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You’ll lose yourself in ‘Seductiveness’

May 13, 2019 at 4:01 p.m.

The Renaissance Society is not a particularly large venue. The University of Chicago's fourth-floor gallery space is around 3,200 square feet, divided into any number of configurations by removable walls....

Highlights from 2010 Printers Row Lit Festival

August 22, 2021 at 10:23 p.m.

The best part about the weekend's Printers Row Lit Fest? There wasn't a Kindle in sight. The 26-year-old book fair thrived with dog-eared paperbacks and glossy, signed hardcovers, vintage prints...

Former Art Institute president leaves inspiring legacy

May 13, 2019 at 4:00 p.m.

If asked to name the single most important arts and cultural institution in the Midwest, many would be hard-pressed to answer anything other than the Art Institute of Chicago. And...

Tracing the long line to modernity

May 13, 2019 at 4:00 p.m.

Patience is a virtue. We think we understand this cliche, but how could we? Immersed in our impatient culture, in the midst of text message alerts, Skype relationships and 140-character...

Dan Chaon’s six degrees of separation

August 22, 2021 at 10:20 p.m.

The first dozen pages of Dan Chaon's new novel, "Await Your Reply," open with three snapshots of stories spun over as many brief chapters: Two lovers' arrival at an abandoned...

Halle Berry, model split

August 22, 2021 at 10:02 p.m.

Actress Halle Berry and her boyfriend of four years, Canadian model Gabriel Aubry, have called it quits. The couple reportedly spent the last few weeks negotiating custody details for their...

Pride yourself on pouring a good drink? Polish your presentation by giving your bar a stylish place to call home

August 19, 2019 at 12:33 a.m.

Every collection starts small. Think back to that very first dusty 45-rpm single you found in your uncle's attic, now flanked by scores of vintage vinyl neatly shelved in the...

Pride yourself on pouring a good drink? Polish your presentation by giving your bar a stylish place to call home

May 22, 2019 at 10:10 a.m.

Every collection starts small. Think back to that very first dusty 45-rpm single you found in your uncle's attic, now flanked by scores of vintage vinyl neatly shelved in the...

The metamorphosis of Matisse

August 22, 2021 at 8:44 p.m.

You've seen this painting before. If not in books, then perhaps in person. Chances are, if you've wandered the Art Institute of Chicago's modern European painting collections in the last...

Know your alderman?

August 22, 2021 at 8:41 p.m.

As Chicagoans, we are where we live. We love our neighborhoods almost as much as we love the Magnificent Mile (and for some of us, they're one and the same)....

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