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Newcity offers up a fresh take on culture and city flavored by a lifelong love of the metropolis we cover. With a combination of in-depth reporting, vivid profiles and sassy commentary on the issues that keep Chicago percolating, Newcity lives as a kind of collective urban diary.

Neurologist Oliver Sacks said, “I am haunted by the density of experience.” He meant that every moment contains far more...
06/02/2026

Neurologist Oliver Sacks said, “I am haunted by the density of experience.” He meant that every moment contains far more richness than we can fully register or remember.

GEMINI: Your mind (and heart!) will be flooded with an abundance of stimuli, ideas, feelings and impressions.

"Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair" is a programming umbrella where rainstorms gather indoors. This summer, it's a global fi...
06/02/2026

"Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair" is a programming umbrella where rainstorms gather indoors. This summer, it's a global film event on nearly a hundred screens in seventy-three cities.

"Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair" is a programming umbrella where rainstorms gather indoors. This summer, it's a global film event on nearly a hundred screens in seventy-three cities.

Jesse Ly uses photography, sculpture and mixed media installation to search for answers to pressing questions.
06/02/2026

Jesse Ly uses photography, sculpture and mixed media installation to search for answers to pressing questions.

Jesse Ly uses photography, sculpture and mixed media installation to search for answers to pressing questions.

Segarra has walked the legendary walk of American folk mythology, spending nearly a decade hitchhiking, busking on the s...
06/02/2026

Segarra has walked the legendary walk of American folk mythology, spending nearly a decade hitchhiking, busking on the streets of New Orleans and riding the rails like Woody Guthrie.

Segarra has walked the legendary walk of American folk mythology, spending nearly a decade hitchhiking, busking on the streets of New Orleans and riding the rails like Woody Guthrie.

June's festivals and openings.
06/01/2026

June's festivals and openings.

June's festivals and openings.

A signature literary event returns, poet Ed Roberson gets the Fuller Award, and more from the literary world.
06/01/2026

A signature literary event returns, poet Ed Roberson gets the Fuller Award, and more from the literary world.

A signature literary event returns, poet Ed Roberson gets the Fuller Award, and more from the literary world.

Where design is happening this June.
05/29/2026

Where design is happening this June.

Where design is happening this June.

Tippit plays with the human need to make meaning in her minimalist paintings.
05/29/2026

Tippit plays with the human need to make meaning in her minimalist paintings.

Tippit plays with the human need to make meaning in her minimalist paintings.

Inventive theater keeps coming as the summer begins.
05/29/2026

Inventive theater keeps coming as the summer begins.

Inventive theater keeps coming as the summer begins.

June 2026: Design 50The issue includes our biennial survey of Chicago’s fashion, architecture, home and graphic design w...
05/28/2026

June 2026: Design 50

The issue includes our biennial survey of Chicago’s fashion, architecture, home and graphic design worlds, plus a feature on longtime Chicago journalism institution City News Bureau, and a reflection on designing the publication for a decade from longtime art director Dan Streeting. Plus: Willem de Kooning’s drawings at the Art Institute, a riotous journey with Physical Theater Festival, a new poem by Mike Puican and much more.

Cover art by Tanner Woodford ()

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