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Arts & Culture, Lit Feature Jun 6, 2017
What to check out at Printers Row 2017

Everything that’s free at the annual fest (except Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Al Franken)
- By Aimee Levitt
- Tags: Lit Feature, Printers Row Lit Fest, Printers Row 2017, Chicago Tribune, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Senator Al Franken, Jason Diamond, Ben Tanzer, Rita Dove, Mary Schmich, Samantha Irby, Scaachi Koul, Jenny Allen, Emil Ferris, Christopher Borrelli, Ibram X. Kendi, Scott Turow, Our Miss Brooks 100, Quraysh Ali Lansana, Sandra Jackson-Opoku, Patricia Smith, Anupy Singla, Rick Bayless, Megan Abbott, Jennifer Finney Boylan, Amy Dickinson, E. Jason Wambsgans, Anne Elizabeth Moore, Daniel Kraus, Luvvie Ajayi, Lolly Bowean, 826CHI, Osama Alomar, Christine Sneed, Janet Mock, Mayte Garcia, The First Time, Joe Meno, Freda Love Smith, Britt Julious, Scott Smith, Irvine Welsh, Heather Ann Smith, Dana Cree, Allegra Goodman, Jane Hamilton, Ann Leary

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Mar 1, 2017
The Beauty Queen of Leenane, Gender Breakdown, and nine more stage shows to see now

A black Irish comedy and a look at inequity in the local theater scene are among this week's best bets.
- Tags: Performing Arts Feature, The Beauty Queen of Leenane, Martin McDonagh, Bluebird Arts, Luda Lopatina Solomon, Jaimelyn Gray, Kate Harris, The Best of Bri-Ko, Brian Posen, Brian Peterlin, Tim Soszko, Blue Man Group, clowning, sketch comedy, silent comedy, Carmina Burana, The Columnist, David Auburn, Philip Earl Johnson, Keira Fromm, American Blues Theater, Creatives, Irvine Welsh, Don De Grazio, Chicago Theatre Workshop, Simple Minds, Happy Mondays, Tom Mullen, AstonRep Theatre Company, Alexandra Bennett, Sarah C. Lo, Debra Rodkin, Jeremiah Barr, Derek Bertelsen, Eugene Onegin, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Lyric Opera, Alexander Pushkin, Michael Levine, Robert Carsen, Metropolitan Opera, Mariusz Kwiecień, Ana María Martínez, Alisa Kolosova, Charles Castronovo, Dmitry Belosselskiy, Aleyo Perez, Collaboraction, Gender Breakdown, Profiles Theatre, Not in Our House, Dani Bryant, Erica Vannon, Forum Productions, Jesus the Jew as Told by His Brother James, Steven Strafford, the Cuckoo's Theater Project, Redtwist Theatre, Language of Angels, Naomi Iizuka, Jenna Liddle, Marc James, Private Eyes, Steven Dietz, Piccolo Theatre, Michael D. Graham, Megan DeLay, Kurt Preopper, Edward Fraim, Venus in Fur, David Ives, Circle Theatre, Zach Livingston, Arti Ishak, Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Charlotte Drover

Blogs, Bleader Feb 15, 2016
Irvine Welsh talks Trainspotting, the Secret History of Chicago Music live, and more things to do this week

Sauced Night Market, Empty Bottle Book Club returns, and more happenings from February 15-18
- By Brianna Wellen
- Tags: Arts, Do This, Winter Group Show, Vertical Gallery, Annoyance Theatre, Awkward Phase, A History of Vellum, Camp/Us Gallery, Black Market Caviar, Empty Bottle Book Club, Empty Bottle, Are You My Mother, Alison Bechdel, Trainspotting, Irvine Welsh, Music Box, Afro-Futurism, Second City, Steve Krakow, Philip Montoro, My Kind of Sound

Arts & Culture, Lit Feature Jun 10, 2015
Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh bullshits with Chicago writer Bill Hillmann

The Scottish transplant to Chicago interviews his friend on the occasion of the Chicago native’s new memoir, Mozos: A Decade of Running With the Bulls of Spain.
- Tags: Lit Feature, Irvine Welsh, Bill Hillmann, Trainspotting, Mozos: A Decade of Running With the Bulls of Spain, Fiesta de San Fermin, boxing, bullfighting

Blogs, Bleader Apr 10, 2014
Reader's Agenda Thu 4/10: Words + Music, Everything Is Terrible!, and Juana Molina

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Thursday, April 10
- By Lisa Schulz
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Words + Music, Megan Stielstra, Tim Kinsella, Curbside Splendor, Let Go and Go On and On, Once I Was Cool, Trainspotting, Irvine Welsh, Tony Fitzpatrick, Walking Bicycles, More Gorgeous, Empty Bottle, Everything Is Terrible, Doggie Woggiez, Poochie Woochiez, Alejandro Jodorowsky, The Holy Mountain, Gene Siskel Film Center, Juana Molina, Old Town School of Folk Music, Maurer Hall

Arts & Culture, Lit Critic's Choice Jun 26, 2013
Recommended
Workshopping with Irvine Welsh

The Trainspotting and Skagboys author joins Don De Grazia for a staged reading of their script in progress.
- By Jerome Ludwig
- Tags: Lit Critic's Choice, Irvine Welsh, Skagboys, Trainspotting, Theater Wit, October, Printers Row Lit Fest, Filth, White Sox, Blackhawks, Public House Theatre, Put 'Em Up, Second City, John Cates, Pat McKenna, Don De Grazia, The Public House Theatre, Recommended

