Cover Story:
Knox Fortune learned his trade in hip-hop, but he wants to make his name in pop The producer also known as Kevin Rhomberg headlines his first show as a solo artist to celebrate his debut album.
Politics:
Ben Joravsky on how Chicago’s Amazon HQ2 bid offers money for nothing, TIFs for free Rahm and Rauner promise to shower Jeff Bezos with tax breaks and real estate.
Arts & Culture:
How Silk Road Rising teaches empathy through playwriting. The local theater company introduces a new kind of arts education.
Plus: Members of Bloodiest, the Reputation, Sybris, and more debut as Masonic Wave, and Deanna Belos plays a belated release party for her Sincere Engineer project.
Child psychiatrist Bruce Perry believes that many kids diagnosed as being psychotic or hyperactive are actually suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder: they are shell-shocked veterans of the war against children.
By day Peggy Wilkins runs Unix servers at the U. of C. By night she tends her apartment-size collection of Playboys, moderates the Playboy Mailing List, builds Playmate databases, and even sends free advice to Hef.