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Arts & Culture, Fall Preview Sep 10, 2014
Our top picks for fall theater

Playwright Lucas Hnath heats up, Rashid Johnson stages Dutchman in a bath house, Larry Yando takes on King Lear, and more must-sees.
- Tags: Fall Arts, Lucas Hnath, Isaac's Eye, Death Tax, Dutchman, Fail/Safe, King Lear, Larry Yando, La Reunion, The Hundred Flowers Project, theater, fall arts

Arts & Culture, Fall Preview Sep 10, 2014
Our top picks for fall comedy

Cameron Esposito and Rhea Butcher discuss comedy coupledom. Plus: Tim and Eric, the Petes from Pete & Pete, and other recommended funny events
- Tags: Fall Preview, Tim and Eric, Dr. Steve Brule, Cameron Esposito, Rhea Butcher, Jerrod Carmichael, Pete & Pete, Polaris, Danny Tamberelli, Michael Maronna, The Adventures of Danny and Mike, comedy, fall arts

Music, Fall Preview Sep 10, 2014
Our top picks for fall music

A conversation with prolific bassist and composer Matt Ulery. Plus: Lavender Country, King Diamond, and more
- Tags: Fall Arts, Matt Ulery, Wandelweiser Festival, King Diamond, Banks, Lavender Country, Red Scare Anniversary Weekend, Andre Foisey, Liturgy, Umbrella Music Festival, European Jazz Meets Chicago, music, fall arts

Arts & Culture, Fall Preview Sep 10, 2014
Our top picks for fall dance

The unlikely collaboration between Hubbard Street and Second City, Christopher Wheeldon's male-centric Swan Lake, and more
- Tags: Fall Preview, Joffrey Ballet, Swan Lake, Trade Winds, Aires de Cambio, Hedwig Dances, DanzAbierta, Hubbard Street Dance, Second City, dance, fall arts

Arts & Culture, Fall Preview Sep 12, 2013
The Poetry Foundation's new blood

A chat with new president Robert Polito
- By Eleni O'Connor
- Tags: Fall Preview, Fall Arts, Poetry Foundation, Robert Polito, John Barr, Lemony Snicket, Robert Pinsky, Laurence Hobgood, Sarah Ruhl, Elizabeth Bishop, Robert Lowell, Poetry Out Loud, Bob Dylan, Green Mill, Danny's

Blogs, Bleader Oct 18, 2012
Video
12 O'Clock Track: The XX, "Chained"

London R&B trio the XX release a video to match the romanticized melancholy of "Chained"
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: 12 O'Clock Track, Music, the XX, Coexist, Chained, 12 O'Clock Track, Congress Theater, Fall Arts, Video

Blogs, Bleader Sep 13, 2012
Fall Arts, Riot Fest, a Tortoise picker's picks, and more on the B Side

A season's worth of music to look out for—and more
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Music, Fall Arts, Riccardo Muti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, The-Drum, Riot Fest, Tortoise, Jeff Parker, Hideout Block Party and A.V. Fest, Antibalas, Bob Mould, Lightning Bolt, D'Angelo, Obituary

Movies, Movie Feature Sep 12, 2012
Our ten best bets for fall movies

Steven Spielberg's Lincoln, plus new movies from Steve James, David O. Russell, and more
- Tags: Movie Feature, fall arts

Music, Music Feature Sep 12, 2012
Our ten best bets for fall music

Thee Oh Sees and Ty Segall, A$AP Rocky with Schoolboy Q and Danny Brown, the Umbrella Music Festival, and more
- Tags: Music Feature, fall arts, Carmina Burana, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Ty Segall, Thee Oh Sees, Adventures in Modern Music, A$AP Rocky, Schoolboy Q, Danny Brown, Keith Rowe, Vijay Iyer, The XX, Crystal Castles, Sqsuarepusher, Umbrella Music Festival

Arts & Culture, Calendar Sep 12, 2012
The Reader's fall arts preview 2012

Welcome back to a season of serious theater, dance, music, and visual arts.
- Tags: Special Event, fall arts

Arts & Culture, Lit Feature Sep 12, 2012
Our five best bets for fall books

Ray Bradbury, Chris Ware, and Fran Lebowitz round out the page-turning season
- Tags: Lit Feature, Fall Arts, Ray Bradbury, Neil Gaiman, Chris Ware, Building Stories, Chicago Humanities Festival, Lilli Carre, Heads or Tails, Fran Lebowitz, Martha Lavey