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Review Oct 24, 2012
Gimme back the pure stuff

Transplanted to America, Irvine Welsh's tale doesn't offer the same high
- By Tony Adler
- Tags: Performing Arts Review, Irvine Welsh, Harry Gibson, Tom Mullen, Danny Boyle, Skagboys, Kansas City, drugs, addiction, junkies, heroin, Shane Kenyon, Jenny Lamb

Blogs, Bleader Sep 30, 2012
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Irvine Welsh on Skagboys, Trainspotting, and . . . Miami

The Scottish writer talks about his latest novel, a new theatrical adaption of Trainspotting, and life in the Sunshine State.
- By Jerome Ludwig
- Tags: Books, Arts, Irvine Welsh, Skagboys, Trainspotting, books, Norton, Bedroom Secrets of the Master Chefs, Theater Wit, Video

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

Blogs, Bleader Sep 12, 2012
The Reader's Agenda: Wed 9/12

What's on the Agenda for Wednesday, September 12, 2012
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Do This, Irvine Welsh, Trainspotting, Glue, Skagboys, Smart Bar, Wrigleyville, Lincoln Park Zoo, Wild at Heart, Heart Health Across Species, California Wives, Leor Galil, Lincoln Hall, Santah, Deserters

Blogs, Bleader Jan 20, 2012
Fiction Week: The Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference

The annual Association of Writers & Writing Programs conference runs February 29 through March 3 in Chicago
- By Jerome Ludwig
- Tags: Books, Fiction Week, Association of Writers & Writing Programs, Margaret Atwood, Bonnie Jo Campbell, Jennifer Egan, Nikky Finney, Aleksandar Hemon, Philip Levine, Audrey Niffenegger, Marilynne Robinson, Luis J. Rodriguez, Rebecca Skloot, Jane Smiley, Irvine Welsh, Variations on a Theme

Arts & Culture, Lit Feature Mar 10, 2011
Annual Story Week Festival of Writers Kicks Off
- By Jerome Ludwig
- Tags: Lit Sidebar, Stpry Week Festival of Writers, Columbia College, Jennifer Egan, Joe Meno, Audrey Niffenegger, Gerard Woodward, Karen Tei Yamashita, Regina Taylor, Tanya Saracho, Johnny Temple, Dan Sinker, @mayoremanuel, Literary Rock & Roll, Irvine Welsh, Gina Frangello, Chicag Classics, Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, Lincoln Hall, Film Row Cinema, Columbia College, Harold Washington Library Center, auditorium, Metro

Arts & Culture, Calendar Jul 17, 2003
Local Lit: Irvine Welsh-spotting
- By Jeffrey Felshman
- Tags: Calendar, Irvine Welsh, readings, books, Metro, Joe Shanahan, Columbia College, writing

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What to check out at Printers Row 2017

Everything that’s free at the annual fest (except Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Al Franken)

The Beauty Queen of Leenane, Gender Breakdown, and nine more stage shows to see now

A black Irish comedy and a look at inequity in the local theater scene are among this week's best bets.

Irvine Welsh talks Trainspotting, the Secret History of Chicago Music live, and more things to do this week

Sauced Night Market, Empty Bottle Book Club returns, and more happenings from February 15-18

Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh bullshits with Chicago writer Bill Hillmann

The Scottish transplant to Chicago interviews his friend on the occasion of the Chicago native’s new memoir, Mozos: A Decade of Running With the Bulls of Spain.

Reader's Agenda Thu 4/10: Words + Music, Everything Is Terrible!, and Juana Molina

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Thursday, April 10

Recommended
Workshopping with Irvine Welsh

The Trainspotting and Skagboys author joins Don De Grazia for a staged reading of their script in progress.

Gimme back the pure stuff

Transplanted to America, Irvine Welsh's tale doesn't offer the same high

Video
Irvine Welsh on Skagboys, Trainspotting, and . . . Miami

The Scottish writer talks about his latest novel, a new theatrical adaption of Trainspotting, and life in the Sunshine State.

Our ten best bets for fall theater

Trainspotting: the play, 44 plays for 44 presidents, and more

The Reader's Agenda: Wed 9/12

What's on the Agenda for Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Fiction Week: The Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference

The annual Association of Writers & Writing Programs conference runs February 29 through March 3 in Chicago

Annual Story Week Festival of Writers Kicks Off

Local Lit: Irvine Welsh-spotting

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Everything that’s free at the annual fest (except Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Al Franken)

A black Irish comedy and a look at inequity in the local theater scene are among this week's best bets.

Sauced Night Market, Empty Bottle Book Club returns, and more happenings from February 15-18

The Scottish transplant to Chicago interviews his friend on the occasion of the Chicago native’s new memoir, Mozos: A Decade of Running With the Bulls of Spain.

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Thursday, April 10

The Trainspotting and Skagboys author joins Don De Grazia for a staged reading of their script in progress.

Transplanted to America, Irvine Welsh's tale doesn't offer the same high

The Scottish writer talks about his latest novel, a new theatrical adaption of Trainspotting, and life in the Sunshine State.

Trainspotting: the play, 44 plays for 44 presidents, and more

What's on the Agenda for Wednesday, September 12, 2012

The annual Association of Writers & Writing Programs conference runs February 29 through March 3 in Chicago

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