Arts and culture of Chicago & the Great Lakes, monthly in print and daily online. Since 1986. https://xitter.cf/t.co/XlLlFfrnq2
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We're saddened to report that @ClampittWrites, author of MIDWEST MAIZE and DESTINATION HEARTLAND, passed away recently.
Fellow UIP author David Hammond has a lovely remembrance of her in @newcity
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Newcity Chicago retweeted
“He offers closely observed portraits of people who occupy a city where people encounter isolation more commonly than they find community.”
In @newcity, Ted C. Fishman reviews Budi Darma’s newly translated novel, “Olenka” - lit.newcity.com/2026/07/16/b…
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Great to see Lee Bey and Edward Keegan jrecognized in Newcity’s Design 50. “The voices of the two architecture critics are torches illuminating good design, accessibility and the effective vernacular amidst costly and feckless design of modern developers.” design.newcity.com/2026/06/0…
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Veteran @newcity film critic Ray Pride previews this Saturday’s event with documentary film curator/author @thompowers in the @newlinesmag + Nighthawk series Juxtapositions. Join us if you're in Chicago! Free & open to the public. Details on Eventbrite ⏬
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While nothing can replace Rizzoli, the Prairie Avenue Bookshop, or the shuttered big room at the Art Institute, New City's Joseph Cothrel profiles a surprising large list of Chicago bookstores offering major selections in art and Architecture.
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“It is funny and bleak, written in a typically confounding way, and ultimately a thought provoking book.”
In @newcity, Brendan Tynan Buck reviews Antoine Volodine’s newly translated novel, “The Monroe Girls” - lit.newcity.com/2026/04/16/a…
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“The Memory Museum” by M Lin reviewed in @newcity lit.newcity.com/2026/04/20/i…
A look at the highly recognizable movements, collectives and developed aesthetics from the city.
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Photographer Sandra Steinbrecher on two years inside a landmark’s transformation.
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Magnum, the Lyric's general director, president and CEO, and Mazzola, the Lyric's music director, discuss what's in store for the opera company in the year ahead.
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Plus: Bob Odenkirk as an unlikely action hero, Gaspar Noé is part of a Facets double-bill and "The Weather Man," penned by Chicago's Steven Conrad.
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HPAC is one of Chicago’s earliest and most influential alternative art spaces. For eighty-six years, it has served as a community hub, offering classes, exhibitions, panels and events to Hyde Park residents and the greater city.
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The British singer-songwriter will bring her signature blend of soul, jazz and pop to the city later this month.
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Archipelago Books has published a new translation by Alyson Waters of his 2021 book.
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All six women have ties to the Caribbean and offer diverse modes of photography. Each uses photography to tell stories of the diaspora and their own place within it.
art.newcity.com/2026/04/15/t…
Like marriage itself, the play is not for the faint of heart, but is a journey well worth undertaking.
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Poets laureate are ambassadors not just for poetry but for arts and culture in general. Being a poet has, historically, meant gathering people.
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The veteran Chicago punk band releases their first new album in sixteen years.
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Bob Odenkirk and Derek Kolstad found "Normal" to be a suitable setting for a dark night of the soul, or at least dark nights of the upper Midwest.
newcityfilm.com/2026/04/14/n…
