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Here comes Pitchfork
Annual show in Union Park remains a rock mecca
07/08/2009
Since the summer of 2006, the trapezoid-shaped Union Park on the Near West Side has hosted what has become one of the most important indie rock events in all the land: the annual Pitchfork Music Festival. Read More...
The noble truths of suffering
07/01/2009
Book review
Most of the stories in Aleksandar Hemon’s new collection, Love and
Obstacles, take place in Chicago and Bosnia, but they’re less dependent
on the specifics of place than most immigrant fiction. The real terrain
Hemon pursues is that of shared memory and the few remaining corners of
a well-examined life. Read More...
Urban loft-living offers lots of space
06/24/2009
Produced by the Advertising Department
The former Beatrice Cold Storage Building located at 1530 S. State is
known throughout the South Loop as one of the premier addresses for
warehouse conversion lofts. The homes offer soaring ceilings, thick
concrete walls and floors for great sound insulation, and charming
exposed ductwork. An in-building exercise room and large entertainment
room with sizeable outdoor deck, as well as friendly door staff, make
the amenities top-notch. Read more...
At the Modern Wing
06/24/2009
Art Department
Seen from the Nichols Bridgeway, the pedestrian bridge that connects
Millennium Park to the Art Institute’s new Modern Wing, the hard lines
of Loop skyscrapers and the organic shapes of the park unite as if they
had always been together. The view - the facades of Michigan Avenue’s
older buildings, kids running around, the lake to the east — is
incredible. Read More...
The brilliant one
Publican strikes all the right notes on Fulton Market
06/24/2009
At dawn, Fulton Market is a rollicking corridor of brute sensation. Ham-fisted men in long white coats and rubber boots emerge from foggy meat lockers with skinned goats slung over their shoulders. Greenhorns hose down the bloody pavement with bleach and water. Gnat-like forklifts load towering pallets onto idling refrigerated semis. The air is thick with the smell of diesel and dead fish. Read More...
Science + tech = art
Meet the designer of Sarah Palin's glasses, Kazuo Kawasaki
06/17/2009
During last year’s presidential compaign, Kazuo Kawasaki received worldwide acclaim for his design of what become one of last year’s hottest fashion accessories — Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s glasses. Read More...
Punk rock Oedipal opera
'Greek' sets famed myth in seedy, Thatcher-era London
06/10/2009
The former church that is the site of Chicago Opera Vanguard’s production of “Greek” has a fitting air of desecration. TVs and heaps of thrifted furniture, scaffolding and dirty sheets override the pews and stained glass, creating the look of an abandoned real-estate venture gone to seed. Read More...
Luscious tables of literature
Some publishers not to miss - writer's too
06/03/2009
Festival
It is something of a Chicago Journal tradition to preview the annual
Printers Row Lit Festival (formerly called the Printers Row Book Fair)
by hounding the paper’s staff to give a few recommendations about
author readings that are simply not to miss. Read More...