Arts & Culture, Art Feature Sep 12, 2012
Our six best bets for fall visual arts

Expo Chicago and a look inside Studio Gang Architects highlight a busy season
- Tags: Art Feature, fall arts, Edra Soto, Imagists, Carl Baratta, Onsmith, Tony Karman, Danh Vo, Statue of Liberty, Jeanne Gang, Aqua Tower, Studio Gang Architects, Jimena Acosta, ukiyo-e, color printmaking

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Sep 12, 2012
One to watch this fall: comedian Brian Babylon

Prince of Bronzeville works both sides of Chicago's color line, from Jokes and Notes to Wait Wait . . . Don't Tell Me
- By Asher Klein
- Tags: Performing Arts Feature, fall arts, Brian Babylon, Bronzeville, Vocalo, Molly Adams

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Sep 12, 2012
Our ten best bets for fall theater

Trainspotting: the play, 44 plays for 44 presidents, and more
- Tags: Performing Arts Feature, fall arts, The Artistic Home, David Cromer, Mary Zimmerman, Ovid, Randal Coburn, the Mammals, Handspring Puppet Company, William Kentridge, Neo-Futurists, Barack Obama, National Theatre of Scotland, George Burke, Irvine Welsh, Tom Mullen, Richard Pryor, James Murray Jackson Jr., Markus Zusak, Hallie Gordon, Will Kern, Profiles Theatre

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Sep 12, 2012
One to watch this fall: Starinah "Star" Dixon has performance in her blood

Tap dancer attributes her hard-hitting style to being taught by men
- By Laura Molzahn
- Tags: Performing Arts Feature, fall arts, Starinah Dixon, Better Boys Foundation, Bril Barrett, Making a Difference Dancing, Jabowen Dixon, Chicago Human Rhythm Project

Movies, Movie Feature Sep 12, 2012
One to watch this fall: filmmaker Mary Fishman combats the culture of looking down on nuns

And she became a better Catholic in the process
- By Sam Worley
- Tags: Movie Feature, fall arts, Mary Fishman, Catholic Beverly, Catholicism, nuns, pastoral care

Arts & Culture, Lit Feature Sep 12, 2012
One to watch this fall: Seminary Co-op Bookstore has outlived the superstore assault

Leaving behind the longtime digs graced by Saul Bellow and the president of the Dominican Republic
- By Noah Berlatsky
- Tags: Lit Feature, fall arts, bookstores, academica, Spencer Turbine Company, Jack Cella, University of Chicago, Jasmine Kwong, Megan Doherty, Saul Bellow, Seminary Co-op Bookstore

Music, Music Feature Sep 12, 2012
One to watch this fall: The-Drum exploit the weirdness bubbling up into radio pop

Prolific beat makers aim to get in on the conversation between mainstream R&B and underground dance music
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Music Feature, fall arts, The-Drum, Clique Talk, Jeremiah Chrome, Brandon Boom, R&B, Terius Nash, The-Dream, Surpeme Cuts, Sich Mang, Jeremih

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Sep 12, 2012
One to watch this fall: Eric Hoff works the corner of justice and art

The director of Hit the Wall stages The Skriker, promenade-style, at Red Tape Theatre
- By Tony Adler
- Tags: Performing Arts Feature, fall arts, Eric Hoff, Human Rights Campaign, Caryl Churchill, Red Tape Theatre

Arts & Culture, Art Feature Sep 12, 2012
One to watch this fall: Offbeat performance collective Lucky Pierre

A hundred artistic acts of torture, right at your fingertips
- By Justin Hayford
- Tags: Art Feature, fall arts, Jon Burge, Lucky Pierre, Chicago Torture Justice Memorials Project, Michael Thomas

Arts & Culture, Calendar Sep 12, 2012
Eighty days of Fall Arts

Something to do every day in the fall arts season
- Tags: Calendar, fall arts

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Aug 27, 2009
Fall Arts Guide 2009: Performing Arts Listings
- By Tony Adler and Alex Yablon
- Tags: Performing Arts Feature, Chicago, fall preview, fall arts, theater, dance, comedy

News & Politics, Feature Aug 27, 2009
Fall Arts Guide 2009

The complete season in theater, dance, comedy, movies, music, lit, and art
- Tags: Feature, chicago, fall arts, fall preview, theater, dance, comedy, music, movies, readings, lectures, art, galleries, museums, 2009

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