

  • by Jerome Ludwig
  • Aug 27, 2009

• Fall Arts Guide 2009 People to Watch: Eric Simonson

  Writer/director of Fake, opening at Steppenwolf September 20

  • by Albert Williams
  • Aug 27, 2009

• Fall Arts Guide 2009: Art Listings

  • by Julia Thiel
  • Aug 27, 2009

• Fall Arts Guide 2009 People to Watch: Ayako Kato

  Dancer Ayako Kato, who runs the production company Art Union Humanscape and presents the monthly Ephiphany Dance Experiment at Epiphany Episcopal Church

  • by Laura Molzahn
  • Aug 27, 2009

• Fall Arts Guide 2009 Best Bets: Fest Fest

  Julius Caesar, a great gallery in a domestic space, tries to stay afloat with a weekend of free performances and screenings and a silent auction, September 26-27

  • by Bert Stabler
  • Aug 27, 2009

• Fall Arts Guide 2009 Best Bets: An Apology for the Course and Outcome of Certain Events Delivered by Doctor John Faustus on This His Final Evening

  Colm O'Reilly stars as Faust in a tenth-anniversary remount of Mickle Maher's two-character show, opening September 25 at the Chopin Theatre

  • by Justin Hayford
  • Aug 27, 2009

• Fall Arts Guide 2009 Best Bets: Heartland

  Curators from the Smart and the Netherlands' Van Abbemuseum trekked out to backwaters like Detroit and Kansas City to find out what sort of art those crazy middle Americans are up to; the resulting exhibit opens October 1 at the Smart.

  • by Noah Berlatsky
  • Aug 27, 2009

• Fall Arts Guide 2009 Best Bets: Nora Chipaumire

  Dancer-choreographer Nora Chipaumire offers a glimpse of "the real Africa" in the world premiere of Lions Will Roar, Swans Will Fly, Angels Will Wrestle Heaven, Rains Will Break: Gukurahundi, created and performed with musician-poet-activist Thomas

  • by Laura Molzahn
  • Aug 27, 2009

• Fall Arts Guide 2009 Best Bets: Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet

  11/14-11/15 at Auditorium TheatreThe New York-based company, a leading purveyor of stylishly athletic works by emerging choreographers, comes to the Auditorium Theatre November 14-15.

  • by Laura Molzahn
  • Aug 27, 2009

• Fall Arts Guide 2009 Best Bets: Robin Williams

  October 2 at the Rosemont Theatre. (We know, we know—but hear us out.)

  • by Ryan Hubbard
  • Aug 27, 2009

• Fall Arts Guide 2009: Movie Listings

  • by J.R. Jones, Keith Griffith and Patrick Dahl
  • Aug 27, 2009

• Fall Arts Guide 2009 Best Bets: The Baader Meinhof Complex

  Uli Edel's drama traces the rise and fall of Germany's infamous terror organization the Baader-Meinhof Gang. Opens September 11 at Landmark's Century Centre.

  • by J.R. Jones
  • Aug 27, 2009

• Fall Arts Guide 2009 Best Bets: The Invention of Lying

  The first feature written and directed by British comedian Ricky Gervais (The Office), opening September 25

  • by J.R. Jones
  • Aug 27, 2009

• Fall Arts Guide 2009: Music Listings

  • by Kevin Warwick
  • Aug 27, 2009

• Fall Arts Guide 2009 People to Watch: Bill and Lisa Roe

  The couple behind CoCoComa will put out eight singles on their new Trouble in Mind label by December.

  • by Brian Costello
  • Aug 27, 2009

• Fall Arts Guide 2009 Best Bets: Umbrella Music Festival

  November 5-8, eclipsed only by the Chicago Jazz Festival as the most impressive and adventurous jazz event of the year

  • by Peter Margasak
  • Aug 27, 2009

• Fall Arts Guide 2009 Best Bets: Adventures in Modern Music

  9/9-9/13 at the Empty Bottle

  • by Miles Raymer
  • Aug 27, 2009

• Fall Arts Guide 2009: Lit & Lectures Listings

  • by Jerome Ludwig
  • Aug 27, 2009